minuteman62-64
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Had to go to West on Point Loma today. As usual, swung by the Shelter Island Launch Ramp to scope out boats/trailers/people/etc.
Some notable items from about 15 minutes of hanging:
Lots of activity. Makes me glad I can do my boating on non-holiday week days. Don't want to rub it in, but, damn, it is good to be retired
Trailers in the lot. As usual, ranged from immaculate high tech aluminum to "how'd he ever tow that bucket of rust down here" models.
The deep back-in. Guy with a Bayliner type IO, and a kid in the boat, backed in till his rear bumper was submerged and slammed on the brakes. Apparently the kid didn't know how to operate the boat because once the boat slid off the trailer his job was to throw a line to his buddy on the dock to pull the boat over. Five tries and "mission accomplished." In the meantime, dad got in the SUV, shifted into drive, had the rig slide back another foot and then pulled up the ramp. "Damn, I can't figure out why my tail lights stopped working. And what's all this rust under my rear bumper."
The "Old Faithful" power launch. Guy with a big OB had backed in with the motor tilted up. Ended up with the prop about half submerged. He fired up the motor and tried to power off his trailer. Sent a water spout about 15 feet into the air. Awhile after the overheat alarm went off he finally shut it down (or maybe it shut down by itself??) and pulled back up the ramp. Never saw him again. Maybe he pushed the button to lower the motor and it wasn't working. Note to self: turn around and look at the motor in the water before firing it up.
The plug. Hadn't seen this one for quite awhile. Guy in a nice 18 footer with a big E-Tech launched and pulled over to the pier. Went back and got his rig and drove down to park. Was gone awhile because most of the near slots were filled. Came back, hopped on his boat and waves started washing across his floor boards. Oops. Did something to power up the bilge pump. Dove down into the forward compartment, threw a bunch of stuff out came charging out with a plug, which he then installed. He was laying stuff out on the dock to dry when I left.
All in all, a very entertaining 15 minutes
Some notable items from about 15 minutes of hanging:
Lots of activity. Makes me glad I can do my boating on non-holiday week days. Don't want to rub it in, but, damn, it is good to be retired
Trailers in the lot. As usual, ranged from immaculate high tech aluminum to "how'd he ever tow that bucket of rust down here" models.
The deep back-in. Guy with a Bayliner type IO, and a kid in the boat, backed in till his rear bumper was submerged and slammed on the brakes. Apparently the kid didn't know how to operate the boat because once the boat slid off the trailer his job was to throw a line to his buddy on the dock to pull the boat over. Five tries and "mission accomplished." In the meantime, dad got in the SUV, shifted into drive, had the rig slide back another foot and then pulled up the ramp. "Damn, I can't figure out why my tail lights stopped working. And what's all this rust under my rear bumper."
The "Old Faithful" power launch. Guy with a big OB had backed in with the motor tilted up. Ended up with the prop about half submerged. He fired up the motor and tried to power off his trailer. Sent a water spout about 15 feet into the air. Awhile after the overheat alarm went off he finally shut it down (or maybe it shut down by itself??) and pulled back up the ramp. Never saw him again. Maybe he pushed the button to lower the motor and it wasn't working. Note to self: turn around and look at the motor in the water before firing it up.
The plug. Hadn't seen this one for quite awhile. Guy in a nice 18 footer with a big E-Tech launched and pulled over to the pier. Went back and got his rig and drove down to park. Was gone awhile because most of the near slots were filled. Came back, hopped on his boat and waves started washing across his floor boards. Oops. Did something to power up the bilge pump. Dove down into the forward compartment, threw a bunch of stuff out came charging out with a plug, which he then installed. He was laying stuff out on the dock to dry when I left.
All in all, a very entertaining 15 minutes