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[RWilson2526]

Originally Posted by Orlando

good times. cant wait till my son and goddaughters are old enough to come out with me on the boat. another year atleast though.

Yea my son is 8 this year and he's just starting to actually be a real help around the boat...holding lines, picking up the wheel chocks when launching....working the net...(although I have to remind him to pick the fish up out of the water and just dont hold the net in the water!) He seems to have a good head on his shoulders...he kind of impressed me when we were putting the boat back on the trailer. I leave the boat in gear at idle when need be to keep the boat from rolling back down the trailer while I climb over and put the hook on....He was in the boat and once I had the hook on I clearly and slowly gave him direction to pull the throttle back towards him to take it out of gear. He could tell how seriously I was giving him directions and sensed that if he screwed it up it would not be good....he just said quietly...."I think you should do it"...kind of like that vs going off half cocked....

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Originally Posted by RWilson2526

Yea my son is 8 this year and he's just starting to actually be a real help around the boat...holding lines, picking up the wheel chocks when launching....working the net...(although I have to remind him to pick the fish up out of the water and just dont hold the net in the water!) He seems to have a good head on his shoulders...he kind of impressed me when we were putting the boat back on the trailer. I leave the boat in gear at idle when need be to keep the boat from rolling back down the trailer while I climb over and put the hook on....He was in the boat and once I had the hook on I clearly and slowly gave him direction to pull the throttle back towards him to take it out of gear. He could tell how seriously I was giving him directions and sensed that if he screwed it up it would not be good....he just said quietly...."I think you should do it"...kind of like that vs going off half cocked....

He'll let ya know when he's ready...but at one time, I did take mine out in the middle of the water where they couldn't hit anything and gave them the wheel...had 'em shut it down, restart, plane up and eventually load on trailer...