|
Home | Forums | Gallery | Webcams | Blogs | YouTube Channel | Classifieds | Calendar | Register | FAQ | Donate | Members List | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
05-22-2021, 07:48 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 660
Thanks: 196
Thanked 222 Times in 143 Posts
|
A day at the boat ramp
Not sure if this has been posted here before but I know many here will appreciate it.
https://youtu.be/2oq0YNo02KM |
The Following 12 Users Say Thank You to mswlogo For This Useful Post: | ||
betterthanbacon (05-24-2021), FlyingScot (05-22-2021), garysanfran (05-23-2021), Grant (05-24-2021), Loony Singer (05-24-2021), MeredithMan (05-22-2021), Slickcraft (05-22-2021), TheTimeTraveler (05-22-2021), trfour (05-22-2021), ushaggerb (05-24-2021), watermaker (05-22-2021) |
05-22-2021, 08:52 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: MA
Posts: 139
Thanks: 113
Thanked 45 Times in 31 Posts
|
never saw that! absolutely what I needed this morning. Thanks for the laugh.
|
05-22-2021, 07:23 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Boston, MA & Laconia, NH
Posts: 148
Thanks: 14
Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts
|
Great video!
|
05-23-2021, 01:38 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham
Posts: 2,218
Thanks: 299
Thanked 795 Times in 365 Posts
|
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Merrymeeting For This Useful Post: | ||
Grant (05-24-2021), watermaker (05-23-2021) |
05-23-2021, 06:14 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro
Posts: 1,137
Thanks: 284
Thanked 482 Times in 272 Posts
|
A day at the boat ramp
This video is soooooo funny because it is soooooo true. The closer humor gets to truth, the funnier it is.
I don't want to single out one gender, so I will leave it up to you (the reader) to decide which gender is playing which part. Almost for sure, at a boat ramp, you can see a family pull up to the ramp area towing a boat, the driver squares the vehicle and trailer with the launching ramp, gets out of the vehicle to prepare the boat to be launched, then tells the spouse to get in the vehicle and JUST let off the brake and go STRAIGHT back. Reasonable directions, very clearly presented. However, for some unknown reason, as soon as the spouse gets behind the wheel and lets off the bake, there is an irresistible urge to TURN the wheel. And the rest, boys and girls is best described by watching this video. |
Sponsored Links |
|
05-23-2021, 07:50 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: White Salmon, WA
Posts: 292
Thanks: 21
Thanked 165 Times in 90 Posts
|
Anybody ever put their boat in and forgot to put in the transom plug?
|
05-23-2021, 08:06 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Ice in = CT / Ice out = Winnipesaukee
Posts: 444
Thanks: 112
Thanked 264 Times in 140 Posts
|
There is a solution to the madness
|
05-24-2021, 08:22 AM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough
Posts: 1,485
Thanks: 338
Thanked 212 Times in 116 Posts
|
I used to work for the highway department, and we had to back a trailer loaded with Gravely mowers and trimmers, etc. into a narrow garage each day. The first time I had to do it (as an 18 yr old), I thought, "slow and steady, subtle turns of the wheel...all good." I felt pretty confident until I looked in the mirror and saw a bunch of smiling veteran employees gathering to watch and have some fun at the rookie's expense. Nothing like a critical audience to put the pressure on! Good times.
__________________
"When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it." |
05-24-2021, 02:14 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Melrose, Mass.
Posts: 189
Thanks: 0
Thanked 183 Times in 52 Posts
|
A day at the boat ramp
Perhaps the real reason that Ames Farm stopped public launching was the liability aspect of the spectators in their chaise lounges so close to perils at the ramps.
Remember is well, and then again there was Roland directing traffic.... |
05-24-2021, 06:34 PM | #10 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 737
Thanks: 750
Thanked 300 Times in 199 Posts
|
Quote:
Sent from my iPad using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app
__________________
GG |
|
The Following User Says Thank You to gillygirl For This Useful Post: | ||
Top-Water (05-24-2021) |
05-24-2021, 09:42 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 70
Thanks: 17
Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts
|
Now That’s Funny
Thanks for sharing |
05-25-2021, 06:11 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Melrose, Mass.
Posts: 189
Thanks: 0
Thanked 183 Times in 52 Posts
|
A day at the boat ramp
Oh yes absolutely in jest. I loved launching there because the ramps were wide and you didn't loose an axel on your trailer with the drop off. At one point I was there on a nice blistering hot August morning, and this women who claimed she won this boat / trailer combo had no clue, so I helped her until her an her partner were heading towards Diamond Island.
I do understand some of the issues as I myself would circle around several times just to get into a queue with the 100 or so bass boats scrambling to get out and participate in the "whatever derby" awards. Would love to have Ames Farm open again with some covenants for abutters. |
05-25-2021, 07:42 AM | #13 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 737
Thanks: 750
Thanked 300 Times in 199 Posts
|
Quote:
I think the tournaments were the death of public launching. I don’t think it will return any time soon. Sent from my iPad using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app
__________________
GG |
|
05-25-2021, 09:29 AM | #14 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 467
Thanks: 230
Thanked 130 Times in 88 Posts
|
Quote:
|
|
05-25-2021, 10:09 AM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 737
Thanks: 750
Thanked 300 Times in 199 Posts
|
Yes, they sometimes post on their Facebook page which docks are available for the restaurant that week.
Sent from my iPad using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app
__________________
GG |
The Following User Says Thank You to gillygirl For This Useful Post: | ||
Janet (05-25-2021) |
Bookmarks |
|
|