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Marshall Banana June 29th 04 11:53 PM

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Why you should keep the trailer strap connected until the boat is IN the
water:

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/ze...show&id=221271

Dan

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A penny saved is worthless.

John Gaquin July 3rd 04 04:16 PM

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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message

An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?


I've seen ramps like that before. Not optimal, but the designer was
probably compromising for all factors -- tide range, available real estate,
need for parking, etc.

What was the boat owner's excuse? :-)



Larry Hill July 3rd 04 06:11 PM

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What was the boat owner's excuse? :-)

Some one stole his truck and trailer out from under him!
Larry Hill

John Gaquin July 3rd 04 11:42 PM

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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message

...... (as my Grandmother used to say...)
there, but for the grace of God, go I.....


Well, that's the considerate response in the normal course of events, but
the bottom line is that you just have to be smarter than the boat and the
concrete. :-)



Camilo July 4th 04 06:31 PM

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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On 29 Jun 2004 22:53:41 GMT, Marshall Banana wrote:

Why you should keep the trailer strap connected until the boat is IN the
water:

http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/ze...show&id=221271

Dan


An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?


Yes ! Blame the ramp!! Sue 'em!




Larry Hill July 4th 04 07:27 PM

Boat launch oops..
 
An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?


Looks just like the ramp we have here in Suisun City...What is so "Bizarre"
about it? When you have tides the angle of the ramp is VERY important.
Larry Hill

Rod McInnis July 6th 04 11:17 PM

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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...


An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?


That ramp doesn't look any steeper then the typical ramps they have out here
in the California Delta.

Rod



basskisser July 7th 04 06:59 PM

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"John Gaquin" wrote in message ...
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message

An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?


I've seen ramps like that before. Not optimal, but the designer was
probably compromising for all factors -- tide range, available real estate,
need for parking, etc.

What was the boat owner's excuse? :-)


That ramp is far from steep. It's actually a pretty decent grade.

FRANKWBELL July 8th 04 02:56 AM

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In article ,
(basskisser) writes:

An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?


I've seen ramps like that before. Not optimal, but the designer was
probably compromising for all factors -- tide range, available real estate,
need for parking, etc.

What was the boat owner's excuse? :-)


That ramp is far from steep. It's actually a pretty decent grade.


I tend to agree.

There is a ramp at Delaware City, Del., that's one of the worst I've seen.
It's about ten feet below street level, so you are backing down this steep
incline from the street level. I don't know what angle actually is, but,
viewed from the water, it looked about 70 degrees (grin). It was probably
more like 20.

Frank Bell
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Calif Bill July 8th 04 05:12 AM

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"FRANKWBELL" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(basskisser) writes:

An obvious player in this scenario is the bizarre and extreme angle

of
the boat ramp. Wonder what the designer was thinking?

I've seen ramps like that before. Not optimal, but the designer was
probably compromising for all factors -- tide range, available real

estate,
need for parking, etc.

What was the boat owner's excuse? :-)


That ramp is far from steep. It's actually a pretty decent grade.


I tend to agree.

There is a ramp at Delaware City, Del., that's one of the worst I've seen.
It's about ten feet below street level, so you are backing down this steep
incline from the street level. I don't know what angle actually is, but,
viewed from the water, it looked about 70 degrees (grin). It was

probably
more like 20.

Frank Bell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A. Top Posting.

Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?

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Normal Northern California ramp at the lake or ocean. 10' below the road?
Oroville, where I spent the 4th is down about 60'. so the ramp is long
enough to pull down and do a U-turn and not too fast, so you do not roll.
Is a 9 land ramp, so lots of room.




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