Boat Ramp Etiquette
 

On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:26:17 -0500, D K
wrote:


So who is "we", asshole?

Although your grammar is poor, it appears you have now asked and
answered your own question.

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On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:29:07 -0500, D K
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:27:12 -0800, "Mike" wrote:


LOL! Look what I just stepped in!

--Mike


Brilliant!

Now you are fabricating posts?

**** off, asshole.

Make me, limp dick.

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On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:30:00 -0500, D K
wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:48:22 -0800, "Mike" wrote:

wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:59:41 -0800, "Mike" wrote:

wrote in message
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 18:27:12 -0800, "Mike" wrote:


LOL! Look what I just stepped in!

--Mike

Brilliant!
Ahhh, change someone's response 'cause you aren't witty enough to come up
with something original. Try, "neener, neener, neeeener," next time. It
may
make you sound older than you really are.

Now, brush your teeth, and off to bed with you. Your mommy needs her
computer back.

--Mike

What a complete ****!
Another witty one! Well done. Your mommy must be so proud.

--Mike


Glad you recognize and appreciate intellect vastly superior to your
own. My mother is indeede proud of me. Your mother is still trying to
figure out where you came from.


Indeede (sic)

Was it the football team or the clerk in the produce department? Your
mother was known as a sex buffet.

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On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:10:24 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:27:44 -0500, D K
wrote:

LOL! He steppped right into that one. His response was priceless... doesn't
even realize what he wrote.

--Mike


Yep. They don't have a reputation for being smart.

Let's give it a rest. There *are* better forms of entertainment, at
least for adults.



Why is DK back here? Isn't he holed up with Herring, JustHate, Loogy,
BAR, and the rest of the retards? My poor overworked filters have been
enjoying the near-respite created by their near-absence.

DK and Mike@dickchime already got bounced from the hen party, so they
came back here. Even skunks think they smell bad.

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Mike wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:27:44 -0500, D K
wrote:

LOL! He steppped right into that one. His response was priceless...
doesn't
even realize what he wrote.

--Mike


Yep. They don't have a reputation for being smart.
Let's give it a rest. There *are* better forms of entertainment, at
least for adults.


You're right, of course. I've had my fun... they're just too easy to leave
alone sometimes ;-)

--Mike



I agree with this post.

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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
I was reading some comments about it elsewhere and got to thinking.
When/if I get to the point of launching my own boat, I'll have to
spend some time watching ramp activity before I do it myself.
Used to launch/retrieve with my buddies years ago, but I forgot
everything except how hard it was to crank the boat onto the bunks.
I think the owner was leery of backing in far enough to float it.
Oddly, I don't remember any problems pushing it off when launching.
Maybe we were stronger setting out fishing than we were when we got
back, or maybe it's just how gravity works.
I don't remember any problems at all.
But from my reading it seems the ramp is a good comedy show sometimes,
and a good drama when the hotheads get involved.
Anybody care to share some "outstanding" experiences?

--Vic
Something I saw when I pulled the pontoon out of the water yesterday was the
more the horsepower, the bigger the dickhead. Couple of guys absolutely HAD
to power up to the post and both made numerous attemps to get there with a
cross wind of about 15kts.
Most people nosed the boat onto the bunks, gave it a little goose then
cranked the boat up to the post. I like doing it that way too, doesn't allow
for any show boating (no pun- just fit) but it gets the job done without the
BS. And as the other guys pointed out, doesn't wash the sand at the end of
the ramp away.

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mmc wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
I was reading some comments about it elsewhere and got to thinking.
When/if I get to the point of launching my own boat, I'll have to
spend some time watching ramp activity before I do it myself.
Used to launch/retrieve with my buddies years ago, but I forgot
everything except how hard it was to crank the boat onto the bunks.
I think the owner was leery of backing in far enough to float it.
Oddly, I don't remember any problems pushing it off when launching.
Maybe we were stronger setting out fishing than we were when we got
back, or maybe it's just how gravity works.
I don't remember any problems at all.
But from my reading it seems the ramp is a good comedy show sometimes,
and a good drama when the hotheads get involved.
Anybody care to share some "outstanding" experiences?

