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08-04-2013, 07:02 AM
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H2oski
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Hartford, AL
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I know I can tow that boat!!!!!!!!!
This happened around here this weekend. 
Be safe out there. 
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08-04-2013, 07:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Komoka Ontario
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When does the tide come in??
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08-04-2013, 08:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DDC
When does the tide come in??
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Might want to check for leaks. 
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08-04-2013, 08:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Here and there
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Think he left the skier about a block back
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08-04-2013, 08:55 AM
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Guest
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Saw an accident similar to this as a child ('83 or '84') when we were going to Florida. Glad no one was hurt.
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08-04-2013, 09:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Orlando
Posts: 460
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It's hard to see with the canvas on!
Wasn't that a red marker on my right? Nope, is green!
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08-04-2013, 09:31 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 11,069
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Well this looks like a good place to dry dock it.
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08-04-2013, 09:33 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: North Carolina
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This is what happens when you let turbs drive your boat to Goshen.
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08-05-2013, 05:27 PM
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Anacortesians
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA
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A good friend almost had that happen. He had his 24' boat up for sale and a buyer came to see it. John said he'd take it down to the lake for a test run. He drove down to the boat ramp (downhill all the way) with the guy riding with him.
As John was backing down the ramp, he realized the boat was going faster than the truck, so he goosed it, got the boat into deep enough water and stood on the brakes. The boat slide off gently, and they went round, grabbed the lines and tied it up to the dock. He never did explain the "automatic launch system" to the guy, but he bought boat and trailer!
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08-05-2013, 07:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,630
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all I see is 4 guys in safety vests that showed up in a wrecked Avalanche to look at a boat for sale on the side of the road!
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2013 Ford Explorer LTD toad, Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000, VIP><Tow Brake
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08-05-2013, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Greensboro, NC
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Darn - thought I had a trailer under this thing. Didn't pull very well without one! 
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Greensboro, NC
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08-06-2013, 04:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taylorgso
Darn - thought I had a trailer under this thing. Didn't pull very well without one! |
This is why you buy diesel... Trailer / No trailer...tows about the same.
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08-06-2013, 04:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Mount Juliet, TN
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I live near the entrance to a marina, you would be shocked at the woefully inadequate tow vehicles I see on the road everyday.
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08-06-2013, 09:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Yep. Gotta love the boat launch. Great entertainment. Especially in the evening when all the drunken boaters start to pull thier boats out!
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2013 Ford Explorer LTD toad, Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000, VIP><Tow Brake
Better to have a bad day of camping than a good day at work!
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08-06-2013, 10:00 AM
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daydreaming about camping
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: KC area
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This thread will get to about 20 pages if we start telling boat launch stories, so let me start! 
Several years ago on the Ohio river we were getting reading to put in and just waiting our turn. There was a 2 lane ramp, very long (as the river will rise and fall quite bit seasonally) and a guy loading his bass boat in the right lane. A mini-van pulling about a 20 ft bow rider with 6-7 people in the boat pulls up (after driving down the highway like that) and immediately starts to back down the left lane. From the water I could see this was going to be a problem. He was backing fairly fast and about half way down he locks the front brakes and starts sliding. I figure he slid about 50 yards, accelerating the whole way. The guy loading the bass boat jumped off the back and started swimming away, everyone around ran for it. The boat hit the water at about 20mph and sent everyone inside flying, fortunately they all landed in the water.
No one was seriously hurt, that we know of. Boat, trailer and van had to be pulled out of the water. Driver of van was arrested and charged with reckless driving.
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08-06-2013, 10:03 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
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Boat ramp foibles could be an entire new section on FRF!
I launched my boat once without the bilge plug in.
Only once in 14 years!! Not too bad 
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08-06-2013, 11:19 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KyDan
Boat ramp foibles could be an entire new section on FRF!
I launched my boat once without the bilge plug in.
Only once in 14 years!! Not too bad |
I watched friends (guy and his son) do just that a bunch of years ago!
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08-06-2013, 11:45 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southeast Wisconsin
Posts: 6,949
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KyDan
Boat ramp foibles could be an entire new section on FRF!
I launched my boat once without the bilge plug in.
Only once in 14 years!! Not too bad |
We did that once, too. Once was enough!
Here's my boat launch story. I drove up to launch and find a guy standing on the launch looking at a very nice fiberglass walleye boat sitting on the (relatively steep) launch itself about 10' from the water.
He and I were the only ones there and I parked, walked up and asked what happened. Apparently, he got a new boat and was following his typical procedure of getting into position, unhooking the boat completely (including the winch strap and safety hook - Old School) and backing down for float-on and float-off launching and loading.
Well... he says everything was going fine until he sees in his mirrors that the boat is moving faster than the truck. He stopped backing down and the boat completely rolled off the trailer.
He explained that his old trailers used bunks and his new one had rollers and he had forgotten
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DW, 3 Kids and our Goldens
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08-07-2013, 09:43 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,630
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Watched a guy try and pull out a water logged 17' bowrider (forgot plug) with a 4cyl front wheel drive dodge minivan. That van did all it could to pull it out of the water. I'll give him credit for running back to the parking area and backing up fast!!! Real fast!!! Fortunately it was still at the dock i would say it was half full if water.
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2013 Ford Explorer LTD toad, Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000, VIP><Tow Brake
Better to have a bad day of camping than a good day at work!
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08-07-2013, 11:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Country
Posts: 290
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KyDan
Boat ramp foibles could be an entire new section on FRF!
I launched my boat once without the bilge plug in.
Only once in 14 years!! Not too bad |
Thats kinda like putting gas in your diesel truck. There's those that have, and those that will. I have, once!
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