Tige Rules

[eks]

You can hope in one hand and sh## in the other, pretty safe bet which hand will fill faster!!

lol

Well said.

[tessa]

The other thread reminded me about this.....


This is just a list or rules we came up with with some of my boat owner friends.

Please feel free to print this out and hand it to your friends if/when needed..

Tigé Rules
(It’s our boat so we get to make the rules)

Basic rule of thumb is this: Have a good time and treat our boat with respect as if it were yours. If you are on our boat, it means we invited you. You are our guest. It is our responsibility to make sure that you are safe while with us. It is our responsibility to make sure that you know if I've got any pet peeves, or, I mean "special rules" on our boat. It is our responsibility to understand that if you are new to boating, even if I explained our rules, you are in a different environment and may make mistakes, and I should not have a temper tantrum. As our guest, if you do not have a relaxing and pleasant experience, we have failed. Life is stressful enough, we are on our boat to relax and enjoy life.

General
• Be Safe and Have Fun!
• Use common sense
• You break it you buy it!
• If you don’t know ask
• Leave your fishing pole at home...our boat is NOT a fishing boat!
• Our boat runs on Gas not Thank You’s
-If you can afford it; I'd be happy to buy ALL of your gas if you want to buy a boat!
-No gas money can equal no invite back
• Please keep the boat clean as possible
• NO colored sunscreen
• NO WHINING or COMPLAINING
• We wake up vary early to wakeboard if you don’t get up you will get left behind.
• I can break any rule it’s my boat!!!!!

Food
• NO nasty sticky snacks
• NO crumbs
-NO crumb making food or powder coated (crackers, chips, etc) in the boat
• NO chocolate
• NO dip of any kind
• NO food that turns your hands any color (Cheetos are the devil)
• If you're going to eat cheese crackers, cheetos or any cheddar flavored snacks do so on the swim platform

Drinks
• No spilling of beer, soft drinks, juice, etc.
-You can spill water if you must
• No glass containers, I don't care what's in it
• Do NOT throw the drinks or trash in the lake when you are done
-Place them in the trash bag provided
• No coolers on the seats...FLOOR ONLY!
• Always put beer/soda cans in koozies and in the cup holders

Respect
• PLEASE really try not to stand on vinyl
• Trash goes in the trash bag not in a cup holder
• Don't just sit there while were docking...HELP GRAB THE DOCK!!!!
• Don't place your towels, bags, etc. all over the boat; invest in a backpack so that it can be kept together and put it away

Shoes
• Take off your shoes
• NO shoes or dirty feet in the boat
-If they are dirty, dunk them in the lake to clean them off

Cleaning The Boat /Beach
• Get in the boat from the swim platform while it’s on the trailer
• If you rode in the boat, or used it on the beach please help clean up afterwards!!!!!!
-If you’re not doing anything you’re not helping, so get off your butt and help I don’t care if it’s hot/ cold or don’t you want to get wet. Doing this can equal no invite back!!

On the Water
• Do not let the ski, or wakeboard, touch anything but the floor, platform or rack
• NO sliding anything over the gunwale (side of the boat)
• Nothing touches the boat but bare hands or feet
• Drip dry with a towel on the swim platform before climbing into the boat
• Please do not stand, or step on the seats
• Please sit on the rear storage deck, lift your legs and spin around into the boat
• Let me pull the rope in when the rider is done


I know there are times breaking some rules can't be avoided, but these things expensive to repair! So just avoid it if at all possible

Thank you



If anyone breaks any of these rules or has a bad attitude they go straight to the tube for an adjustment…..

All I can say is that I love the rules. They are fair and spell out your expectations! Do you mind if I plagerize?

[G-MONEY]

All I can say is that I love the rules. They are fair and spell out your expectations! Do you mind if I plagerize?

Go for it

[eks]

One rule that I started to enforce last year was to not allow kids under 11 to go on the front bow without an adult.

I heard a story last year that made me sick just thinking about it when a kid felt over the front of the boat...

If I am out with only my family we don't even take the cover off the bow. My oldest is 10.

[CP3]

The bow also is a rougher ride if the water isnt nice because is moves more than the back. thats why I like to drive

[chpthril]

The bow also is a rougher ride if the water isnt nice because is moves more than the back. thats why I like to drive

Great, come out with us more often, I hate to drive.......all the time

[eks]

I am a little A## about kids rules, I also make any kids under 12 to wear life jackets the entire time.

