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Lessons better learned from someone else....-gctid383098
Lessons better learned from someone else....-gctid383098
came across this scene at the boat launch today.... an apparent new boat owner, unhooked the boat from the trailer before launch; the boat rolled off the trailer as the truck backed up to launch the boat
Probably a flatbed (tilt bed) would be able to get it off the ground and then set it in the water to get it back on the trailer. What a mess. I've seen the same thing twice before here too. The first time he got grunch of people to shove the boat the rest of the way and in took off like nothing had happened after the boat took a good 3 foot fall off the trailer and slide down a concrete ramp.
tim l wrote:
came across this scene at the boat launch today.... an apparent new boat owner, unhooked the boat from the trailer before launch; the boat rolled off the trailer as the truck backed up to launch the boat
Hopefully he is in an area that is impacted by tides and that it was low tide when this happened....... doubtful!
Steep ramp,roller trailer,no safety chain attached to bow eye= AWH S**T moment. Been there MANY years ago, it is a Very humbling event,especially in front of many spectators waiting to launch their boat.
Over 40 years ago, when I bough my first boat, I asked the dealer questions about launching. He went thru it with me, but said "you are not getting delivery until Monday, so go down to this ramp (and he gave directions, and watch. You will learn from their mistakes."
Yes, I did learn. Nobody launched on the pavement, by one guy told his kid to "hold onto that rope" The boat lauched with the kid holding onto the line, hanging from the bow, kicking and screaming into the water.
A volkswagen (beetle) does not float if immersed into the water with the door open.
2--forgot the drain plug.
One did not attach lines to the boat, so it floated off the trailer and kept going. (another boater help him retreive it.
I made a "Q" card for launching and we looks like seasoned boaters.
To this day, I do not remove the safety chains holding the boats' bow to the trailer, until the trailer is in the water.
This is not to say I have never screwed up, but the screwups were minor.....
Captharv 2001 2452
"When the draft of your boat exceeds the depth of water, you are aground"
Trim the drives all the way up, if not already. Attach the winch strap to the boat. Start the tow vehicle up and place in neutral with a driver in the vehicle ready to apply the brakes. Another person would crank the trailer back under the boat. The winch should be rated to pull the weight of the boat onto the trailer. (It will be tough!) If the trailer has rollers this will be easier then bunks. Put the trailer into the water to set the boat centered on the trailer then remove the boat from the water to inspect.
I have seen it done this way once. But the guy had arms like Popeye.
Gregg
2006 225 BR
XT Package
5.0 MPI
Alpha I Gen II
39.41130 N
76.35131W
Looking CLOSLY at the picture,I can imagine the snide remarks being made by the admiral,look at the body posture of the poor guy, sometimes silence is GOLDEN!
Chesapeake wrote:
Trim the drives all the way up, if not already. Attach the winch strap to the boat. Start the tow vehicle up and place in neutral with a driver in the vehicle ready to apply the brakes. Another person would crank the trailer back under the boat. The winch should be rated to pull the weight of the boat onto the trailer. (It will be tough!) If the trailer has rollers this will be easier then bunks. Put the trailer into the water to set the boat centered on the trailer then remove the boat from the water to inspect.
I have seen it done this way once. But the guy had arms like Popeye.
May work on a small boat, but not a good idea on a big boat, and that trailer's winch is not even close to rated for the weight of the boat.
Thats one of the worst experiences ever I did it with a 20 foot cuddy not as heavy as his but still very heavy I had trailered other boats many times and it was never an issue with bunks I never dreamed that the rollers rolled that easily op- I bet he didn't either
Why does anyone think you can unhook the strap before backing? And on a roller trailer...how do you look at those rollers and actually think to yourself; they won't turn, no problem!
op- I bet he didn't either
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