Posted: 7/12/2011 9:56:26 AM EDT
  |
|
Quoted:
My former FIL, who owned quite the trailerable boat, once told me that one of the best sources of entertainment anywhere was to sit next to one of those docks with a case of cold beer and watch the idiots try to get their boats in and out of the water.... That is the truth. All the people with the jacked up brand new diesel trucks and brand new boats and flat bill hats are usually the ones who fuck it up royally. |
|
Quoted:
My former FIL, who owned quite the trailerable boat, once told me that one of the best sources of entertainment anywhere was to sit next to one of those docks with a case of cold beer and watch the idiots try to get their boats in and out of the water.... We call it "Divorce Court" |
|
Quoted: The rear of the van was probably floating in the water a bit, you get in the back with an extra ~800 lbs and it's going to tip. Plus those ramps are slippery. Looks like the guy had the van in reverse still too.
I don't understand how that happened. The weight of the JS pulled the van back into the water? |
|
Quoted: Yep, used to keep my boat at a marina in St. Pete.Quoted: My former FIL, who owned quite the trailerable boat, once told me that one of the best sources of entertainment anywhere was to sit next to one of those docks with a case of cold beer and watch the idiots try to get their boats in and out of the water.... That is the truth. All the people with the jacked up brand new diesel trucks and brand new boats and flat bill hats are usually the ones who fuck it up royally. Every Spring, a new batch of boat owners show up with their shiny new boat, a bunch of people with them to go for a boat ride, and they royally embarrass themselves trying to launch, dock, etc. If people can just wrap their brains around the fact you are steering from the back of the boat and not the front like a car, 60% of their problems would never happen. |
|
From someone who spends at least one/two days a week in the warm months hitting the ramp, there is always hilarity to be found. You have to learn to be patient when it comes to the ramp time, I give alot of slack to ppl new to boating or dusting off the cobwebs at the beginning of the season, but damn if there are not some morons out there. And the husband/wife or guy/girlfriend arguments are always always worth a good laugh. But then there are the couples that load and unload like a seamless machine.
On busy weekends it is fun to take a cooler of beer and a chair and just hang out at the ramp! |
|
Quoted: I don't understand how that happened. The weight of the JS pulled the van back into the water? Van got back the front wheels back into the moss and jsut slid in. That stuff is extremely slippery. I had to pull a guy out a couple year ago that was putting in a jetski (on trailer) with a two wheel drive truck. He wasn't coming back out, but luckily his front wheels were still on dry pavement. Hooked a rope up to him and pulled him out. |
|
Quoted:
My former FIL, who owned quite the trailerable boat, once told me that one of the best sources of entertainment anywhere was to sit next to one of those docks with a case of cold beer and watch the idiots try to get their boats in and out of the water.... I invented the term "ramp-tard". Endless lulz. |
|
Quoted:
From someone who spends at least one/two days a week in the warm months hitting the ramp, there is always hilarity to be found. You have to learn to be patient when it comes to the ramp time, I give alot of slack to ppl new to boating or dusting off the cobwebs at the beginning of the season, but damn if there are not some morons out there. And the husband/wife or guy/girlfriend arguments are always always worth a good laugh. But then there are the couples that load and unload like a seamless machine. On busy weekends it is fun to take a cooler of beer and a chair and just hang out at the ramp! "Go left!" "My Left!!!!" "YOUR OTHER LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 
|
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
From someone who spends at least one/two days a week in the warm months hitting the ramp, there is always hilarity to be found. You have to learn to be patient when it comes to the ramp time, I give alot of slack to ppl new to boating or dusting off the cobwebs at the beginning of the season, but damn if there are not some morons out there. And the husband/wife or guy/girlfriend arguments are always always worth a good laugh. But then there are the couples that load and unload like a seamless machine. On busy weekends it is fun to take a cooler of beer and a chair and just hang out at the ramp! "Go left!" "My Left!!!!" "YOUR OTHER LEFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ive been around boats most of my life but, damn if it isnt that hard to launch a boat. One person can do it. 1) Have everything prepared beforehand. (This seems to be a lost concept on most ppl) 2) Back in, jump on boat start up and back out. 3) Pull boat to dock, tie up. 4) Go park truck. 5) Enjoy the day on the lake. 6) Repeat in reverse to leave. |