TUBES
For many of us, discovering a love of boating and being out on the water started when we were youngsters being pulled on a tube behind the family boat. If that was how you came to love boating, you can probably still remember your first time on a tube. It was glorious, wasn’t it? Boat tubes started out pretty humbly, with someone lashing one end of a rope to a truck inner tube and the other end to a boat. That’s how water tubing was born.
Water tubes have come a long way since those humble beginnings and we’ll get to what’s new in due time. Tubing water sports is a great entry point to other watersports like kneeboarding and water skiing, but it’s also its own unique niche. Here’s a good leaping off point to set yourself up for a lifetime of fun behind a boat.
How to Pull a Tube Behind a Boat
- Ensure you have the proper equipment: life jackets, tow rope, towable tube and a boat.
- Designate a driver and a spotter.
- Attach the tow rope to the tube.
- Tie off the rope to the stern (back) of the boat.
- Review safety hand signals for communication between spotter and those riding on the tube.
- Have fun!
