Originally Posted by rexmitchell (Post 3084136)

I launch and retrieve my boat virtually everytime by myself. It is a 22 ft scarab and we only have 2 ramps. I am 95% quicker than people with 2 or more helping them even though I have to tie up and go park my trailer a block or 2 away, I can still do it quicker. The thing that chaps my as$ the most though is these "duck" tours. Its the tours that are a big bus that also goes in the water and puts around giving tours of the city/lake. Well these guys blow down the ramp about 20 miles per hour and into a no wake zone, putts a wave like 3-4 feet for all the boats tied up, I haven't seen the cops out there this year to complain but that is super annoying to have your boat banging around for that crap.

Originally Posted by Scooter B (Post 3086450)

What about the dipchit in the Ford Ranger blocking a double backdown with his hippy girlfriend trying to load two plastic kayaks into the back of the truck! I was ready to crush those smelly kids with my 11,000 LB rig :angry-smiley-038:

Originally Posted by beben4512 (Post 3086157)

Any way, It 's a good forum for us to discuss . Thanks a lot !
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Originally Posted by n20michael (Post 3039848)

I have a couple:

First one was "ME" being the "launch ramp idiot", luckily, we where launching at my cottage, so, it wasn't a public launch, had my 21ft Larson [previous boat] hooked to my 4 wheel drive Envoy, its POURING rain, but, it was 4pm Friday, and I was ITCHING to get out in the boat, so, I am backing it down the ramp, trailer gets back a fair ways into the water, I get out and undo the winch/strap and back a little farthur into the water, boat still isn't floating off trailer, hmmmmmmmm, decide to back a little FARTHUR into the water, STILL, not floating, it was at THAT point I realized that I hadn't undun the rear trailering straps! UGGHHHH!!!

No Problem, right? just pull boat out and undo the straps, jump into truck, put it in 4wd low, and sit there motionless as all FOUR tires sit and spin, unable to even MOVE trailer, much less pull it out of the water. On goes the scuba mask, and I "walk?" into water 6ft deep to undo straps, not the best way to Christan a new boat!

THE ALL TIME BEST!

A family are out boating and are having some "mysterious" mechanical problems, after 30 mins of so of "self diagnostic" they cant figure out whats wrong?

The family decide to pull into a local marina and ask if they can have a look at whats going on? The marina owner gets in the boat and starts it and notices it runs "fine", so, he attempts to go for a test drive, the boat will barely move?

The marina owner decides to stick his head over the side and have a look, he see's something in the water and leans over farthur and sticks this head in the water....

Comes up out of the water laughing so hard he can barely breath......He found the problem, get this!

The trailer was STILL attached to the bow eye!!!!!!!!

I cried when I heard the story, still cracks me up!

Originally Posted by Scooter B (Post 3086450)

What about the dipchit in the Ford Ranger blocking a double backdown with his hippy girlfriend trying to load two plastic kayaks into the back of the truck! I was ready to crush those smelly kids with my 11,000 LB rig :angry-smiley-038:

Originally Posted by boatntrkr (Post 3093006)

Gotta love Austinites..:lolhit:

Originally Posted by rexmitchell (Post 3084136)

The thing that chaps my as$ the most though is these "duck" tours. Its the tours that are a big bus that also goes in the water and puts around giving tours of the city/lake. Well these guys blow down the ramp about 20 miles per hour and into a no wake zone, putts a wave like 3-4 feet for all the boats tied up, I haven't seen the cops out there this year to complain but that is super annoying to have your boat banging around for that crap.

Originally Posted by Busta (Post 3094239)

I read this a few weeks ago and had no idea what you were talking about until last weekend when we were in Austin. Normally we go to Travis so I had never seen these but this time we just stayed downtown. I saw two of them as we were going down 6th street headed to the Hula Hut. I didn't see them go in the water but I can't believe they would haul ass down the boat ramp with those things. That has to create an enormous wake. I'd be pissed too!