--Vic
Something I saw when I pulled the pontoon out of the water yesterday was the
more the horsepower, the bigger the dickhead. Couple of guys absolutely HAD
to power up to the post and both made numerous attemps to get there with a
cross wind of about 15kts.
Most people nosed the boat onto the bunks, gave it a little goose then
cranked the boat up to the post. I like doing it that way too, doesn't allow
for any show boating (no pun- just fit) but it gets the job done without the
BS. And as the other guys pointed out, doesn't wash the sand at the end of
the ramp away.



The key is to take your time and be prepared. When I use to be able to
keep my boat at the house. I would load all the gear, coolers etc, put
muffs on the stern drive and fire it up. Check the drain plug (you
should do this more then once during the process) then head out to the
ramp.

Before placing the boat as to where you are taking up the ramp or if it
busy and there is a wait. Walk around the boat, take of transom straps
is used. Check the plug again,if the boat has a enclosed fuel tank and
you think it will be about 5 minutes or so go ahead and check for
excessive gas fumes and run the blower, keys in ignition.

Then of course when it is your turn or you have gone over your check
list, back it down in the water and release the bow hook and go.

You will find that people get get a short fuse after they have been in
the sun all day, around noise of engines and may have had a few beers.

So some tips on saving time. Don't get in a hurry if people are waiting.
Just keep a steady pace and so you are sure not to mis anything. Trying
to backdown too fast or running around on slippery ramps can result in
banging ones head on steal, fiberglass rocks or props. If you show that
you have taken steps to be sure you are ready to go before getting on
the ramp your time there will not be very long.

Things I have seen that slow down or bring a ramp to a stand still.

Trying to rush down the ramp. The rig gets out of line and has to make
several corrections by pulling foward, if they had been going slower
they may have been able to make the needed corrections with out having
to go fowarded.

Getting on the ramp and loading gear, I saw this once to the extreme
where this guy was loading clothes that I could not imagine he would need.

I saw one guy having trouble starting his boat, I walked down the ramp
to see if there was something I could do. He asked me to take the
bowline while he pushed the boat off and pull it to shore just to the
side of the ramp. while he moved his truck I noticed that this boat
appears not to have been used in years. It was full of old beer bottles
covered with mud and dust, Leaves etc. When the guy got back he asked me
if I could help him getting it started. Looking at the engine showed I
was amazed at the crud, corrosion on the battery posts. Of course it was
dead when one attempted to crank it. I asked when was the last time this
boat had run and he told me three years.
At that point I pointed to the service dept and said you need to talk to
then, and left.

Same goes for loading as well of course. Back the trailer down, raise
the leg or outboard, secure the boweye and move it up and out of the
way. Again this is not a race so just take a nice steady pace up the
ramp. Get a good distance were you are not in other folks way and start
unpacking, secure transom straps remove plug etc.

Good luck and enjoy the boat..

Cheers

Capt Jack R..

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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
I was reading some comments about it elsewhere and got to thinking.
When/if I get to the point of launching my own boat, I'll have to
spend some time watching ramp activity before I do it myself.
Used to launch/retrieve with my buddies years ago, but I forgot
everything except how hard it was to crank the boat onto the bunks.
I think the owner was leery of backing in far enough to float it.
Oddly, I don't remember any problems pushing it off when launching.
Maybe we were stronger setting out fishing than we were when we got
back, or maybe it's just how gravity works.
I don't remember any problems at all.
But from my reading it seems the ramp is a good comedy show sometimes,
and a good drama when the hotheads get involved.
Anybody care to share some "outstanding" experiences?

Willow Beach Landing, Colorado River, 14 miles below Hoover Dam. The ramp
is steep. An elderly couple (well, only about fiftyish, but I was about 18
at the time, so they looked ancient) were launching a runabout. They untied
it all. He held the bowline, and she backed the trailer. "Whoa", sez he.
She stomps the brake, and the boat slides pretty as you please right off the
rollers and on to the asphalt ramp, stern about ten feet from the water. He
still has hold of the bow line, luckily.

