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Originally Posted by Bullwinkle
Busy launch ramps are always good entertainment!
Practice backing down the ramp, launching, & retrieving the boat before you head to the lake on a busy weekend. Get a routine down. Ideally you need someone that can drive the truck (and back up the trailer), and someone else to drive the boat.
When launching the boat don't forget to check the bilge plug & remove the transom straps. When retrieving it, don't forget to put the outdrive up (assuming it has one).
Learn to get the boat in & out of the water as quickly as possible, but don't expect anyone else to!
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Haha ain't that the truth. Everyone will pressure you to hurry up and get out of the way, then you happen to get behind that same person the next weekend and they take 30 minutes to unload their stuff. We usually go to the port on Saturday or Sunday evening after we go out to the islands because the boat ramp is super busy, and it's right beside this nice resturaunt and boy is it some great entertainment. All the drunkies that have been out in the ocean all day trying to load up their boats, all the noobs that have the drunks at the Tiki bar yelling at them and pressuring them making them do even worse than they were, and then the first timers that try to pull their boat out and can't and have to have someone with a 4x4 hook to them and tow em out. lol Then there's the occasional truck that rolls back into the water. I've only got to witness two of those though.