How do you tell the boat to accelerate? I ran across this elsewhere on the internet and I thought it would be interesting to post here. Plus, I have been dieing to use the polling feature. As a true swivel skier, I say "Go Boat".
Re: How do you tell the boat to accelerate? Dad allways taught us to yell "HIT IT!!" He used to say go sounded too much like no and wanted to avoid confusion for the driver
Re: How do you tell the boat to accelerate? Lots of ways but a few of my favorites are; Yeppp.... or Giddyup.... (Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld) and, Make it Happin' Captin'....
Re: How do you tell the boat to accelerate? Ok, my poll disappeared into thin air. But, it looked something like this. Go Boat! OK! Throttle! Hit It! Go! Let's Rock! Bust The Move! But, I like the stuff you guys are using. I may have to make some recommendations to my husband. He doesn't know any better, so he says "Go Boat!" too.
My two younger boys weren't quite sure about going fast in my Elgin on their first couple of rides. So what I would do is have them participate. As we idlee out of the no wake zone I pointed out he bouy's and told them pass them was the go fast part of the lake. I said "When we get past the bouy's yell HIT IT!" From that time on you should have seen their faces waiting, waiting.......and then HIT IT! I now use that on all small kids who seem a little leary so they feel they have the control. My boys are 15 and 12 now and I will make a point of not hitting it after clearing the bouy's and keep idling until they ask "Mom, what are you doing? HIT IT!" LOL!
We always used "ok" or "hit it" How about when you want to be brought back to shore? We used to use the thumb gesture but it was confusing because many times the skiier didn't want to quit but rather he or she was pointing to tell the driver to change direction - perhaps to get to some calmer water or avoid going through a shallow or weedy area of the lake. Thus, when I was still quite young, my dad decided that the universal sign for "take me home" was to pat the top of our head. That is the "home" signal used on our beach to this day.
A pat on the top of the head means "take me home" to me. I am really spoiled in this regard. Swvski1 is the only skier I drive for 99.9% of the time. We have been doing this so long that it is almost telepathic. Most of the starts are beach and no signal is used or needed, just body position. In the water starts she does say "go boat" which means (to me) a start with just enough power to get her up and no more, which is just a nudge of the throttle in my boat. She also gives me a little nod either consciously or not. jim
