/r/BoatRampFails
/r/BoatRampFails
https://i.imgur.com/AWEF417.jpeg
Not familiar with using improved launches with actual angle, this idiot undid the bow line before he had his buddy back the truck down the ramp. I had just enough time to realize "Hey, this has a lot more angle than the small lake ramp" before the boat rolled right off the back of the trailer and DONK.
I manually winched the boat back up onto the trailer using the bow winch, and proceeded to launch the boat like someone with a functioning brain. The hull plug area was POURING water into the bilge... Which I didn't notice until the truck had left. So we got to sit there staring at the water coming into the boat until my buddy got back.. then got back again with the trailer.
Pulled out and started calling people. Not a single welding shop open on a saturday. Ended up hooking up with Catalyst Marine Engineering in Seward and they told me to get it in the yard and they'd check on Monday.
Monday, got my estimate for $3000 and a business week. OK. Now I'm gonna get three days on the water instead of two weeks, but.. OK.
They called me back Tuesday and they were done massively early (another customer with an appointment canceled I think?) and way under budget - there was enough slack on the hoses and wires for the outboard they were able to crane it up and do the cut-and-weld without fully removing the motor.
Put the boat back in the water Thursday and spent the rest of the trip doing the work eight / fish eight / sleep eight rotation!
Figured you guys would appreciate this. Found this guy parked his truck and trailer in the vehicle parking area, totally ignoring the slanted trailer parking, and totally blocked all incoming trailer traffic to access the boat ramp. Real genius.