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Originally Posted by thinkxingu
Fist = stop, thumbs up = all good, thumbs down = slow down. Any other hand signals I should teach these little guys (and accompanying wife)? Sent from my XT1528 using Tapatalk
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The
New Hampshire Boater's Guide lists these hand signals:
Faster: palm pointing upward.
Slower: palm pointing downward.
Speed OK: thumb and index finger forming a circle, remaining fingers extended.
Left Turn: arm outstretched, pointing left.
Right Turn: arm outstretched, pointing right.
Return to Drop-Off Area: arm to 45-degree angle from body pointing down to water and swinging towards area to be dropped off.
Cut Motor: finger drawn across throat.
Stop: hand up, palm facing forward policeman style.
Skier OK after Fall: hands clenched overhead.
Pick Me Up or "Watch Out—Fallen Skier": one ski extended vertically out of the water.
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Originally Posted by ITD
Don't get them going too fast, keep in mind that the tube can be going much faster than the boat when it is whipping. Above about 10 or 15 mph the water is not soft. Voice of experience here, I gave out a few concussions before I figured it out, the two who got them were each begging to go faster. Don't do it. I keep it under 20 when tubing, I do turn in accelerate them, but I let up long before they are about to fall off, one of the concussions was at 20 doing a turn.
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My own concern regarding
tubing concussions is that these concussions will happen in pairs, as collisions with one-another's skulls are very likely the cause. (Hence the previous RSA limit on the number of tubers being towed).