How to: Essential boating skills with Jon Mendez
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Our step-by-step practical guides are hosted by Jon Mendez, author and founder of RYA-approved powerboat training school Mendez Marine
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Boat vinyl wrap: How to make your boat look like new again | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to mark your anchor chain | Improve your skills with Jon Mendez | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to navigate a boat using depth | Improve your skills with Jon Mendez | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to navigate overfalls | Improve your driving skills with Jon Mendez | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to set up your boat's fenders correctly | Jon Mendez's expert skippers tips | MBY
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Docking a boat | How to berth a pilothouse boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to set up a boat trailer for a smooth and safe journey | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to recover a boat on a trailer | Jon Mendez's expert guide | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to launch your boat from a trailer | Jon Mendez's expert guide | MBY
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Driving a boat at night | How to enter a harbour after dark | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to go winter boating | Top tips for staying safe and warm | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to clean teak | Top tips for keeping your boat’s decks pristine | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to winterise a boat | Top tips for putting your boat to bed for the off-season | MBY
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Driving a boat solo | How to come into a berth single-handed | Motor Boat & Yachting
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Driving a boat | How to leave a berth single-handed | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to dock a boat | Tying up a 60ft flybridge motoryacht | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to drive a boat | Turning an outboard-engined boat in a tight space | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to drive a boat | Leaving an alongside berth in a single-engined RIB | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to dock a boat | Coming alongside in a single-engined RIB | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to change anodes on an outdrive boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to polish a boat for the best shine and protection | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to antifoul your boat | The best way to protect your hull from fouling | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to make fast turns in a boat | S turns and U turns explained | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to throttle and trim an outboard engined boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to dock a single shaftdrive boat | 3 simple methods explained | Motor Boat & Yachting
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Prop walk explained | What it is and how to use it to your advantage | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to register and use your VHF marine radio | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to anchor your boat safely and securely | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to wear a lifejacket | Top tips for buying, fitting & maintaining a PFD | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to use pilotage skills to enter any harbour without a chartplotter | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to turn a single-engined boat in a tight space | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to pick up a mooring buoy when boating single-handed | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to ferry glide your boat like a pro | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to safely recover a man overboard casualty | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to set up a boat radar system properly | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to follow a route on a chartplotter | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to create a route on a plotter for a safe journey | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to tie 4 essential boating knots and when to use them | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to coil mooring lines | This simple method ends tangled rope frustration | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to berth a single-engined boat | Stern-to method explained | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to leave a berth safely in a single-engined boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Use Springs | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Lasso A Cleat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Use a Bow Thruster Effectively | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Berth an IPS boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Use IPS – Part 1 | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Moor on one engine | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Berth Single Handed | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Use Pile Moorings | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Set Your Anchor | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Tie your boat up safely and securely | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Leaving a Windy Berth | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Beam Sea Trim | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Move a boat sideways | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Use a Lock | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Berth in windy conditions | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Downwind Trim | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Mooring | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Head to Windward | MBY
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How to: Hold your boat steady | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How To: Pack a grab bag
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How To: Recommission your boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to... Polish your boat
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How To... Prep your boat for the Med
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How to... Antifoul your boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to... Sea trial a boat | Motor Boat & Yachting
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How to: Replace a burnt-out impeller
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How to: Clean your teak deck
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