Not Familiar with the Process
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Ohhhhh reminds me of early morning MANY years ago watching a truck go in backwards until we could see the headlights under water.. It was at the L-head at Corpus Christi.. Drunken sailors, we were in that stereotype ! We laughed until it dawned on us that there was trouble and we pulled the mess out with a friend’s four wheel drive..
Hmmm
Seems as if someone as put the cart before the horse…
Or a new technique: Drive into the water up to the window frames, then hard to port for a 180 that tosses the boat off the trailer. I think they need more practice.
Seems as if someone as put the cart before the horse…
Or a new technique: Drive into the water up to the window frames, then hard to port for a 180 that tosses the boat off the trailer. I think they need more practice.
Just Guessing
Maybe he stopped on the ramp (facing the water, I guess) in neutral, engine running, parking brake on, got out to unstrap the boat from the trailer, and while he was out of the cab, the brake somehow realeased?
Or shut off the engine, left a manual transmission not-so-securely in gear as a brake, but it popped out (this has happened to me, sloppily shifting into gear after I shut off the engine: didn't quite engage the gears).
I know, both are stretches, but I'm bumfuzzled. Facing the water. Go figure.
This had to be first attempt at launching a boat. At least, I hope so.
Maybe he stopped on the ramp (facing the water, I guess) in neutral, engine running, parking brake on, got out to unstrap the boat from the trailer, and while he was out of the cab, the brake somehow realeased?
Or shut off the engine, left a manual transmission not-so-securely in gear as a brake, but it popped out (this has happened to me, sloppily shifting into gear after I shut off the engine: didn't quite engage the gears).
I know, both are stretches, but I'm bumfuzzled. Facing the water. Go figure.
This had to be first attempt at launching a boat. At least, I hope so.
First a little backgraound about me. I have been around here for quite some time and then just stopped coming by a while back. I had forgotten my password and not bothered to request a new one since I could read all the sailor stuff just not the "War Room" (which I had become addicted to). I eventually even stopped checking the sailing forums. I checked back in and found this thread and see that no one has provided you with the rest of the story. Sit back and enjoy a true story that is stranger than fiction.
I'll start with a cautionary note: THOSE OF YOU WITH TRAILERABLE BOATS SHOULD BE CERTAIN TO DISCONNECT THE STRAPS BEFORE BACKING INTO THE WATER.
The boater in question had not and he found out as he was backing in (by the standard method) that once he reaches the point where the boat should float off the trailer he will instead find that the trailer has floated off the ramp and also lifted his back tires just enough for driver to loose all traction and at that point gravity takes over and all you have left is a really great photograph.
I'll start with a cautionary note: THOSE OF YOU WITH TRAILERABLE BOATS SHOULD BE CERTAIN TO DISCONNECT THE STRAPS BEFORE BACKING INTO THE WATER.
The boater in question had not and he found out as he was backing in (by the standard method) that once he reaches the point where the boat should float off the trailer he will instead find that the trailer has floated off the ramp and also lifted his back tires just enough for driver to loose all traction and at that point gravity takes over and all you have left is a really great photograph.
Thanks Rick
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My wife likes signal flags so we hoist often. We like to fly a Charlie, November, Delta when we cruise in Canada under the courtesy flag. When customs asks you what that means, it is great fun to tell them "Well up at the top we gort a C eh? and then a N eh? and well you usually don't need any more than that before they catch on.
The Avatar is the C42 fleet Burgee wilth my boats name underneath.
My wife likes signal flags so we hoist often. We like to fly a Charlie, November, Delta when we cruise in Canada under the courtesy flag. When customs asks you what that means, it is great fun to tell them "Well up at the top we gort a C eh? and then a N eh? and well you usually don't need any more than that before they catch on.
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