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bayoucat58

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Re: stupidest thing i have ever seen!

I have done that trick crossed a 19' day sail boat straped to the trailer. We then winched it across the Rio Grande river hooked it to the jeep hit the spray wash and saved the toll $$$$....lol
 
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I used to do that all the timne when I went camping at Trinity Lake. Drive the trailer up on the shore, tie it in place, and then use the trailer instead of beaching the boat. It worked great, and received a LOT of funny looks and one time, there were three people that actually walked off the dock into the lake watching.

Craig
 
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I have to agree BS i mean if you don't know you are still hooked to the trailer after the twenty- or so feet becomes taught, you would have to know you just screwed up =^:^=
 
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Ramps here are pretty steep. I would think even a moron would know something was'nt right when the hitch popped loose from the ball and the boat shot down the ramp and yanked him into the water, if he didnt let go of the jackhandle!:D Ofcourse a real amature might back the tounge to the water and have the boat floating the trailer as he unhitched it:p
 
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I can't even fathom the idea of driving a boat while it is still on the trailer. We need to see a picture, it would be hilarious. Especially if you do it on purpose...too damn funny.

As for ATV on bow...that too is a winner. How the heck do you get it up there? Why? and i'm assuming that getting on plane is not remotely possible?
 
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I did not make this up it is the truth! It happened on mtn Island lake in Charlotte NC about 20 years ago, I will never forget it it was too funny!
 
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Great thread ! I like the Trinity Lake story. I spent many years on Trinity Lake and wish I would have been so resourceful.

But I don't suspect I will be using that technique very soon.
 
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The first time I showed my ex gf my boat , as it sat on the trailer, she asked me "what do you do with the wheels when it is on the water? "..... :facepalm: . She had no clue that the boat was sitting on a trailer and the boat would be launched OFF of the ENTIRE trailer ! :D
 
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Stachi said:
The first time I showed my ex gf my boat , as it sat on the trailer, she asked me "what do you do with the wheels when it is on the water? "..... :facepalm: . She had no clue that the boat was sitting on a trailer and the boat would be launched OFF of the ENTIRE trailer ! :D
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Too funny. Should have kept her around for comic relief :D
 
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A couple of weeks ago while fishing on a lake up in the high Sierra desert I watched a couple of guys try to launch with their bunks frozen to the bottoms of their boats. These guy's were true fisherman and were more concerned about tying up the ramp than anything else. They both hauled them out and I presume went back to their cabins and waited for them to thaw. I really thouht highly of both of them for doing that. I learned that lesson years ago and now I launch in the afternoon and put the boat in a slip for the duration of trip.

However, this is the type of situation where I can only imagine what someone with a low concentration of common sense might do.
 
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By far the stupidest thing I have ever witnessed on the water.

We were fishing maybe 20' from shore on a river, 150 yards of open water on the port side, I hear a boat that sounds really really close so I turn to see where this guy is just as he shoots the 20' gap between me and shore, as I start yelling at him I notice HE IS PULLING A TUBE WITH 2 KIDS ON IT!!!!!

Scared me to death, the tube missed the boat by a foot or 2, could have been really really ugly, I had 6 rods out or I would have chased him down, don't know what on earth he was thinking.
 
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My guess is the STUPID part was father watching the kids on the tube, not where he was going, and when he DID see you, he Had to shoot the gap because of the position of the tube and his boats course, and your position, Directly in front of him when he finally saw you. I like to be extra aware of whats ahead in any river as I see lots of logs and other hazards in the rivers I have run. Sometimes I spy logs or floating trees when returning up or down river, that were not there when I passed through the first time or are drifting lazily down stream.
 
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