"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On Apr 1, 9:36 am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Well I pulled it out without a problem. The ramp was amazingly shallow
though. Its a 4 lane ramp but no one was there so I took the two
middle lanes (extra space ) . Unfortunately it doesn't appear there
is any way to launch or recover the boat without walking in water
because the ramp is so shallow there.

-Robert

That's one of the reasons I sold my 19' weekender sailboat.
Our ramps are so shallow that the boat is still hard on the trailer when the
tow vehicles rear wheels are touching the water. (you don't want to dunk the
wheels in salt water)
To get my sailboat launched I had to drive ahead, gun in reverse and slam on
the brakes three or four times. Not something for the faint hearted.

With my current open aluminum boat I can almost lift & throw it off.