25thmustang
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So for the longest time reading on forums I have heard some stories from the boat ramp. I was heading to my cousins boat, got word I had over an hour to kill and decided to stop by the local ramp.
It was roughly 9-9:30 on July 4th, at the largest area ramp, where the CT River dumps into Long Island Sound. The ramp is large, 3 lanes wide. Docks on both sides with one side having a pier that extends a couple hundred feet out. Plenty of room! The lot is big, the staging area is a good size and it seems straight forward enough. Here are some highlites and things I noted.
Number one thing, noone got their blood pressure up. No yelling, no screaming, no anger. Number two I would say 80% or more of the people were launched and ready to roll fairly quick. Some had people in the boat and truck, some single handed it.
The "worst offenders of the day":
1. A mid 20 foot single inboard. He put the boat just at the edge of the water opened the engine hatch and stood in the boat for a while. I'm not sure what he actually did, but a good 10 minutes went by and he stayed there. He blocked the far lame for this time. Noone seemed to mind. He ended up launching and they left.
2. A 20' or so center console. Looks like he left the stern straps on and had some other issues getting the boat off the trailer. Took a few minutes to get sorted, he ended up having to go in the water to get the boat off, but it seemed relatively quick and no one really cared.
One boat was on the dock the whole hour plus that I was there. Noone came from or went to it but it was a couple hundred feet down the pier and in no ones way.
A highlite was the one guy with a Formula 33 sunsport. He came in, pulled up and backed right down the center of the launch. Never even stopped (looks like he actually asked the other two waiting if he could go and got the ok but I'm not 100% sure). Boat floated off the trailer. He jumped on and fired the motors, they idled for 15 seconds or so, he unhooked the bow, spin around and pulled onto the dock. Within a minute or so he was at the truck and parked it. All in all maybe a full 5 minutes from the time I saw him until they took off down river. Looks as if he's done that before!
All in all I'm actually happy to not see any issues. As much entertainment as you'd think, I'd rather see people enjoy their boats and have a smooth, good time! Sorry for another boat ramp post, but this one was a positive one!
It was roughly 9-9:30 on July 4th, at the largest area ramp, where the CT River dumps into Long Island Sound. The ramp is large, 3 lanes wide. Docks on both sides with one side having a pier that extends a couple hundred feet out. Plenty of room! The lot is big, the staging area is a good size and it seems straight forward enough. Here are some highlites and things I noted.
Number one thing, noone got their blood pressure up. No yelling, no screaming, no anger. Number two I would say 80% or more of the people were launched and ready to roll fairly quick. Some had people in the boat and truck, some single handed it.
The "worst offenders of the day":
1. A mid 20 foot single inboard. He put the boat just at the edge of the water opened the engine hatch and stood in the boat for a while. I'm not sure what he actually did, but a good 10 minutes went by and he stayed there. He blocked the far lame for this time. Noone seemed to mind. He ended up launching and they left.
2. A 20' or so center console. Looks like he left the stern straps on and had some other issues getting the boat off the trailer. Took a few minutes to get sorted, he ended up having to go in the water to get the boat off, but it seemed relatively quick and no one really cared.
One boat was on the dock the whole hour plus that I was there. Noone came from or went to it but it was a couple hundred feet down the pier and in no ones way.
A highlite was the one guy with a Formula 33 sunsport. He came in, pulled up and backed right down the center of the launch. Never even stopped (looks like he actually asked the other two waiting if he could go and got the ok but I'm not 100% sure). Boat floated off the trailer. He jumped on and fired the motors, they idled for 15 seconds or so, he unhooked the bow, spin around and pulled onto the dock. Within a minute or so he was at the truck and parked it. All in all maybe a full 5 minutes from the time I saw him until they took off down river. Looks as if he's done that before!
All in all I'm actually happy to not see any issues. As much entertainment as you'd think, I'd rather see people enjoy their boats and have a smooth, good time! Sorry for another boat ramp post, but this one was a positive one!
