Boat Ramp Etiquette

[Guard Dad]

My gf is flying up to DC for a conference on Wed. She said she was going to buy me a thong while she was up there. :laugh I can see it now with the Washington Monument on it. :laugh

No words required

 

[LisaC]

I really didn't need a visual..... Really, I didn't..... :huh

 

[Guard Dad]

:laugh

 

[lotstodo]

You wish.......

 

[dapandlap]

Soooo ..... anyways, how was the fishin?

 

[Guard Dad]

Soooo ..... anyways, how was the fishin?

Slow. The cold front apparently shoved 'em back for a few days. Things oughta be turning on in the next couple of weeks though.

 

[dapandlap]

Soooo ..... anyways, how was the fishin?

Slow. The cold front apparently shoved 'em back for a few days. Things oughta be turning on in the next couple of weeks though.

Yep bout time to pull the ole poontang boat outta moth balls, and git-er ready for the novice fishin team "me and my son"

 

[BeatBoxinGranny47]

Soooo ..... anyways, how was the fishin?

Slow. The cold front apparently shoved 'em back for a few days. Things oughta be turning on in the next couple of weeks though.

Yep bout time to pull the ole poontang boat outta moth balls, and git-er ready for the novice fishin team "me and my son"

Wow, poontang must mean something completely different to you.

 

[dapandlap]

Soooo ..... anyways, how was the fishin?

Slow. The cold front apparently shoved 'em back for a few days. Things oughta be turning on in the next couple of weeks though.

Yep bout time to pull the ole poontang boat outta moth balls, and git-er ready for the novice fishin team "me and my son"

Wow, poontang must mean something completely different to you.

Slang for pontoon :whistle

 

[Whoa Willie]

I am not beyond explaining to them that there is a reason why there are only two ramps and 50 parking spaces. Move it.

When I back in everything is ready to go except unhooking the slack winch line. When I pull on I re-hook the winch, raise the motor and scoot. It's not only good etiquette, it's just plain common sense.

Exactly. Fish a tournament and you learn quick.

Yep there have been many ramp fights over just this... a lack of commomn sense.

 

[Foxmeister]

Soooo ..... anyways, how was the fishin?

Slow. The cold front apparently shoved 'em back for a few days. Things oughta be turning on in the next couple of weeks though.

Yep bout time to pull the ole poontang boat outta moth balls, and git-er ready for the novice fishin team "me and my son"

Wow, poontang must mean something completely different to you.

Slang for pontoon :whistle

Never heard it used as slang for a pontoon before, but I have for something else entirely different.

 

[Guard Dad]

I am not beyond explaining to them that there is a reason why there are only two ramps and 50 parking spaces. Move it.

When I back in everything is ready to go except unhooking the slack winch line. When I pull on I re-hook the winch, raise the motor and scoot. It's not only good etiquette, it's just plain common sense.

Exactly. Fish a tournament and you learn quick.

Yep there have been many ramp fights over just this... a lack of commomn sense.

We have it down to a science. We can launch in 30 seconds or less, load and be off the ramp in 2-3 minutes.

 

[Whoa Willie]

Yep, we dunk and were off. :race

 

[lotstodo]

I am not beyond explaining to them that there is a reason why there are only two ramps and 50 parking spaces. Move it.

When I back in everything is ready to go except unhooking the slack winch line. When I pull on I re-hook the winch, raise the motor and scoot. It's not only good etiquette, it's just plain common sense.

Exactly. Fish a tournament and you learn quick.

Yep there have been many ramp fights over just this... a lack of commomn sense.

We have it down to a science. We can launch in 30 seconds or less, load and be off the ramp in 2-3 minutes.

With me and a buddy we can be on the trailer before it stops in the water. (One time he thought he was too crooked and pulled the trailer out at the last minute. We don't talk about that.)

 

[dapandlap]

Back in the 80s / 90s when I was a member of the Atlanta water ski club, I learned that the tow boat / trailer set up is the absolute fastest way to launch and trailer a boat.
The trailers have a automatic latching system that never requires anyone to "hook-up" the boat.
All the boat driver has to do is drive onto the trailer till you hear the click, give a wave to the truck driver then you're off the ramp.
And just the opposite for launching simply unhook the latch at the baottom of the ramp then back the boat/trailer into the water till she floats away with the boat/truck driver never getting his/her feet wet.