How big a boat can be launched at a boat ramp?
 

"Greg O" wrote
I tow with a '93 Chevy Caprice.

I use a '94 Taurus wagon. (although not in the exciting way you describe)
Anyone else tow with a car?

How big a boat can be launched at a boat ramp?
 

I use a Pontiac TranSport mini-van. It has also been dragged a bit on a wet
ramp, though it always stops once the boat floats off the trailer. Were I
ever to forget the bow strap on and give the boat hell in reverse - I bet I
"could" pull the mini-van off shore. Can't think of any reason I'd want to
though :)

-W

"Joe Blizzard" wrote in message
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"Greg O" wrote
I tow with a '93 Chevy Caprice.

I use a '94 Taurus wagon. (although not in the exciting way you describe)
Anyone else tow with a car?

How big a boat can be launched at a boat ramp?
 

"Clams Canino" wrote
I use a Pontiac TranSport mini-van. It has
also been dragged a bit on a wet ramp

I haven't experienced the thrill of having my my tow vehicle dragged toward
Davy Jones' locker yet. Even when I was using my little Nissan 720, the only
problem was in the uphill direction. I don't don't tow very often, though.
(I keep the boat in the water until mechanical trouble or weather forces me
to do otherwise.)

How big a boat can be launched at a boat ramp?
 

On 29 Aug 2003 04:58:38 -0700, (basskisser) wrote:
The semi got lined up with the ramp, got JUST to the water's edge,
unstrapped the houseboat, then backed up about 8 feet, hit the brakes,
and the thing slide off so nicely I was amazed! Nice and slow, barely
a splash!

======================

How did the retrieval go ?

How big a boat can be launched at a boat ramp?
 

Tony V wrote:
I know the exact answer depends on ramp angle, height
of waterline above grade and tow vehicle height,
but I was wondering in general, just how big a boat can be
launched without dangerously submerging the tow vehicle.

What's your experience?

Tony V




Here anyway lots of the ramps have weight limit signs posted these days
(usually saying max 3 or 5 tonnes without specific permission).

As people kept damaging the ramps with really really big boats (mostly
commercial) that could apply real force to the bottom of the ramp till
it cracked etc.

This is all fair enough really because here nobody really pays for
ramps, they're usually put in my the local council, which is essentially
funded by the rate payers, so it's a bit rich when commercial users come
along & wreck other peoples' infrastructure, they rarely leave a note:-)

K

How big a boat can be launched at a boat ramp?
 

Hmmmmmmm. You were conspicuously absent from here for awhile...as was Harry
Hope from alt.politics.bush. Yet you both started posting again on the same
day. You're either the same person...or you take time away to push in each
other's stools. Which is it?




"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Rick & Linda Bernard wrote:
I have launched a 29' sail boat (3500#) via a ramp. I used a Ford
Bronco
with 4W drive. The trailer had a tongue extender (part of the trailer)
and
I used a 3' hitch extender. Had to get the trailer deep because with
the
keel up the boat drew 3.5' or so.


"Tony V" wrote in message
news:iPs3b.285421$o%2.132062@sccrnsc02...
I know the exact answer depends on ramp angle, height
of waterline above grade and tow vehicle height,
but I was wondering in general, just how big a boat can be
launched without dangerously submerging the tow vehicle.

What's your experience?

Tony V








I regularly see 35' triple outboard type boats being launched from one
of three different ramps in my area, at Sandy Point, Breezy Point and at
Solomons, MD. These are not deep draft boats, though. I've seen 34-40'
deep keel lobster boats launched from ramps. Depends on the particulars.





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