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Stand Up Paddleboards: SUP for fun and fitness

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If you crave more time on the water, check out the quickest way to get out on your local bay, river, or harbor: paddleboarding, also called Stand Up Paddleboard or SUP for short. You’ve probably seen them on your local waterway: people standing on surfboards, propelling themselves forward with a tall paddle, like a 21st century Venetian gondolier. A relatively new sport, stand up paddleboards (or SUPs) have grown rapidly in popularity, why is that? There are three great reasons why this odd-looking sport has taken off along coasts around the world, and they all revolve around easy access to the water. Yachts for Sale Stand up boards are lighter to transport than a kayak, less complicated to operate than an outboard, and far easier to rig than a small sailboat or windsurfer. As one of my sailing friends says about his own paddleboard: “four seconds to rig! Yachts for sale In keeping with that easy access theme, you only need a few basic skills to stand up and paddle. So whether you...

How to Drive a Personal Watercraft

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Driving a personal watercraft isn't as easy as you might imagine, our guide has some handy tips to ensure success and help keep you safe. How do you drive, or ride, a personal watercraft? Well the technology has come a long way in modern PWs (see Jet Skis and personal watercraft: the guide). They now use four-stroke engines instead of the two stroke power plants that polluted the very environment people were out there to enjoy. They now have variable trim systems and electronic “nannies” to help new riders stay out of trouble and improved ergonomics and safety features. Yachts for Sale But they are still jet-drive watercraft and that means there is no steering if you’re not on the throttle. Yacht for Sale That’s what gets people into trouble. It’s anathema to what we learn in driver’s education classes in a car and it doesn’t apply to propeller-driven boats, either. To ride one successfully means not “riding over your head,” which means at speeds that are appropriate for con...