There's a boat ramp that I usually stop at before I get to the freeway and take a look at the boats coming in and going out, but this time it was exceptionally funny.I got interesting when they-(the driver and passenger) were running straight for the pier and smacked right into it to stop the boat the passenger staggered on the front and held the boat by the pier.(Oh yeah they were drunk)The driver runs to his truck backs it into the ramp until the trailer is almost completely surmerged in the water, he jumps in to the water because he drove his truck back in so far! that the front doors are well over the water. and races around to get his boat, he drives the boat on to the trailer but the trailer was summerged so far and we had 15mph. wind that the boat was all over the trailer at one time it was across the trailer itself. so that didn't work the driver jumps on to the pier goes and gets the hook of the trailer and goes little by little to hook the boat and he trips the ramp was very slippery and downn he went, luckily he held the hook and tie rope well avobe water while trying to get up so that didn't get wet(I still don't understand why it was important to keep the hook dry)and the passenger is in the boat sipping beer. Since he's already wet he wades to the boat and hooks it and then he cranks it in, but there's a problem!the boat will not stay ontop of the trailer so he holds it in place and runs to the truck and drives up a little bit and when the trailer comes out it has the boat on top of the wheel guard, so he backs in again all the way and the boat is floating again he gets off the truck looks at the boat and scratches his head,I'm sitting in my jeep both amused and amazed of the lack of common sense on this guy so I go to them to offer my help and the guy tells me "I work on a shrimp boat I think I know how to drive a boat" but what he didn't know is that he was not driving a boat anymore he was retrieving a boat now,which I don't think you do often with shrimp boats. But he looked kind of mad so I went to the pier to laugh some more, He told his buddy to get off the boat and help so his buddy held the boat between the wheel guards and finally the boat was in the trailer and up the ramp.BUT!! I never saw them lift the motor but since they were experts I didn't have to tell them,and they ran the propeller on to the ground and dragged it for a few feet until the drunk buddy screamed "STOOOPPP" .The driver gets off the truck and inspects the damage he looks at me I smile and they got to push the motor up I could have sworn that I saw a motor lift but the decided to lift it manually after 2 minutes of lifting and pushing and cursing they had it in the locked position.I was surprised that the driver came over to tell me that he had just bought the boat and they got a hell of a deal on it and that he was going to sell it,because boating was a pain on the butt, and they drove off. I stayed there and laughed for a few moments and then left home, that's one thing about going fishing, you just never know.
