What is the deal with fisherman. Do they not know how to load a boat without power loading. Big signs at the dock no power loading.

I am pulling out sunday. While I was there 4 different fishing boats pulling out. All of them are 20'ish aluminum boats. They can't be that heavy. Every single one of them is power loading. Then a sherrif shows up and starts chewing on them all for doing it. Is it just a lazy thing? I have never had to power load a single boat I have owned on a trailer. Even my 30' Baja is a breeze to load all by myself, I don't even get wet when I do it.

Best I can gather it's a show-off thing. I can't see any other reason to do it. My personal boat weighs 10,000 lbs. and I crank it on the trailer every time.

Laziness.

Every offshore and fishing boat I have ever seen load in Kenosha harbor was power loaded.Explain how you load a 30 ' boat without getting your toes wet not power loading , by yourself.? Not arguing , I dont own one , so it would be helpful when I do.

EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE around here power loads . If by chance you are inexperienced then you are called a Rope Boater and and are lit up for being slow at the ramps . Of course there is no tide and the concrete ramps extend deep into the water . I guess you've got to follow proper protocol from where your located .

Same here, however, there is a difference between sliding nicely up the bunks at idle speed and using 3/4 throttle to climb up a half-submerged trailer. I almost always boat alone, and in following proper (maybe local?) ramp etiquette I tie the boat to the courtesy dock as to not hold up the ramp. I fetch my trailer then jump in the boat and slide the boat right up to the bow stop, hook and I'm done. This might be considered "power loading" but it's hands down the quickest easiest way to load the boat. I rarely need any throttle and if i do, it's 1200 RPM MAX for a split second.

Exactly !!! Professional power loading at its finest !!

X2. That's exactly what I do. I'm the kind of guy you want in front of you at a crowded ramp. I timed myself once as I pulled my boat out solo. From the time I backed into the ramp until the time my boat left the water behind the truck, exactly 48 seconds went by. Time the next blow boat or jet ski hand cranking fest and see how long it takes. Oh, and bring a calendar.

Watched a "crank fest" last night actually. In and out with a 17' Bayliner at least 5 times trying to get the boat centered on the bunks. Two poor guys waist deep in the water, and the GF driving the blazer. Kept backing up til the bumper was in the water, and the two guys would try to center the boat as it went out. Loaded the 382 alone in less than a minute. Granted they were super nice people, and actually stopped by as I was tieing down to comment on my loading technique. Hopefully they learned a thing or two. I'm always up for educating those that are new to this. I was a newbie once too.

HAHA you beat me to it Dave, This happend to me to yesterday it was a busy day on St. Clair coming into the docks and about 10 boats waiting to dock when here comes 3 bass boats flying in a no wake zone to unload they pull right up to the docks between boats on both sides and the guy on the bow jumps off to go get the truck. One bounces off a 26 Thompson when the guy jumped off. I have a buddy and my 5 year old with me and we are waiting patiently for a open dock space so I get behind a boat that is pulling out and I proceed to dock as soon as I get to the dock here comes a guy backing in his trailer right in front of my boat so I yell to him STOP and he just keeps backing up so I had no choice to back up so this jack a$$ doesn't hit me. Then he gets out of his truck and says just back out for a secend so I can unload. My reply was NO YOU MOVE A$$ HOLE he tells me he is not going to move it will only take a sec. So after we exchange words for a bit everyone on the docks get on my side and start telling this guy to MOVE he still said no so I told him MOVE NOW or I will pull my boat on your trailer he didn't move so I pulled right up on his trailer and told him I can sit here all day till he moves. The guy jumps in the water and pushes the bow of my boat off his trailer. By now everyone on the dock is yelling at this guy but he obviously thinks he is MR. entitlement so I give up for now because I have my 5 year old with me. I let him pull out then I go in right behind him dock the boat and start going his way fast, he seen me coming and jumped back in his truck a took off. I was running bare foot with no shirt on through the parking lot and caught up to him just before he got out of the gate but he would not roll down his window. (A$$ HOLE) Then when I got back to my boat I asked my 5 year old if daddy scared her from yelling? Her reply was daddy if you would of said please he might of moved for you. HAHA kids are great.