Re: Stuck on the ramp
Ouch! Gotta love ski boats! On Saturday, the boys and I came into the ramp to retrieve. Dropped the boys off at the jetty, eldest backs down on the left side of two lane ramp, I idle the boat into the v-jaws on trailer, youngest boy strolls down walkway on trailer and clips on, then middle boy winches. All over in two minutes or so. Pull out, and park to secure boat. Not one of use got remotely wet. <br />Watch as a 4wd crewcab backs a gigantic orange-coloured wobble roller trailer in and he keeps on keeping on. When trailer is completely submerged an orange ski boat thunders into sight, its air exhausts bellowing. He chops the throttle, lines up and flies onto the trailer still doing about 6 or so knots. Driver throws boat into reverse, guns it for a second and stops the boat dead, smack in the middle of the trailer. Gets clipped on, so far, this is very impressive. <br />Only trouble is that because the trailer is so deep into the water, because the stringers on the hull don't keep the boat in place on the rollers and although clipped on, the tide drifts the boat slightly to one side and when pulled out, the beast is sitting at an angle with the starboard chine perilously close to the trailer mudguard. So boat gets pushed back in, refloated and all three participants get wet lining up the boat and winching her on. Water temp in the middle of winter here is 12 degrees... tee hee!
