We watched a guy decide he did not want to wait for the tide to come in to launch his boat at Lion’s Park, on the Port Washington Narrows. The tides here are extreme, 7-12 knots ripping in and out of the Narrows that supply Dyes Inlet.
This idiot, backs his brand new Toyota Tacoma and new boat, off the end of the ramp and out on the tidal flats. He makes it about 20 yards and both trailer and Taco sink in the mud to the frames!
They guy climbs out of his truck, and sinks to his waste. It took about an hour for him to get to the ramp, completely covered in mud. He used a pay phone to call a wrecker. By the time the wrecker got there the incoming tide was already to the boat.
Then everyone realized the boat is not floating off the trailer. The idiot forgot to unstrap the boat from the trailer and the plug was out. In a short time both truck and boat were completely submerged. The owner tried to get the tow line to the truck with an inner tube, but the tide was to strong. They had to wait for slack after high tide to get the tow line on the truck now under water.
The first attempt to pull them out failed. It was getting dark so we had to leave. I heard they waited again for low tide again, laid boards on the mud out to the truck, and had to unhook the trailer and boat. All his gear that could float was out in Dyes Inlet,
