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re: Are boat launches some of the most comical places on earth?
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:34 pm to cbree88
Posted on 5/7/24 at 12:34 pm to cbree88
Launching during duck season is usually far more entetaining but the crowds are smaller. Wet ramps and 10 degree temps are a helliuva combination...
ramps on bodies of water with tides are fun...nothing slicker than concrete that is under water 12 hours a day and not 12 hours. If you can't walk on it chances are your truck ain't going to stop on it either....
I think the worst ones I ever experienced were in New Mexico. Water levels fluctuate 50 feet from year to year so boat ramps have to be LOOOOONNNNNG. The 2 I used most of the time actually had places halfway down them to turn around....because about half the time the water was still several hundred feet from the mid ramp turn around. It was so bad at times we just parked on the edge of the ramp because it was so far up the hill to the parking lot. Luckily those lakes are not used much when the water is that low.
ramps on bodies of water with tides are fun...nothing slicker than concrete that is under water 12 hours a day and not 12 hours. If you can't walk on it chances are your truck ain't going to stop on it either....
I think the worst ones I ever experienced were in New Mexico. Water levels fluctuate 50 feet from year to year so boat ramps have to be LOOOOONNNNNG. The 2 I used most of the time actually had places halfway down them to turn around....because about half the time the water was still several hundred feet from the mid ramp turn around. It was so bad at times we just parked on the edge of the ramp because it was so far up the hill to the parking lot. Luckily those lakes are not used much when the water is that low.
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 1:42 pm to AwgustaDawg
Yep, duck season launches can be way worse because when you are launching on a public ramp you are typically doing it to beat someone to a spot and that means tempers can escalate quickly if you frick it up and stall the process. Plus, it is usually cold and sometimes rainy which means that hot cab will feel so good. I have seen at least a handful of launches where a boat was sent out into a river with nobody in it.
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