Boat Ramp High-Jinks! - Page 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

TheSpecialist · 05-30-2010, 08:59 AM

Not really hijinks, but yesterday i pulled in behind another guy, and he was taking forever and a day to get his boat ready. Mine was ready to launch in about 3 minutes top, so I walk to the shack to pay. As i am walking to the booth the guy backs down the ramp, and he is there for like 5 minutes. Then he drives up the ramp with the boat still on the trailor

So I ask the warden if I can launch on the other side he says yeah go ahead. I back down , drop the boat, tie off and start the engine before the guy gets his trailor up the ramp. I park walk to my boat and he still hasn't started his engine to warm it up. Keep in mind the ramp line now has about 7 people waiting, I am off and he is sitting there...

thunder · 06-01-2010, 02:37 PM

another one sunday at taylorpoint guy put a f350 quad cab right up to the windshield i took pics but i cant load them if any one has an idea how to i will

PRBuzz · 06-01-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by thunder

another one sunday at taylorpoint guy put a f350 quad cab right up to the windshield i took pics but i cant load them if any one has an idea how to i will

You might have to reduce file size to <1mb before attempting. MS Office Picture Manager (many imaging programs have similar feature) allows you to "edit" to reduce file size for web, e-mail, etc. After that use the "Manage Attachments" feature in s-b.com (down bottom of type window) to upload the edited picture.

Typhoon · 06-02-2010, 09:53 AM

My old man was very trusting of his sons with his pride and joy fully restored 22 Hiliner. When I was 18 I was allowed to trailer it by myself.

My first time doing it by myself, I borrowed his truck for the day, loaded my buddies and headed to Green Harbor to launch. We launched at low tide which is super steep, headed fishing for the day and came in. I retrieved the boat, no problem and drove home. I was quite proud of myself for looking like a pro at the launch ramp. First try backing it down, spun it around on an axis at the ramp and put it straight on the trailer. My buddies were impressed.

When I arrived home I discovered that the trailer was literally sitting on the trailer ball. It had never locked correctly and was just laying there. To this day, I have NO idea how the trailer didn't come flying off when I was backing it down the ramp. There must off been divine intervention because I would be still laying in a shallow grave if I had messed up that boat.

Now my dad beats on my boat.

thunder · 06-02-2010, 02:20 PM

i got a couple of pics up just click on my album thanks prbuzz

StriperSwiperRI · 06-03-2010, 03:34 PM

I've always found boat ramps to be the best entertainment going, and you don't have to purchase tickets for it. Very funny stuff happens there.

ivanputski · 06-03-2010, 10:30 PM

Always funny to see guys project their lack of experience docking and launching a boat on their wife/girlfriend that they brought along for a nice day on the water... ANYTHING that goes wrong is blamed on the wife "Why the heck are you doing that!!!!??"

Hooper · 06-04-2010, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ivanputski

Always funny to see guys project their lack of experience docking and launching a boat on their wife/girlfriend that they brought along for a nice day on the water... ANYTHING that goes wrong is blamed on the wife "Why the heck are you doing that!!!!??"

Yep, that's for sure. I hate seeing that stuff. Keep waiting to hear her say to him "Hey, A$$^ole, you're at the wheel, not me!"

FISHING_FOOL · 06-07-2010, 06:17 PM

I'm glad the guy who watched me at the boat ramp last week doesn't post on this board! I pulled a major bone head move. In the words of the guy watching "All's well that ends well"..... Isn't that the truth.

PRBuzz · 06-09-2010, 04:56 PM

Enjoy this one:

numbskull · 06-09-2010, 06:01 PM

I've been saved from launching without a plug by someone else standing at a ramp.

I also cracked the hull of my old seacraft the first time I used a powerwinch. I'm still not sure how. The boat went straight up the back of the trailer, then leveraged down and collapsed the hull both sides at the first lifting strake. Paid a $1000 to have it fixed, draged it home, got it snug in the driveway, then backed my wife's minivan ( which I'd moved to position the boat) into a tree (goodbye another $1500).

JeffH · 06-10-2010, 02:11 PM

Old Saybrook launch again. 26' twin I/O Donzi type boat. Guy with 4bikini clad ladies. Has ladies climb in boat, detaches bow from trailer and gets a good running start. Boat is off trailer 50' from water and slides, stern down, 20' on serrated ramp before it catches. Momemtum of truck forces trailer into bottom of hull forcing bow up at 30degs. No problem, takes both outdrives and drives them both full down mulrtiple times hoping to lift stern and lower bow. To no avail he attaches two dock lines to bow and then to truck and begins to pull the bow down until both dock lines break like a gun shot slamming boat back onto the still lowered outdrives. At that point I left before someone died and before the tow truck arrived.

Van · 06-10-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffH

Old Saybrook launch again. 26' twin I/O Donzi type boat. Guy with 4bikini clad ladies. Has ladies climb in boat, detaches bow from trailer and gets a good running start. Boat is off trailer 50' from water and slides, stern down, 20' on serrated ramp before it catches. Momemtum of truck forces trailer into bottom of hull forcing bow up at 30degs. No problem, takes both outdrives and drives them both full down mulrtiple times hoping to lift stern and lower bow. To no avail he attaches two dock lines to bow and then to truck and begins to pull the bow down until both dock lines break like a gun shot slamming boat back onto the still lowered outdrives. At that point I left before someone died and before the tow truck arrived.

Holy Crap!!! Using outdrives as hydraulic lifts PRICELESS

BUT ........