I am workamping in my motorhome on a recreational lake that has a boat ramp. In this manner you can store your boat on your trailer, then launch it when you are ready to go boating. At the end of the day you can put the boat back on the trailer and tow it home again.
Sounds fun.
Sounds easy enough.
Make sure you understand how to handle your boat, trailer and tow vehicle correctly.
Happy Boating!
LESSON 1
Back slowly down the boat ramp, with the boat and trailer slowly entering the water.
Oops! Someone made a boo-boo.
I think he missed the part about reversing your boat trailer slowly down the boat ramp.
Don't just plow forward expecting the boat to launch itself and that your truck will magically float back up again. No matter how many times you try this maneuver, it just doesn't work.
Next time reverse the trailer down the ramp. This will keep the truck out of the water.
Happy boating!
LESSON 2
If you need prescription eyeglasses, there is a reason. Use them. They will come in super handy when piloting a boat or driving a car.
Oops! Someone made a boo-boo.
This captain forgot to wear his prescription eyeglasses. At the end of the day when he was ready to drive his boat back onto his trailer at the boat ramp, he mistook another boat for his trailer.
Yes sir, you got your boat out of the water alright. But not on your trailer is it now. Next time, wear your glasses.
Happy boating!
Oops! Someone made a boo-boo.
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating courses provide instruction to boaters at all levels, from the fundamental to the advanced. Classes are taught by experienced and knowledgeable instructors committed to the highest standards of the U.S. Coast Guard.
http://www.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder/
I took every course they offered back in the dark ages. It was well worth the effort and time. At the first course I attended, they included the book "Chapman Piloting and Seamanship" with the cost of the course. I read this book from cover to cover over and over. That book eventually traveled with me on numerous boats and yachts for nearly 3 decades, not only sailing on this lake, but sailing to far flung islands in the Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific. Over the years it became quite tattered. The binding was eventually held together with duct tape, some of the pages showed evidence of water damage, but it was still legible and functional. I treasured it dearly. Books can cause a lot of fun!
Sounds fun.
Sounds easy enough.
Make sure you understand how to handle your boat, trailer and tow vehicle correctly.
Happy Boating!
LESSON 1
Back slowly down the boat ramp, with the boat and trailer slowly entering the water.
Oops! Someone made a boo-boo.
I think he missed the part about reversing your boat trailer slowly down the boat ramp.
Don't just plow forward expecting the boat to launch itself and that your truck will magically float back up again. No matter how many times you try this maneuver, it just doesn't work.
Next time reverse the trailer down the ramp. This will keep the truck out of the water.
Happy boating!
LESSON 2
If you need prescription eyeglasses, there is a reason. Use them. They will come in super handy when piloting a boat or driving a car.
Oops! Someone made a boo-boo.
This captain forgot to wear his prescription eyeglasses. At the end of the day when he was ready to drive his boat back onto his trailer at the boat ramp, he mistook another boat for his trailer.
Yes sir, you got your boat out of the water alright. But not on your trailer is it now. Next time, wear your glasses.
Happy boating!
LESSON 3
At the end of the day, when approaching the boat ramp and your trailer, guide the boat in with just barely enough speed to be able to steer as needed. Go very slowly, but not so slow as to lose steerage.
He came flying in with such speed and force, he overshot the boat trailer and landed on his truck.
Next time go very slow, just enough to be able to steer onto the center of the trailer (and not on top of the daggum truck!)
Happy boating!
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating courses provide instruction to boaters at all levels, from the fundamental to the advanced. Classes are taught by experienced and knowledgeable instructors committed to the highest standards of the U.S. Coast Guard.
http://www.cgaux.org/boatinged/class_finder/
I took every course they offered back in the dark ages. It was well worth the effort and time. At the first course I attended, they included the book "Chapman Piloting and Seamanship" with the cost of the course. I read this book from cover to cover over and over. That book eventually traveled with me on numerous boats and yachts for nearly 3 decades, not only sailing on this lake, but sailing to far flung islands in the Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific. Over the years it became quite tattered. The binding was eventually held together with duct tape, some of the pages showed evidence of water damage, but it was still legible and functional. I treasured it dearly. Books can cause a lot of fun!
Those pictures are funny as hell
ReplyDeletei lived on a 100 acre lake. we did not have big boats. to shallow at landing. holidays were the best. lots of idiots with boats that were way beyond their capabilities. we loved it.
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