[chpthril]

I am a little A## about kids rules, I also make any kids under 12 to wear life jackets the entire time.

Kids under 12 have to wear them while under way on our lakes. If I dont know theire swimming abilities, they keep them on all the time

[tessa]

Great, come out with us more often, I hate to drive.......all the time

Wow completely the opposite. I love driving as long as I am off of the stick and I am not stuck all day pulling rookies............

[chpthril]

Wow completely the opposite. I love driving as long as I am off of the stick and I am not stuck all day pulling rookies............

I love driving, but it's nice to turn the wheel over to someone that knows what they're doing and sit back and relax

[hoppas]

My wife hated driving our old boat (I/O) but now I have to beg to drive. When I go out with my homies it's nice when someone else drives for a while so I can watch the riders.

I try to follow most of those rules myself, but don't make a big deal about them unless someone shows up with something stupid like chips and salsa or pizza or something. Sometimes people will stand on the gunwale to take the boards out of the racks, which doesn't bother me too much unless the boat is on the trailer. I'd rather them stand on the seat than take a chance in falling 7 ft onto asphault. I was talking to a guy once that told me his friend had slipped off a wet gunwale and hit his chin as he fell in the lake and split it open.

Safety is key, all kids wear life jackets all the time, no exceptions, and everyone sits down when the boat is in gear. My sister in law almost went over the front of our old boat once when I had to slow down really fast for a huge wave. It was stupid on my part to have let that happen in the first place (she was kneeling on the bow cushion) but I never forgot it. If we get caught in a storm or whatever I make everyone put life jackets on.

[Lunchbox]

G - Those are great... Very well said...

[Domsz06]

One rule that I started to enforce last year was to not allow kids under 11 to go on the front bow without an adult.

I heard a story last year that made me sick just thinking about it when a kid felt over the front of the boat...

If I am out with only my family we don't even take the cover off the bow. My oldest is 10.

my dog jumped out once!! yes the one everyone met at the cold water reunion. She was going after the ducks!! yeah I flipped and it was cold water too

[ragboy]

One rule that I started to enforce last year was to not allow kids under 11 to go on the front bow without an adult.

I heard a story last year that made me sick just thinking about it when a kid felt over the front of the boat...

If I am out with only my family we don't even take the cover off the bow. My oldest is 10.

I fell over the bow once, when I was about 12. It was on a tri hull, he was going about 10 mph, coming into shore. I was leaning over, to hook on bow line. I was wearing vest. Uncle driving, killed the motor immediately. The boat hit me on the head, and didn't pull me under, just kept hitting me in the head and pushing me forward. It was a bit scary, but nothing worse than a headache.

I am a little A## about kids rules, I also make any kids under 12 to wear life jackets the entire time.

Maybe partially because of the story above, all of my kids, and any others must wear vests until they are 12. Then, when they are 12 they must perform a test. I go into a cove and anchor, then the kid must be able to swim from one side of the boat to the other, back and forth once underneath. If they can do that and they are 12+, they can then take off their vest while in the boat, and while recreational swimming around. They still always wear vests and helmets while boarding or surfing. I make them do that test, because it is scary, but not really hard. The biggest issue with water is panic, IMHO, and if they can go under back and forth, it shows me that can keep their wits about them while scared.

I have 3 kids that have done this, and 3 more to go. It has become a right of passage in our family. When my son RJ did it this summer, he was very anxious leading up to it. It was a big deal to him.

[eks]

I fell over the bow once, when I was about 12. It was on a tri hull, he was going about 10 mph, coming into shore. I was leaning over, to hook on bow line. I was wearing vest. Uncle driving, killed the motor immediately. The boat hit me on the head, and didn't pull me under, just kept hitting me in the head and pushing me forward. It was a bit scary, but nothing worse than a headache.



Maybe partially because of the story above, all of my kids, and any others must wear vests until they are 12. Then, when they are 12 they must perform a test. I go into a cove and anchor, then the kid must be able to swim from one side of the boat to the other, back and forth once underneath. If they can do that and they are 12+, they can then take off their vest while in the boat, and while recreational swimming around. They still always wear vests and helmets while boarding or surfing. I make them do that test, because it is scary, but not really hard. The biggest issue with water is panic, IMHO, and if they can go under back and forth, it shows me that can keep their wits about them while scared.

I have 3 kids that have done this, and 3 more to go. It has become a right of passage in our family. When my son RJ did it this summer, he was very anxious leading up to it. It was a big deal to him.

Tha's a great idea. I will do that as well.