True motorboater stories

[Andy]

In response to the urban myth about motorboating with a trailer (Why I am a sailor, not a motorboater), I was reminded of the avid bassfisherman. After a busy day of putting his boat on and off the trailer numerous times while "tinkering" to make it run that 1/2 mph faster, he finally felt like he had it JUST Right!. He was also quite tired of running up and down the hill from the launch ramp after parking his truck. What the heck, very slow day at the ramp so he left the relatively new Ford pickup with trailer on the ramp and ran back & forth across he lake in glee.He return to no trailer, no truck in sight! Was it towed? stolen? So he tied up his now perfectly performing bass boat nearby and waded up to a lone fisherman on the shore. "'excuse me sir, but have ya seen a blue Ford pickup...ya ya ya? he asked. The old man just pointed just off the ramp of the murkey water at a shiny metal shaft sticking out of the water and said "is that thar the antenna like was on yor truck?".So now the boat was fine but the truck was sunk!

 

[Steve O.]

True story

At our marina, a gentleman stopped one evening to use the rest room located by the launch ramp. When he returned, his Cadillac was gone, but he was able to locate it by the head and tail lights still glowing underwater. Would Sea Tow cover that sort of thing?

 

[oldiesrocker2001]

pre-launch checklist?

While In Florida during july, the harbormaster told me about the powerboater who launched his boat without unstrapping it from the trailer. As the tale goes; the boat launched smoothly on a relatively steep ramp,floated the trailer with it high enough to pull the car's rear wheels off the concrete, and in the ensuing moments of drift had the whole car floating. The floating car, however, only stayed afloat a few moments before sinking.