Thread: Stupid Boat Ramp Stories
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01-14-2009 11:35 PMLife is: what happens... when you plan something else.
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01-14-2009 11:52 PM
Jim want's to go back to work pretty bad. But he is addicted!
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01-15-2009 09:47 AM
First twin my cousin and I had was a 27 Sea Ray w/ twin 4 bangers - roller trailer - big electric winch on front. turned it loose on the ramp and she slid like the dikkens when we rolled down the ramp... just a small scrape on the keel - but funny as hell if you were sitin in the Capt's seat - which I was.
- Riverside Inn, Sunday evening in the summer, a couple of guys I know had been runnin around in a pontoon and 18ft bowrider having a few cocktails throughout the day w all their friends. The ramp is two wide so both go to load at the same time - between the bs that was flyin from their lips and the bs from the crowd on the patio above f'n with 'em - they tried to put the wrong boat on the wrong trailer. Pontoon nearly landed in the back of the guys truck ... pretty damn funny cause we knew what belonged where.
Uno mas - a friend of mine who turns wrenches as well (name withheld) rigged a 27 Fountain Center console years ago w Counter Rotating Mercs. All new hydraulic steering to boot. I drop by one afternoon before hitting the river and this person and a low life I know are sitting in a couple of lawn chairs having a cold one waiting on the owner to show up for the maiden voyage after the re-rig. Me bein the a$$ I am asked if they ran it or anything yet - "Nope!" "No need to!" "Been doin this 20 yrs!" blah blah blah
So we go to Riverside and have a seat on the patio overlooking the above mentioned two boat wide ramp and wait for them as I was going to be a nice guy and follow them "just in case" something was to happen.....
Needless to say she was a ***** to get off the trailer - steering hooked up backwards and the shifters weren't set for Counter Rotating - so one was in Forward and one in Reverse and turning to wrong way the whole time......
So much for no test run ........dumba$$
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01-15-2009 10:09 AM
Against my better judgement I took a buddy of mine to a local lake on a stupid busy Sunday aftternoon in July. I launched and on the way to park happened to notice a 30ish ft. bridged cruiser waiting in the launch line. Upon walking back to the ramp I see a bunch of people crowded around the ramp and some very tilted antennas high up in the air. Roller bunk trailer + all straps removed = one boat sitting on concrete 15 feet from the waters edge. We later heard that the owner used the deer catcher on the front of his truck to shove the boat down into the water so he could winch it back onto the trailer.
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01-15-2009 11:23 AM
One of the first times I took my then girl friend now wife out on a date we had lunch in Wrightsville Beach NC. After lunch I told her I was going to take her to the funniest place on earth. SO we went to the Wrightsville Beach public boat ramp! They even have spectator parking right next to the ramps so you can see it all up close and never leave the air conditions comfort of your car. She looked at me like I was NUTS! I told her to give it 15 minutes!!
Sure enough about 5 minutes later here comes Mr. Brain Surgeon!! He has his 16ft bow rider loaded down with camping gear and two large dogs. He had his wife/girl friend holding the bow rope and all the straps removed!! Well you know what happened next…….yep……he dropped it on the ramp. But that’s not the best of it! Mr. Brain Surgeon assesses the situation and decided the best thing to do is push the boat down the ramp into the water!! Oh yea, the ramp is cross cut in two different direction fro traction, so it’s VERY course!!! So he gets a couple people to help him push the boat the 10 or so feet down the ramp to the water. I did not participate! They get it in the water. The line of scraped off fiberglass clearly shows where the boat had been sitting, and the path it had taken to be pushed to the water! What does Mr. Brain Surgeon do next……..Why what else would he do? He gets in the boat with is family and heads to Masonboro Island for a long week end of camping. Never mind putting it back on the trailer and at least inspecting the bottom! I hope he had a good bilge pump or at least a large bucket!!!
My wife is now an avid boat ramp watching fan!!!Taking Over the World One Thread at a Time
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01-15-2009 12:46 PMImpatience at the ramp is a killer. Unpreparedness is another one. Hustling to be courteous ranks up there as well.
I've left the drain plug out myself- and the truck was already parked. Had to run back, find the spare in the glovebox, then go diving to get it in.
But my favorite ramp story was taking the Jetskis on vacation. We were at Hilton Head- the only public ramp is 2 1/2 lanes wide anf these clowns managed to get their F150 and their 23' CC fishing boat blocking all of it. Then they decided to get the cover off, get the coolers from the other truck and load them, etc. I finally get pissed and decide to show off my proficiency at backing the trailer in. I was doing just fine- until the left side of the trailer disappeared. The ramp wasn't full-width all the way down. I jumped out and floated the skis off and took a look- I was pretty hot by then. I figured I could just ease out. It was working until the spring's U-bolts caught the ramp and tore the axle out. Ended up having to go buy a complete new trailer.
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01-15-2009 01:00 PM
Two summers ago I backed my trailer COMPLETELY off the ramp without knowing it...I later found out that only one of the three lanes on the ramp was long enough for my boat....later. Well, the boat floated free without a problem, of course, but when I jumped back in the truck and pulled the trailer out, that front axle whacked the concrete pretty good. I just remember hearing a loud bang and felt the truck jerk, but I didn't really think anything of it, and just parked the rig and ran back to the boat. When I went back later in the day to grab the trailer, it looked like somebody had rear-ended it...all the lights were blown out and hanging by the wires, and the front axle was kinked about 2 inches further back on the left side than the right...brace tore, but didn't break, or I'd have lost the whole thing. Oops.
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01-15-2009 01:02 PM
Was helping my father load his 'battleship' on the trailer for the regular monthly servicing. He asked if I wanted to drive the boat or the Navigator to the ramp. Judging by the water temp, I opted to stay dry in the boat.
I pull up to the ramp, which is fairly steep. the tide was low so he was backed down pretty far. As I am approaching, he walks down to the winch to pay out some cable. Now, you have to remember, my father is almost 300#, was a great athlete in HS and college, but hasn't run since I was 6 (30 years ago). Within a blink, his legs are in the air and he's flat on his back, sliding towards the water. I absolutely bust a gut.
As I ease onto the trailer, he kept bragging, "did you see how I kept my head from hitting the pavement?"
"Daddy, your ass is wet. I'm driving the car."
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01-15-2009 01:32 PM
For some reason my brother always opens his truck door to back his boat in the water. So one day he shows up at work and the end of the front fender and the begining of the drivers door was and crunched bad. When I ask what happen he said the door caught on a post by the launch ramp and opened the door over 90 degrees. Never opened his door after that
Run until it sounds expensive
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01-15-2009 01:54 PM
My next door neighbor.
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01-15-2009 02:03 PM
One thing I absolutly can not fuking stand is the idiots who spend half an hour waiting in line to launch only to pull onto the ramp then get out and remove all canvas and tie downs/ install drainplug. Then proceed to load 3 screaming kids, a cooler, 2 backpacks, a tube, towline, dog, sunscreen, fishing rods and towels ONE PIECE AT A TIME. Into the goddamned boat before backing into the water. Only to find out they have a dead battery.
If tazing theese people was legal the world would be a better place.
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