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Are boat launches some of the most comical places on earth?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:25 am
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:25 am
There’s always something humorous going on.
There’s the dad who is teaching his son to back up the trailer and is jumping around and making a bunch of hand motions to direct the son on what to do.
There’s the guy who backs his truck up too far and dips the exhaust pipe in the water causing the truck engine to stall.
There’s the adult who never learned to back up a trailer and has to keep pulling up and correcting it like 10 times.
I’ve seen a guy return to the launch and put his boat on the trailer in order to drain all the water out of it once every 30 minutes because the boat had a leak and the bilge pump wasn’t working.
I’ve seen arguments and fist fights happen because people get impatient when someone else is taking way too long to launch the boat. My cousin’s grandpa got in a fight one time and took the push pole out of his boat and pushed the guy into the water.
I saw a guy launch his boat but forget to tie it to anything, and the boat ended up floating across the canal.
Any other stories? Boat launches are hilarious places.
There’s the dad who is teaching his son to back up the trailer and is jumping around and making a bunch of hand motions to direct the son on what to do.
There’s the guy who backs his truck up too far and dips the exhaust pipe in the water causing the truck engine to stall.
There’s the adult who never learned to back up a trailer and has to keep pulling up and correcting it like 10 times.
I’ve seen a guy return to the launch and put his boat on the trailer in order to drain all the water out of it once every 30 minutes because the boat had a leak and the bilge pump wasn’t working.
I’ve seen arguments and fist fights happen because people get impatient when someone else is taking way too long to launch the boat. My cousin’s grandpa got in a fight one time and took the push pole out of his boat and pushed the guy into the water.
I saw a guy launch his boat but forget to tie it to anything, and the boat ended up floating across the canal.
Any other stories? Boat launches are hilarious places.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 11:32 am
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:27 am to cbree88
Perfect place to set up a lawn chair and enjoy a 6-pack.
With that said, I have committed every error possible with launching and landing a boat. I would never question anyone asking for some assistance but I know most men are far too prideful.
With that said, I have committed every error possible with launching and landing a boat. I would never question anyone asking for some assistance but I know most men are far too prideful.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 11:28 am
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:28 am to cbree88
I've launched a boat hundreds of times and somehow I've never seen anything crazy at the launch
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:30 am to cbree88
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There’s the dad who is teaching his son to back up the trailer and jumping around and making a bunch of hand motions to direct the son.
If phone cameras had been around back then my dad and I would have been viral video stars.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:31 am to cbree88
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There’s the adult who never learned to back up a trailer and has to keep pulling up and correcting it like 10 times.
I’m calling myself out on this one.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:31 am to cbree88
I've seen several guys come close to trading blows at the boat launch, arguing who's next to load up. All day on the water drinking in the sun shortens tempers 
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:33 am to cbree88
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:34 am to cbree88
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Are boat launches some of the most comical places on earth?
Yes. I could watch the public boat ramp videos for hours.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:36 am to cbree88
When I was 16 I went to pull up the ramp after loading the boat on the trailer. Thought the truck was in drive, but it was still in reverse from backing down the ramp. Uncle was standing a few feet behind and slightly off the edge of the tailgate. He launched back into the water when I hit the accelerator.
Good memories
Good memories
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:38 am to cbree88
In high school I worked at a hamburger, hotdog, snowball stand that was at a boat launch. Its unlimited amount of entertainment.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:40 am to cbree88
There are many reasons I don’t own a boat, but “potential boat launch anxiety and/or failure” is actually pretty high on the list of reasons.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:42 am to cbree88
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:42 am to cbree88
I wouldn’t be lying if I said I never poached up at a boat ramp to watch the chaos.
Usually picking up after fishing all day, having some beers, and watching frat boys take 30 minutes to launch daddy’s wake boat taking up the entire four lanes of the ramp. Pissing matches then ensue while the line backs up. Gangster rap music blaring from the boat speakers so nobody can hear shite on instructions.
Usually picking up after fishing all day, having some beers, and watching frat boys take 30 minutes to launch daddy’s wake boat taking up the entire four lanes of the ramp. Pissing matches then ensue while the line backs up. Gangster rap music blaring from the boat speakers so nobody can hear shite on instructions.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 11:46 am
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:43 am to cbree88
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:45 am to cbree88
My dad had a 78 Ford F150. I backed the trailer down the ramp to load our boat. Dad drove it up on the trailer. I shifted into 1st gear, popped the clutch and the truck went backwards bout 5 feet before i could slam the break. Dad , still in the boat, waded ashore, popped the hood, and manually shifted it into 1st gear. The shift collar on the steering column had broken and was stuck in reverse. Lucky i didnt lose our truck in the Tensas River.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:49 am to cbree88
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My cousin’s grandpa
Wouldn’t that be your grandpa, too?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:49 am to cbree88
I've seen a couple youtube videos taken at a boat ramp in Florida that has about a 15 foot American crocodile swimming around the docks. I forget the name of the channel but the guy making the videos even named the croc lol.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:51 am to cbree88
There are a couple of YouTube channels where the guys just film the boat ramps. The Big Dan Show uploads a new video just about every week.
Some of this people with high dollar boats not knowing how to trailer them is crazy.
Some of this people with high dollar boats not knowing how to trailer them is crazy.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:51 am to cbree88
Yes they are, and I've been on the clown end of it myself before.
One time I was putting my boat in at a crowded ramp.
I had a great running old Johnson Seahorse 18hp motor on it, but I didn't know that I had backed into something and had cracked the swivel housing.
I dropped the anchor by the ramp, put the boat in and went to park my truck.
Came back to the boat, picked up my anchor and shoved my boat out and jumped in.
I went to my seat pumped my fuel up a little, pulled the choke, then the rope and it fires right up.
I put in reverse and back out into a little deeper water, then got it turned toward the channel.
I idled out a little further where I knew I was in about 10 feet of water and I gassed it.
The swivel broke and the whole motor comes off the back at full throttle and I'm still hanging on to the tiller handle.
I tried to hang on to it but it almost pulled me in with it, I had to let it go.
Damn that was embarrassing
One time I was putting my boat in at a crowded ramp.
I had a great running old Johnson Seahorse 18hp motor on it, but I didn't know that I had backed into something and had cracked the swivel housing.
I dropped the anchor by the ramp, put the boat in and went to park my truck.
Came back to the boat, picked up my anchor and shoved my boat out and jumped in.
I went to my seat pumped my fuel up a little, pulled the choke, then the rope and it fires right up.
I put in reverse and back out into a little deeper water, then got it turned toward the channel.
I idled out a little further where I knew I was in about 10 feet of water and I gassed it.
The swivel broke and the whole motor comes off the back at full throttle and I'm still hanging on to the tiller handle.
I tried to hang on to it but it almost pulled me in with it, I had to let it go.
Damn that was embarrassing
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 5/7/24 at 11:53 am to cbree88
I'll never forget when I was a kid my dad had already launched and tied off and had me wait in the boat while he went park the truck. Watched a guy launch his boat and let it go floating out into the water. He drove off and parked. Came back just waded into the water and swam to the boat.
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