Funny Boat launch On You Tube

[Dave Barnett]

I don't claim to the brightest feller on the pond but this launch proves some folks should stick with bank fishing. It's a little long winded and from a distance but still worth a look. Dave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOmvW05f7so&feature=related

 

[ebry710]

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You know, it reminds me of a normal Saturday.

 

[Steve A W]

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How did the guy filming it keep from laughing?
My dream is to retire to a cottage near the boat ramp!

 

[kenmyfam]

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I hope they remembered the plug !!!
One reason I am looking forward to spring is to see the opening day sport of the newly launching.

 

[OldePharte]

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How did the guy filming it keep from laughing?
My dream is to retire to a cottage near the boat ramp!

Our lake place is across from a public ramp. And yes, it is a source of cheap (for us) amusement. At first, my son hated it when the state put in the ramp. He now is much a voyeur as we are. All I really need is a cheap parabolic mic to listen to the conversations.

On the other hand, it also gets grim when they bring in wrecked boats and body bags.

 

[FishyFish]

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(Note to self)
No more Superglue on trailer Bunks.........Muhahahahahaaaa!

 

[86 century]

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I am new to this stuff but come on.

 

[TerryMSU]

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OK, so what was his problem? (beyond perhaps some alcoholic lubrication) Did he forget to undo something? How many people were in the boat when he tried to launch it? What was the problem? I can't tell from the poor video.

Thanks,
TerryMSU

 

[j_martin]

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New subwoofers, installed with 3 inch sheet rock screws.

I've seen it. Them babies through the bunks are tough to shear.

 

[cribber]

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Makes ya wonder what snapped just as the boat floated off the trailer... like the strap??

 

[KeyWestSkipper]

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OK, so what was his problem? (beyond perhaps some alcoholic lubrication) Did he forget to undo something? How many people were in the boat when he tried to launch it? What was the problem? I can't tell from the poor video.

Thanks,
TerryMSU

Yeah it's kind of hard to tell. I think there are a few problems. For one, from the sound of it, he may be trying to back up but forgot to release the trailer brakes. So the trailer wheels would lock up and slide down the ramp, the trailer might also start turning without him moving the wheel, all of which feels weird and makes him reluctant to go farther down the ramp....

If this is the case, it led to the next problem, which is that he's not far enough down the ramp to float the boat off the trailer, hence all the shenanigans trying to get it off. Finally, in a burst of Wyle E Coyote Super Genius, they tie an Acme Stern Cleat To Dock Piling Boat Launch Line from a dock piling to a stern cleat and just drag the trailer out from under the boat, which sort of works except it breaks the piling.

 

[LeftCoastJeff]

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can't wait for the opening of recreational salmon, if it happens, big laughs,

maybe some $$$ hmmm,

LCjeff

 

[Proselect]

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Wow!! I have had some days when I feel I was being watched when it takes a little longer to center it up in the wind. But that was taking the boat out of the water. It would be hard to believe if I didn't see it.

 

[jpstude]

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When I was 14 I started working at the boat harbor in Seward, Alaska, and worked there until 1970. Sometimes I ran the boatlaunch, sometimes I ran the gas dock. Both were a never ending source of of humor, mixed with inexperience and just plain stupidity. Forgotten parking brakes (leading to a launch of vehicle, trailer and sunken boat), pickups left in neutral (same result as previous note), extremely interesting high speed docking tecniques (leading to the opportunity to tie up your boat ON the center of the main dock:redface, boats being launched while still secured (completely) to trailers, and the ever popular, end of the day sideshow of drunk guys reloading the boats and driving off before they were secured on the trailer only to have an unexpected re-launch in the parking lot. I also noted that Amphicars did not do well in Alaskan waters. One was used by KENI Radio to simulcast the Silver Salmon Derby, and darned if it didn't sink (Yep, DJ's onboard screaming like schoolgirls for the Coast Guard) , and the chop was only about 15' high... whooda thunk! Shoulda put the top up, I guess, huh?