Würstfest postponement

Nov 8, 2010
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Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
No wind, and a wicked ramp accident. This Catalina 22 came free and solo’ed all the way down to my buddy Mark’s J24 truck. A clear RRS violation no one hurt.
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Oct 29, 2016
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Hunter 41 DS Port Huron
Egad's batman, kinda goes with a post of earlier this week something about the slippery slope.....
 
Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
The boat broke off it’s hitch at the top of that slope, and came down probably 100 feet of it at 20° pitch. Probably hit going about 30 miles an hour. People had to scatter, it’s a miracle no one got hurt.
 
Sep 22, 2018
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Hunter 216 Kingston
The boat broke off it’s hitch at the top of that slope, and came down probably 100 feet of it at 20° pitch. Probably hit going about 30 miles an hour. People had to scatter, it’s a miracle no one got hurt.
Pretty wild! I can see the coupler popping off for a variety of reasons. I guess the safety chains broke as well or perhaps were not on in the first place.
 
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Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
Pretty wild! I can see the coupler popping off for a variety of reasons. I guess the safety chains broke as well or perhaps were not on in the first place.
yes, a lot of people are trying to figure out exactly what happened. Mostly insurance people. The club has signs all over the place that you’re not allowed to approach the ramp without safety chains on. It’s possible to do those wrong, it is possible to do that with bad chains. We’re guessing that next year they’re going to have marshals at the top of the hill who will verify correct and proper chains before a boats allowed to turn down the face that ramp.
 
Sep 22, 2018
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Hunter 216 Kingston
My bets are on human error not mechanical failure... something like the driver was having trouble maneuvering and decided to unhook and reposition the tow vehicle and the loaded trailer just took off. Looks like a busy ramp, was your buddy in the truck?
 
Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
My bets are on human error not mechanical failure... something like the driver was having trouble maneuvering and decided to unhook and reposition the tow vehicle and the loaded trailer just took off. Looks like a busy ramp, was your buddy in the truck?
Yeah. Mark ducked. His crew in the passenger seat was half way out and way lucky to get away ok.

You cannot image how steep this ramp is.

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Sep 22, 2018
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Hunter 216 Kingston
I guess the Toyota Safety Sense didn’t help enough.

Seriously - your buddies were lucky to escape. Looks more like a ski jump lead in than a boat ramp!
 

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Jan 22, 2008
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Tartan 37 287 Pensacola, FL
Jackdaw is right about the slope of the ramp. That picture does not do justice to actually standing at the top of the ramp looking down. The ramp at PSMC in Pensacola is just as steep but only like 3 car lengths long.