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Sailboats are the worst. They'll suck up a ramp for hours. It's like they talk about how to load it for an hour and then it's another 2 hours and 8 people later before it gets loaded! Of course the 8 people are usually already "loaded"! As far as the wife goes, I'm lucky she's better at it than I am (almost!).
Yea, and their keel is always bigger than mine!
Great post! I have to share this one. WAY TRUE STORY. Columbia river,Portland Or. 33rd ave boat ramp. Warm day, O.k. I will get to it!!
I just backed the boat in,Wife in the driver seat, I am un-hooking the boat, herd screams, Looked up to see 4 HEADS sticking out of the water with wakes coming off there necks!!. Alot of steam and noise and next thing they ran the boat right up the boat ramp!. I swear this is true. Right out of the movies. The boat was a 70's Glastron model, James bond version. The one with a half hard top and inclosed motor compartment. They forgot to put the drain plug in and thankfully made it back. I can't tell you how funny this looked. the good thing is they had the bright orange neck presservers on. All fun aside I am glad there safe, Way kool to see that!
I agree with Jesse. I like to take care of things when we go camping. I really love it when the wife pitches in. She was the one that wanted to help out. We really have a great time. If we work together, we can have things ready in a nick of time. This gives us more time to enjoy the trip.
There is a state park here (St. Andrews State Park) everyone is pretty good, unload it and either drive it or pull it over to this holding pen. I mean you might have 20 boats lined up to use the 2 ramps. My last trip out into the Gulf last year a couple unload their kayaks onto the ramp, not in the grass to the right??! Ok no problem I have kayaks. But they left them on the ramp and walked off!!! Where did they go??? I am waiting to put my boat back on the trailer but my wife can't back over their boats. And there is a small grass area right next to the ramp!!!!! They went to go change their clothes in the bathroom and showed up about 15 minutes later. Not only did we give them the dirty look about 15 other people got out of their trucks and were standing around in disbelief too, staring at them!!! yes there is a bell curve in life and someones got to take up the lower end!!!
That’s funny! I would have moved them!!! I would have hid them behind the porta potties!!! Then sit in my truck to see their faces when they couldn’t find their little boats! HAHAHA
You know I should have just moved them too but I didn't think they were going to be gone more than a minute. The problem is that the locals kind of know the unwritten rules of this ramp. But the people who come from out of town haven't a clue. There is a large concrete walled pool, sort of like a little pond that is sheltered from the bay adjacent to the ramps. This place will hold about 15 boats so you launch your boat and imediately move it over there then go park your truck and trailer. There is also a narrow dock right between the ramps. This is used to get on and off the boat as soon as you launch it, it is pretty long due to the length of the ramps and the tide. But you use this to get into the boat from the shore and move the boat. Locals will pull into the pond find a parking spot get the trailer and then move from the pond to the ramp. Out of towners will drive right up to the ramp (this is a busy, busy pair of ramps) park at the dock tie off and go get their trucks. The parking lot is a huge field about 1/8 mile away so you have someone with their boat sitting over the ramp tied to the dock and they leave. Now what they don't know is 2 to 3 people have parked in the pond and are already on their way back with their trucks and trailers. Now you have a narrow 2 lane road blocked because the guys with their trailers can't get to their boats as some idiot has left it and the guy who owns the boat can't get his trailer down there because of the guys waiting in front of him for him.
Its all about respect. I agree that they my be from out of town and do not know the rules of the lake, ramp. But on the other hand, they should of seen everybody on the ramp in line to launch their boats. Common Sense. That stuff is not hard to pack. Its usually with you all the time.