Another true story in the Las Vegas Review Journal at Boulder Beach: A boat
pulls into the gas dock, lady driving. The attendants tie it up. She says
the boat is acting strangely, and could they check it out. Seems the
trailer is still firmly attatched to the boat. True story.

Steve

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"Jack Redington" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
I was reading some comments about it elsewhere and got to thinking.
When/if I get to the point of launching my own boat, I'll have to
spend some time watching ramp activity before I do it myself.
Used to launch/retrieve with my buddies years ago, but I forgot
everything except how hard it was to crank the boat onto the bunks.
I think the owner was leery of backing in far enough to float it.
Oddly, I don't remember any problems pushing it off when launching.
Maybe we were stronger setting out fishing than we were when we got
back, or maybe it's just how gravity works.
I don't remember any problems at all.
But from my reading it seems the ramp is a good comedy show sometimes,
and a good drama when the hotheads get involved.
Anybody care to share some "outstanding" experiences?

--Vic
Something I saw when I pulled the pontoon out of the water yesterday was
the more the horsepower, the bigger the dickhead. Couple of guys
absolutely HAD to power up to the post and both made numerous attemps to
get there with a cross wind of about 15kts.
Most people nosed the boat onto the bunks, gave it a little goose then
cranked the boat up to the post. I like doing it that way too, doesn't
allow for any show boating (no pun- just fit) but it gets the job done
without the BS. And as the other guys pointed out, doesn't wash the sand
at the end of the ramp away.
The key is to take your time and be prepared. When I use to be able to
keep my boat at the house. I would load all the gear, coolers etc, put
muffs on the stern drive and fire it up. Check the drain plug (you should
do this more then once during the process) then head out to the ramp.

Before placing the boat as to where you are taking up the ramp or if it
busy and there is a wait. Walk around the boat, take of transom straps is
used. Check the plug again,if the boat has a enclosed fuel tank and you
think it will be about 5 minutes or so go ahead and check for excessive
gas fumes and run the blower, keys in ignition.

Then of course when it is your turn or you have gone over your check list,
back it down in the water and release the bow hook and go.

You will find that people get get a short fuse after they have been in the
sun all day, around noise of engines and may have had a few beers.

So some tips on saving time. Don't get in a hurry if people are waiting.
Just keep a steady pace and so you are sure not to mis anything. Trying to
backdown too fast or running around on slippery ramps can result in
banging ones head on steal, fiberglass rocks or props. If you show that
you have taken steps to be sure you are ready to go before getting on the
ramp your time there will not be very long.

Things I have seen that slow down or bring a ramp to a stand still.

Trying to rush down the ramp. The rig gets out of line and has to make
several corrections by pulling foward, if they had been going slower they
may have been able to make the needed corrections with out having to go
fowarded.

Getting on the ramp and loading gear, I saw this once to the extreme where
this guy was loading clothes that I could not imagine he would need.

I saw one guy having trouble starting his boat, I walked down the ramp to
see if there was something I could do. He asked me to take the bowline
while he pushed the boat off and pull it to shore just to the side of the
ramp. while he moved his truck I noticed that this boat appears not to
have been used in years. It was full of old beer bottles covered with mud
and dust, Leaves etc. When the guy got back he asked me if I could help
him getting it started. Looking at the engine showed I was amazed at the
crud, corrosion on the battery posts. Of course it was dead when one
attempted to crank it. I asked when was the last time this boat had run
and he told me three years.
At that point I pointed to the service dept and said you need to talk to
then, and left.

Same goes for loading as well of course. Back the trailer down, raise the
leg or outboard, secure the boweye and move it up and out of the way.
Again this is not a race so just take a nice steady pace up the ramp. Get
a good distance were you are not in other folks way and start unpacking,
secure transom straps remove plug etc.

Good luck and enjoy the boat..

Cheers

Capt Jack R..

I'll print up a few hundred copies if you'll hand them out ;}
I tend to stay away from the busiest ramps around here or go when they're
slow and if there's a line when I show up, I wait till it dies down a little
before launching/retrieving.
I'd rather hang out and not end or begin a nice day on the water by getting
stressed out.