Sinking the trailer
This arvo was georgeous and I shoulda been fishin' but I still have another 150km of running in my car to do before I am supposed to tow my boat with it so I have not been fishing for a fair while.
...but I have still enjoyed watching the doings at boat ramps.
This one fascinated me this arvo at the southern Manly ramp.
Now is this sinking the trailer or is this sinking the trailer???
Last edited by charleville; 23-05-2007 at 04:30 PM.
Holy Jebus
What do you think they were thinking.
maybe they thought it would be safer to take the trailer out with them
Russ
yep thats a cracker!!
Saw a guy doing the same trying to retrieve up at Mooloolaba a couple of weeks ago. He was trying get the boat to be straight behind the car but couldnt..................coz the trailer was 3ft under.
I was gonna offer advice but he looked WAY too frutrated to approach.
Last edited by zigfreed; 23-05-2007 at 04:27 PM.
it is amazing the things you can see at boat ramps especially on fine day of a long weekend or school holidays. The urangan boat habour at hervery bay is the best to veiw such going ons.
Originally Posted by russ81
Dunno..... but that is sure one Fairlane that I would not want to buy off the guy.
I started taking pictures at about the time that I saw the guy in the water putting on chest waders. I reckoned that something interesting was about to happen.
They had a wonderfully looking project boat that they put in the water to do things like mark where the water line came to on it. Indeed it was a lovely project boat.
Last edited by charleville; 23-05-2007 at 04:47 PM.
Was the winch broken? Silly retrieve if they didn't need to do it!
cheers fnq
No - the those pictures above are of the launch. They did not sink the trailer as much to retrieve the boat. More importantly, this time they did not sink the car.
Last edited by charleville; 23-05-2007 at 05:09 PM.
If im having chips down the beach on a sunday , i always park near a ramp can often make good watching....
..Greg...."Termites pay the bills"..... Trailcraft 475...75 Hp E-Tec
One more for your amusement...
Nah! It's just that the tide went out!No - the those pictures above are of the launch. They did not sink the trailer as much to retrieve the boat. More importantly, this time they did not sink the car.
Nah! It's just that the tide went out!
It was a nice new trailer too! ....
Whilst the trailer lights went well under water, at least the plug and socket at the towbar end were out of water .....
Last edited by charleville; 23-05-2007 at 11:04 PM.
It would have to be a company car.Every one knows that they are unbreakable, submersible also they go faster than your average family sedan and can be driven on the beach with a run up.I saw a better one last friday night at the victoria point ramp there was a cruisecraft 550 outsider sitting on the ramp and in front of the boat was a big white fiberglass line on the concrete that went for about 15 foot where the boat had slid off the trailer and slid down the ramp.Fair dinkum some mothers do have em to nice of a boat to do that to it.
Cheers
Cougarman
And fuel consumption is an unknown.It would have to be a company car.Every one knows that they are unbreakable, submersible also they go faster than your average family sedan and can be driven on the beach with a run up.
I felt sorry for a boaty down at Bermagui. He was in such a rush to do the right thing and get his boat out of the water, and forgot to lift his motor. It made a horrible noise.I saw a better one last friday night at the victoria point ramp there was a cruisecraft 550 outsider sitting on the ramp and in front of the boat was a big white fiberglass line on the concrete that went for about 15 foot where the boat had slid off the trailer and slid down the ramp
I saw a 4x4 with water up to the doors at Bedford Weir Blackwater because he thought a 4x4 didn't need to use the boat ramp.
Cougarman
I always stick to my routine on the ramp, I have to with 1 ½ T of boat but one day I was distracted and drove up the ramp only to see the safety chain unattached when I go to the top. I felt the blood rush from my head. I was lucky nothing happened.
It can happen so easily.
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