First Time Boating on the Lake

FromDownSouoth · 06-11-2017, 10:36 AM

Hello all,

I live down in Virginia and am new to Lake Winni. My family (wife, daughters aged 6 and 4) and I are renting a house on the lake the last week of June. Although I have experience boating (both sailing yachts and cruising trawlers down on the Chesapeake Bay on multiple day trips), I have been away from extensive boating the last number of years (having small kids will do that do a guy!).

I would like to start my kids out boating and am considering renting a pontoon boat (with 25 hp engine) for a couple days during our trip. I am a pretty cautious guy and, being a former boy scout, I prepare pretty extensively. I bought a chart of the lake from Bizer's and have been studying the location of rocks, etc. I am aware of the boating "rules of the road", and have been teaching my kids boating safety. Do you regulars have any words of advice for me?

06-11-2017, 10:36 AM	#1
FromDownSouoth Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	First Time Boating on the Lake Hello all, I live down in Virginia and am new to Lake Winni. My family (wife, daughters aged 6 and 4) and I are renting a house on the lake the last week of June. Although I have experience boating (both sailing yachts and cruising trawlers down on the Chesapeake Bay on multiple day trips), I have been away from extensive boating the last number of years (having small kids will do that do a guy!). I would like to start my kids out boating and am considering renting a pontoon boat (with 25 hp engine) for a couple days during our trip. I am a pretty cautious guy and, being a former boy scout, I prepare pretty extensively. I bought a chart of the lake from Bizer's and have been studying the location of rocks, etc. I am aware of the boating "rules of the road", and have been teaching my kids boating safety. Do you regulars have any words of advice for me?