- Joined
- May 19, 2001
- Messages
- 26,046
This evening my wife and I drove to the boat ramp to view the fireworks..... when the pyro show ended the real show began!
Watching people retrieve their boats at night is an interesting show. We watched many many drunks back the trailer in WAY too deep, many left their lower unit in the down position and did a bit of skeg damage ....
One brain surgeon with a chaparral not only left the lower unit down but lost his trailer....thank God for safety chains.
People left navigation boat lights on as they trailered away .....
however the best show was with a 15-16 open fishing boat..... NO LIGHTS at all but, they were not even powered....no motor just a boat load of drunks with paddles....... NO TRAILER so..... everyone got together and got the boat into the bed of a pickup. No tie downs but, plenty of beer courage ......they took off squealing tires and fish tailing.
a few minutes later we noticed a nice dog wandering around and it came to my wife.... people came over and said the dog was with the drunks on the boat...... I mentioned that since they did not have a trailer maybe they stole the boat......... they returned just in time because someone volunteered to bring the dog to a local animal control officer...... they took the dog and took off like maniacs again. On our way home we encountered blue lights...... low and behold there was the boat in a ditch, the drunks with their truck and a nice State Trooper lending a hand
My wife summed up the evening as educational to watch a ramp at night
Watching people retrieve their boats at night is an interesting show. We watched many many drunks back the trailer in WAY too deep, many left their lower unit in the down position and did a bit of skeg damage ....
One brain surgeon with a chaparral not only left the lower unit down but lost his trailer....thank God for safety chains.
People left navigation boat lights on as they trailered away .....
however the best show was with a 15-16 open fishing boat..... NO LIGHTS at all but, they were not even powered....no motor just a boat load of drunks with paddles....... NO TRAILER so..... everyone got together and got the boat into the bed of a pickup. No tie downs but, plenty of beer courage ......they took off squealing tires and fish tailing.
a few minutes later we noticed a nice dog wandering around and it came to my wife.... people came over and said the dog was with the drunks on the boat...... I mentioned that since they did not have a trailer maybe they stole the boat......... they returned just in time because someone volunteered to bring the dog to a local animal control officer...... they took the dog and took off like maniacs again. On our way home we encountered blue lights...... low and behold there was the boat in a ditch, the drunks with their truck and a nice State Trooper lending a hand
My wife summed up the evening as educational to watch a ramp at night
