What makes you say not for the first time boater? I think everything in the video is pretty elementary stuff that every person driving s biat should know and understand.

@@NickOlindehe meant not ONLY for first timers… but also good for a refresh.

@@jak751 I completely misread your first comment! I apologize!

Of course!

I am here to help! Let me know if you would like to see anything else!

I am glad I could be of assistance!

Not a bad way to put it for the Intracoastal

Thank you for the kind words!

Here to help! Let me know if there is anything else you would like to see!

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!

Thank you for the kind words!

I appreciate the kind words!

I appreciate it!

People do all different things. You can put a small amount of bleach in occasionally and that will usually take care of it. When I say a small amount, I mean a small amount. Maybe a cap full or two. The bleach is not great for the system, but in small amounts it is fine. West Marine also has their own brand of fresh water treatment solution that will tell you exactly how much to add for a given gallon amount. I believe Star-Brite makes a product too.

Oooooo yes. Common sense goes a very long way haha and I can absolutely help you with some courses to get into boating. Send me a quick email and I will help however I can. nickolinde@me.com

Absolutely! Thank you for the kind words. I do my best to hit on the important stuff, though I could go on for hours going deeper and deeper in depth haha If there is anything else you would like to see or have explained just let me know and I'll do my best to make a video on it.

Hey man! I really appreciate the context! All of these comments with context improve the quality of the information. Yea, I on the east coast and didn’t even think of the rules of the road with channel markers elsewhere. That is my oversight. That is a great way to remember it

Thank you for the support!

Thank you for the kind words!

I appreciate the kind words! Let me know what you would like to see more of!

@@NickOlinde I would like a video on how to dock your boat sometime I get in to dock and sometime I struggle with it

I have a video on here already on how to dock but let me know if you would like another one for another situation.

I appreciate the kind words!

Thank you! And I am going to continue to use port and starboard. That is the proper terminology in the professional boating world and the terminology that I have become accustomed to as a professional mariner.

@@ThomasStaabUSA so is right and left. A term everyone knows. Was just saying that the national standard test for a boating license, does not use those terms anymore.

If you are on a boat looking towards the stern of the boat and say right side or left side then the side you are referring to is completely different than if you were facing the bow. If you are on a boat looking at the bow of that boat then if you saw right or left side it is going to mean the opposite side than if you are looking at that boat from the stern. Port and Starboard get rid if this problem and any confusion that it could bring up. It is the proper terminology and it is terminology that every boater should know.@@Johnny1eye

​@@NickOlindeyeah, I'll be listening to you. Awesome video

I appreciate that! @@Alisha1686

Not really no. Here in Florida it’s very common for most big boats to be documented and therefore not show numbers. I personally have been stopped and boarded WWAAYY more in my smaller boats with numbers on than on the bigger documented Bahama. Though this might just be a factor of marine patrol or USCG assuming a giant quad engine CC showing all proper registration stickers, border patrol sticker, name, hailing port, etc knows what they are doing.

Yes

I appreciate it man!

There are just 4 life jackets in each bag and they are pretty self explanatory. Regarding the fire extinguishers, the USCG mandates class 5B or 20B on boats so that is what I have.

From a trailer?

Thank you!

You are not incorrect nor am I correct. I was always taught to pass off their starboard side when approaching from behind, however there really is not a set rule. The rules of the road allow you to pass to either side of a vessel being overtaken and want you to do whichever side is safest. You are supposed to denote your intentions with horn blasts as you mentioned, though no one really does that in the recreational boating world. I was always taught to prefer the starboard side but I am positive other people are taught to prefer the port side. There is a lot of personal preference involved since the rules allow both. Neither is right or wrong. It is important to just do what is safest.

Thank you for that explanation. Safety is key when passing. @@NickOlinde

Agreed! @@DMann6450

That was me man! No, for this one we feel comfortable doing our usual routine of strapping the boat to the lift and then tying up the lift to it cant move or swing.

As far as I am aware all states allow boats with another states registration to come in their waters for a predetermined period of time. In Florida boats from other states can stay for 90 days. To stay longer you can do a temporary registration. Is this necessarily enforced strongly, definitely not. It is still the law though. If you become a resident of any state other than Texas then the boat is supposed to be registered in that state to be in that state.

Our boat is a Bahama Boat Works 41

Too many outboards. If fits our bill because we load the boat down with thousands of pounds so we need the power, but for most situations (on most boats) quads are nothing more than eye candy at the dock. And that is correct! I still believe that anyone who is not familiar with boats and wants to get into it should take the course regardless of age, but you are correct.

The guy has 24 life jackets...im not surprised.😂

@@Hamptondan1515 I am not sure why that is something that needs to be made fun of? First, you can never go wrong have extras. Second, we will regularly have near 20 people on the boat some days at the sandbar and so we legally need that many life jackets. I do not know about yall, but I want to be safe and stay within the confines of the law. Check my recent video about the Cheeseburger in Paradise party and you will see exactly why I need 20+ lifejackets on board.

@@NickOlinde hey man, my apologies, i was not making fun at all. I am a firm believer of being prepared. I appreciate the time and content you put out. It has helped me greatly in search if my first boat. Thanks again man!

@@Hamptondan1515 All good man and my apologies if I misinterpreted your comment. What are you looking to get for your first boat?!

Hey man! Feel free to send me an email and I am more than happy to help with anything

Happy to help!

