Re: Recommended Reading
Hi, Tedd. Welcome to the best boat site on the web.<br />You are approaching the boating world from just the right angle,and are to be commended.<br />Most folks new to it, just go out there,and learn "on the fly"....NOT a good idea! The water is the last place for the unprepared.<br />We are all familiar with the stats of injuries,sinkings, deaths related to lack of knowlage and safe boating practices.<br />Yor first step is to enroll in the nearest Safe Boating course. But in the interum, here is a great place to learn some of the basics online.
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/safetips.htm <br /><br />As for the boat, it sounds like a great winter project's start! When you find a nice engine to power her, make sure the very next purchase is a shop manual covering the engine. I promise you, it will pay for itself way before you put the boat in the water the first time.<br /><br />And check into the iboat's forum for any questions you may have. There are very few "experts" here. But there are boaters galore, and surely, one or two of them have crossed the bridge you are in question of, at any given time with your project.<br />Boating on a budget is somewhat of an oxymoron , but there are tricks and tips that save THOUSANDS sometimes. What I mean is, we all want to keep
SOME greenage for bait-n-gas. So we come here to learn and share what we know. Welcome again to the fold.<br /><br />
