Activity has been picking up this week so I thought I'd create an opportunity to share advice. We have lots of new boat owners, new inboard owners and new Moomba/Supra owners. There is such a wealth of knowledge on here I thought it would be cool to allow everybody to share the best advice they have received or maybe given or anything that helped them along the way.

*** Please keep this thread to posting advice. If you have a specific question, please start a new thread and you will get timely responses in that thread. Thank you! ***

I'll kick it off.

1. Do your own visual inspection of every part of your rig every time out. This includes things like your trailer bunks, life jacket #'s, fluid levels, etc.

2. It also doesn't hurt to flag down the marine patrol/coast guard/sheriff and ask them to give you a run through early in the season. It may help that they remember you and know your boat on those busy weekends when you don't really want to deal with them.

3. Don't be the captain that is so annoyed/angry/paranoid/anally retentive, etc. that you ruin others' good times. The boat should be respected but it does get dirty and some things break. Your attitude about these things will usually determine how much fun it is to go out. Think of each outing as a pleasure cruise and try to loosen up and have some fun.