Boating expert and instructor Tara Foster joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about boating. How many types of boats are there? How exactly to boats float? Why is speed on the water measured in knots? What are you supposed to do in a man overboard situation? What’s the most dangerous ocean on the planet? Answers to these questions and many more await on Boating Support.
0:00 Boat Support
0:15 Port and Starboard
0:44 How to tie a cleat hitch
1:10 MAYDAY! Je ne parle pas Français!
1:22 Boat docking demonstration
2:38 Worst boat name
2:53 Man overboard
3:56 Knots
5:22 No, the other Knots
5:48 Increase maneuverability?
6:43 Choppy waters
7:13 Anchor
7:48 Stop the pontoon hate
8:26 What floats your boat?
8:58 Hello, first time anchor buyer here
10:00 Vehicle loss: Why
10:25 All gas, no brakes
10:58 How important is trim on a small outboard?
11:45 Capsizing
12:23 The most dangerous ocean
12:36 The unwritten rules of boating
13:14 Boats in salt water
13:28 How many types of boats are there?
13:56 How fast do boats go?
14:15 When windy becomes too windy
14:41 Outboard vs Inboard
15:09 [laughs like a pirate]
15:41 Red light returning
16:03 Hull shape and motor size
16:51 To help or not to help
17:12 The Great Loop
17:42 Haulover
18:34 How does a motor boat work?
19:06 Annoying boat guests, am I right
19:43 “Unusual” handy items
20:07 How long until the swaying feeling goes away?
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Tara Foster
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Austin Ramsey
Production Assistant: Caleb Clark
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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Titanic
17:26 Thank you for still calling it Gulf of Mexico. Gosh, such a stupid change.
I had no idea there was hate for pontoons. I guess I’m hanging out with the wrong people on the lake. 😂
I think I’m broken. When boating, I am only able to find comfort and peace if I am alone. If there are others on the boat, my entire time is spent focusing solely upon their safety. To the point where all I do is watch my surroundings and what they are up to. And that remains until they are back on solid ground. And no, the dock does not count as solid ground for me.
This ia common. There are mariners and then there are the people convince them to take them out “for a ride”. E.g. read all the other comments.
Wonderful, thank you.
And the knots slip right out of my brain before you even finish tying them
Granted I am not exactly a creature of water, but still sometimes I wish I could learn things like a person instead of an animal…
Bad boat names: The Sunk Cost
Boaty McBoatface
15:10 I would go further and say that vomiting is preceded by saliva secretion, literally mouth full of saliva one swallows. The saliva imbalance inside the stomach, needs to be soaked with food. If you keep eating, you will not vomit, because saliva will go down with the food.
She explains how to do knots really well. Ive been watching camping videos and some of the explanations are so hard to understand
The editor here is amazingly skilled at cutting out that vital little bit of the middle of different shots of how to actually tie off to a cleat.
Best boat name i’ve ever seen was “The Unsinkable ll”
I love her knot making explanations. Very helpful
She missed a great opportunity to explain a nautical mile is an evenly division of latitude degrees. 60 NM is one degree of latitude, nominally.
Mildly disappointed by the lack of sailboats but otherwise a good video
Question how to recertification a tritoon to have a bigger Hp Motor than rated for, reduce the the number of people on board so it doesn’t max out weight limits! Now is 13 people reduce to 9 . The bigger motor adds 146lbs more. Any comments is appreciated
Such a pleasant manner of speaking. As a layperson, I was kept engaged and in the loop! Made me want to learn knots, although one of them straight-up looked like a noose. Same function, I suppose 😅
MPH — “miles per nour” hmmm
I teach beginning sailing students to ignore the lingo. If you can master up, down, trim and ease you can sail
i mean, couldnt left and right just always refer to the boat’s left and right?