Boat Engines Mercury
Boat Engines Mercury
Hand Signals For Waterskiers And Wakeboarders
Communication between two people can be difficult at the best of times … and don’t get us started on the effect that retrograde Mercury has on our waterskiing! When the roar of a boat engine and the steady white noise of carved water separates you, it can make it even more difficult to get the message across to your mates. Today we have some waterskiing tips on the methods of communicating between spotter and skier while either waterskiing or wakeboarding, when Mercury (or an outboard motor!) is getting in your way.
Verbal communication
Verbal communication is only useful when the skier is still in the water, before the boat has started moving … after this the noise makes it too likely that anything you say will be misinterpreted. The English language doesn’t always do it’s bit to make this easier – ‘Go’ and ‘No’ are very hard to differentiate for the spotter. Our favourite waterskiing tip is to say what you want, but also use the accompanying signal, so that you don’t get too used to using those lazy old words!
Having a spotter
Having a spotter is required by law in some states, and is required by common sense in all of them. Spotters should be over the age of twelve – this helps ensure adequate attention and presence of mind.
Hand signals for the spotter
The spotter can use hand signals to tell the waterskier to do things like:
* Stay behind the boat: Extend one arm straight in front of the spotter’s body, and move it up and down. This would be used if another boat was approaching, if there were tree limbs, swimmers or other hazards alongside the boat.
* Be aware that the boat will be turning around: This signal may be used by the spotter or the boat driver. If the driver makes the signal, the spotter should repeat it to ensure the person waterskiing sees it. The signal is to put an arm up at a 45 degree angle and rotate it in wide circles.
* Wakes upcoming: Experienced waterskiiers may not need this signal, but beginners often appreciate it. The spotter extends their arm out to the side and moves it up and down.
Hand signals for the skier
The skier usually has more to say to the spotter than the reverse! There are different conventions all over the world, and even within the country, for skiers hand signals. Waterskiing tips recommend that you agree on what vital signals mean before hopping in the boat with your water ski or wakeboard – misunderstandings could cause injury here. Hand signals for the waterskier include:
* Okay to start: Nodding the head, or a ‘thumbs up’
* Faster: Hand out, palm up, moving up and down; nodding is sometimes used
* Slower: Hand out, palm down, moving up and down; shaking the head is sometimes used
* Maintain speed or speed OK: Thumb and index finger joined, last three fingers up in the ‘OK’ symbol
* Turn the boat: Hand out, palm vertical, curving the hand in the direction of desired turn
* Stop!: Hand up with fingers outstretched
* Turn the motor off: Draw your index finger across your throat in a side-to-side motion – ‘Cut it off’
* I’m okay/not hurt: After a fall, the waterskier should clasp their hands above their head until the boat driver or spotter notices them. No movement after a fall is used to indicate an injury, and the boat will come rushing back to pick up the skier.
Hand Signals for Waterskiers and Wakeboarders
Communication between two people can be difficult at the best of times … and don’t get us started on the effect that retrograde Mercury has on our waterskiing! When the roar of a boat engine and the steady white noise of carved water separates you, it can make it even more difficult to get the message across to your mates. Today we have some waterskiing tips on the methods of communicating between spotter and skier while either waterskiing or wakeboarding, when Mercury (or an outboard motor!) is getting in your way.
Verbal communication
Verbal communication is only useful when the skier is still in the water, before the boat has started moving … after this the noise makes it too likely that anything you say will be misinterpreted. The English language doesn’t always do it’s bit to make this easier – ‘Go’ and ‘No’ are very hard to differentiate for the spotter. Our favourite waterskiing tip is to say what you want, but also use the accompanying signal, so that you don’t get too used to using those lazy old words!
Having a spotter
Having a spotter is required by law in some states, and is required by common sense in all of them. Spotters should be over the age of twelve – this helps ensure adequate attention and presence of mind.
Hand signals for the spotter
The spotter can use hand signals to tell the waterskier to do things like:
* Stay behind the boat: Extend one arm straight in front of the spotter’s body, and move it up and down. This would be used if another boat was approaching, if there were tree limbs, swimmers or other hazards alongside the boat.
* Be aware that the boat will be turning around: This signal may be used by the spotter or the boat driver. If the driver makes the signal, the spotter should repeat it to ensure the person waterskiing sees it. The signal is to put an arm up at a 45 degree angle and rotate it in wide circles.
* Wakes upcoming: Experienced waterskiiers may not need this signal, but beginners often appreciate it. The spotter extends their arm out to the side and moves it up and down.
Hand signals for the skier
The skier usually has more to say to the spotter than the reverse! There are different conventions all over the world, and even within the country, for skiers hand signals. Waterskiing tips recommend that you agree on what vital signals mean before hopping in the boat with your water ski or wakeboard – misunderstandings could cause injury here. Hand signals for the waterskier include:
* Okay to start: Nodding the head, or a ‘thumbs up’
* Faster: Hand out, palm up, moving up and down; nodding is sometimes used
* Slower: Hand out, palm down, moving up and down; shaking the head is sometimes used
* Maintain speed or speed OK: Thumb and index finger joined, last three fingers up in the ‘OK’ symbol
* Turn the boat: Hand out, palm vertical, curving the hand in the direction of desired turn
* Stop!: Hand up with fingers outstretched
* Turn the motor off: Draw your index finger across your throat in a side-to-side motion – ‘Cut it off’
* I’m okay/not hurt: After a fall, the waterskier should clasp their hands above their head until the boat driver or spotter notices them. No movement after a fall is used to indicate an injury, and the boat will come rushing back to pick up the skier.
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How do i tilt a mercury 50hp engine? I’m very new to boating. I need to lift propellor out of water on slip
I just bought a boat in Uk with two 50hp mercury engines one electric start the other manual. I know very little about boat engines. I am good at DIY though. i have a house by the sea in Cork on the south coast of Ireland. Any advice on maintenance of both engines. Is there a manual available?
Any things in particular i should know about Mariner 50hp engines.
any suggestions/help/ advice much appreciated.
BOB
Visit Mercury’s website to get a complete guide for fix it yourself items. There should also be a parts manual available. I am not sure if you have to purchase it, but usually they are available for free Adobe Acrobat download. Second, the trim/tilt. There are two ways of operating. You did not state how old your outboards were so on the side there is a lever that is electric. The battery needs to be on in order to raise or lower the outboard. If you are unable to do it electronically, it is a two person job. To lift from the lower unit and to place the kickstand that is located under the head on the inboard sides of the engines..usually. To release a trim/tilt that may be pressure locked in the up position, there is a small opening on the inboard/ouboard sides close to where the engine mounts to the transom. They are usually a flathead screwdriver relase, and just let the hydraulic pressure out mannually. If it is totally different in the UK than the US, sorry. But I have worked on outboards and diesels for the past 5 years, hopefully I was some help.
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