Depends on the situation but generally if the surrounding water is navigable and the boat in the channel is not restricted by depth then no. If the crossing boat is in your 12-3 then they have propriety

Red, right, returning is only to be used if you are leaving and coming back into a port, channel, marina, etc. In the video I clearly said that it is only to used when returning or leaving a marina, inlet, port, harbour, etc. I even put another section of this video of channel navigation when you are cruising the intercostal and not leaving or returning to any ports. And yes, that depends on where you are. Here if you are going south in the intercoastal you keep the red channel markers to your port side and then vice cersa going north.

@@NickOlinde I was just saying that when I leave my marina here in Pinellas FL, along ICW, if I go north when leaving then red is on the right, hence, red on left when I return. Going south from marina is the opposite of course. My point was that it depends and should not be a rule of thumb.

@@jeffstevens5445 That is because those are ICW markers. As I mentioned, those have their own set of rules. The actual markers for getting into the marina itself (sometimes It is only one red and one green at the very mouth) will always be red right returning without fail here in America. There is an international standard for this governed by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA). this body has set two different regions that have essentially opposite rules. We are in Region B. North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines are all region B countries and RRR (red right returning) is always true in these countries when entering into a port/marina/harbour/inlet/etc. This is just for this situation. it has nothing to do with ICW markers.

Another point to remember about the ICW markers, is the red triangles are *almost always* on the side of the channel towards the mainland side, and the green squares are on the oceanside of the channel. Instead of me trying to memorize it being north or southward travel (depending on which side of the state you're on), I just know that they run clockwise around the state.

Houseboats is not a area of boating that I indulge in or know anything about.

I well aware of the naming as I have grown up on it for my entire life. It’s just how I pronounce things.

@@NickOlinde Ok, so you “just pronounce things” wrong then. It’s kinda like calling someone Robert when their name is John and saying “that’s just how I pronounce it”. Inter exists and it means something different from Intra, just like Robert and John are different names. It’s kinda silly to double down on that and not correct yourself. You aren’t mispronouncing it. You’re using the wrong word.

@@xNYCMarc To come on a random persons informational video and start an argument over the way I am saying my words is quite the choice haha It most certainly is not the same thing as calling someone Robert when their name is John. Robert and John are completely different phonetically, whereas the two words that you are talking about are almost identical phonetically and could very easily be mistaken for each other in informal day to day conversation (verbal of course). I, like most people out there, do not sound out every word correctly when I speak on a day to say basis and rather speak informally and speak with what rolls off my tongue easiest but still gets the point across easily and eloquently. This is why there is a difference between informal and formal English. English speakers all over the world speak in difference accents and pronounce words differently than you may think they should sound to your ears with how you speak. Hell, go down to Louisiana where I am actually originally from and listen to the people there speak English with their cajun accents. You would think they all speak horribly, are completely butchering words, and pronouncing absolutely nothing correctly. Ask someone from South Louisiana how to pronounce "Robert" and you are in for quite the surprise. If you live your day to life completely sounding out every single word formally and correctly then good for you and I am happy for you, but I will not be doing that. I am very highly educated and have the ability to, but that is ridiculous. I have grown up around the South Florida boating scene with captains, owners and crew and we all talk the exact same way about the intracoastal and call it the same thing. You do not have to like my informal speech, but please do not come here and detract from the informational content of my video because you have a problem with it.

@@NickOlinde I’m not starting an argument. I’m CORRECTING you with a fact. Using the wrong word is not “pronunciation”. Someone with an accent isn’t mispronouncing a word. They’re saying the CORRECT word with an accent. Calling a bicycle an airplane isn’t a mispronunciation. It’s using the WRONG WORD. IntERcoastal is THE WRONG WORD, not a pronunciation problem. It’s funny how you say everything else correctly and use the right words for things. But somehow the thing you’re saying wrong is “just easier” and “real life”. It’s not harder to say the right thing than saying the wrong thing. You can say either one with the same amount of effort. It’s an EXCUSE to say “oh, it’s easier and informal”. Wow, you aren’t the brightest guy on the planet. I came to your channel to learn something. I figured you’d be thankful that someone cared enough to not want you to sound stupid, especially when you’re trying to teach people things. I didn’t think I’d learn how to be an idiot.

Haha guess you’re just smarter than I am bud and care more about the pronunciation of words than I do. I’d definitely do not sound like an idiot as you are precisely the single and only person to ever say something like that. The easiest telltale sign that it is just me talking in an informal way is that there literally is no intercoastal. I can only mean one thing here. Again I am licensed captain down here running various boats all the time and have learned my entire life on the Intracoastal. Again, they are two words that are almost identical phonetically and you are acting as if that is not true. I guess everyone I work with in the boating industry sounds stupid too for using informal phonics when speaking haha good on you buddy

No. There are a different set of rules for inland waterways

It's one blast for taking over and making sure your boat is overtaking in the right and their boat is in the port, also 2 means your taking over the boat over and they are going to be on your starboard side

I kept this video strictly about boats and boating and chose not to address jet skis or anything. But yes, that is correct

Yea, but I specifically said in the video that I am not getting into all of that because the average recreational boater does not need to know that. Virtually no one in the recreational world blasts a horn while passing. I have worked in the professional boating and still no one does it. Yes it is a rule that is there but no one uses it and I do not think that the average boater needs to know it. I tried to keep it simple and basic without complicating it too much.

The point got across and that is what matters!

Where?

@NickOlinde florida. But i have a 2.5 hp motor i think i might not need it under 10hp

Yes. This is only applicable for my local waters (United States and Bahamas)

This is correct

Ok.

Yea, I definitely should have put the new sticker on before filming haha a little embarrassing but we do always keep our boat current.

I’m lost here haha

@@NickOlinde also the video was really good, boated today boatily. was great, gallatin tn

I agree. How to take on waves should be a video on its own I think because of how complex that topic actually is. I think I might do that