I went solo for years. The key is to get everything ready in the parking lot
(plug in, lines secure, fenders out), so when you back down the ramp,
there's no delay. Tie up the boat and rush back to get the tow vehicle to
the parking lot. Reverse the procedure on recovery: once the boat is secure
on the trailer and the outdrive tilted up, clear the launch ramp and finish
cleaning up in the parking lot.
If my wife or son was with me, they would often drive the tow vehicle enough
to clear the launch ramp; I'd soon be there to park it.
As long as others see you trying to be quick about it, they won't complain
and will probably help.
There's nothing you can do about the assholes except to ignore them. Most of
them are bozos, anyway.
If there's a launch ramp near home, take a thermos of coffee some day and
watch the show. You'll see what I mean about the bozos. Just pay attention:
you'll probably see at least one person who makes it look easy - take notes!

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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I'm trying to think of the best way to coordinate solo launch/recovery
at a busy dock. We have a very busy lake here. There are 4 ramps with
2 docks. The docks are only big enough for the active ramps (you
couldn't leave the boat at the dock without disrupting launches. My
wife can just barely drive the SUV so she certainly cannot drive the
car with the trailer and certainly cannot drive the boat. On a busy
day there is a waiting area where cars wait in line for the busy
ramps.

To launch I figure I could tie up to the dock, park the car and run
back to the dock. I could probably do this in the time it takes the
next guy to back his trailer down the long ramp (very, very long, the
water is low).

However, I'm not sure how to best recover. Usually people come to the
dock, drop off the car driver and then go back out to the water
waiting for their turn. The trailer driver them goes and gets into
line for a ramp. How can I do this w/o taking up dock space necessary
for operations? I was thinking of perhaps just anchoring off shore and
swimming to the dock and then swimming back out to the boat once I get
the trailer.

As you can tell I'm very sensitive to not disrupting people. I'm
trying not to be the annoying guy that everyone loves to hate.

-robert