How not to act at the launch

[CP]

It's that time of the year again.   

[Southpole]

 

[WapitiTalk1]

There's your sign 

[7mmfan]

Love the chevy van coming out at 0:50 mark with the windshield wipers going.

[ctwiggs1]

These make me feel a lot better about my launch antics

[Fl0und3rz]

Chevy leak test complete.  I can't look away.

[NRA4LIFE]

Dang, those never get old.  Hilarious.  One of the main reasons I now keep my boat in the Everett Marina now.  I don't think I have enough strength in my fingers to type out all the episodes I've witnessed at the 10th street launch up there.  Have you ever seen someone try to launch a 35 footer with a pickup?  I had to stick around for that one.

[NorseNW]

Reminds of this episode.

  1:11 is my favorite part!

I've had my antics but the majority were when I just started and I did a lot of launching my boat in January and February.  Most the looks I got were more like why the hell would you be going out on the river right now!

[h20hunter]

Oh man......saturday afternoon... everett launch.  Im solo....no problem. The problem is the idiots taking up the entire launch lane to remove the boat. Nope nope nope. I backed down, said move it back to the end or to a remove lane. Oh you didn't see the huge signs.... .nmp....move. You can afford the boat and truck to pull it I assume you can read!!!!!!!!!

[7mmfan]

Always a good time. I once launched the 3 boats in front of me at the old Snohomish launch after boat 1 spent 5 minutes doing his best to impersonate Peter Griffin in the previous post. The 2nd guy tried twice and asked if I'd help. The 3rd guy didn't even try.

[Crunchy]

Pt Defiance boat launch

[quadrafire]

Reminds of this episode.

  1:11 is my favorite part!

I've had my antics but the majority were when I just started and I did a lot of launching my boat in January and February.  Most the looks I got were more like why the hell would you be going out on the river right now!

OMG that vid is Hilarious

[7mmfan]

Pt Defiance boat launch

Should have stuck with the kayaks.

[ctwiggs1]

Always a good time. I once launched the 3 boats in front of me at the old Snohomish launch after boat 1 spent 5 minutes doing his best to impersonate Peter Griffin in the previous post. The 2nd guy tried twice and asked if I'd help. The 3rd guy didn't even try.

Makes me wonder how they got out!

[NorseNW]

I have assisted a few times as well.  A couple times for bikini wearing young ladies who's other half told them they could do it with never trying so they could drive onto the trailer.  I avoid this situation when my wife is with me for obvious reason.  Although I did train my wife and she backs down just fine. 

I am guilty of going to a local ramp on the first hot weekend in late afternoon / evening with an iced coffee and just watching as well.  Alcohol, boating, ramps, fights - reality TV go nothing on it!

[KNOPHISH]

Is the brake on?
what?
IS THE BRAKE ON?
WHAT?
IS THE BRAKE ON!!!
YA,
Well turn it off

[smdave]

Twin Bridges I was just leaving the dock.

[magnanimous_j]

When I was learning to drive a clutch, my Dad took me to an empty lot and we practiced until I got it. Why don't these guys practice this stuff before they go to the launch? There is nothing in the world more embarrassing than looking like an idiot while a bunch of people go from amused to annoyed waiting for you to get it right.

Its like trying to parallel park on a busy city street, but worse because you're clogging the whole launch.

[7mmfan]

That's how I was taught. Backing a trailer around in an empty Kmart parking lot until I could back in a figure 8 and put it in a parking space.

[NorseNW]

That's how I was taught. Backing a trailer around in an empty Kmart parking lot until I could back in a figure 8 and put it in a parking space.

Yup - the wife and I use the local high school parking lot on the weekend.  I could back a trailer just fine but when we purchased a truck camper and started towing the boat it was back for more practice sessions.  After practicing it I realized well hell it's just behind the truck another three feet now - not much different but still had to practice to make sure.

[yorketransport]

When I was learning to drive a clutch, my Dad took me to an empty lot and we practiced until I got it. Why don't these guys practice this stuff before they go to the launch? There is nothing in the world more embarrassing than looking like an idiot while a bunch of people go from amused to annoyed waiting for you to get it right.

Its like trying to parallel park on a busy city street, but worse because you're clogging the whole launch.

That's how I learned to drive a clutch, a parking lot with a lot of speed bumps. I remember setting up a couple of garbage cans in my driveway and practicing backing a little 10' utility trailer between them. Once I got good at that, backing a bigger trailer was a walk in the park!

[NRA4LIFE]

I am fortunate, my wife can back our boat trailers in like nobody, with maybe the exception of me, but don't tell her I said that.