Boat Launch Idiots (BLI's)

[J White]

LOL they dont need to have a boat.

Or to be driving!

[STUMP HUNTER]

:DMy son and me were fishing close to ramp the other day when a couple pulled up got of his car, got the boat ready to launch he was not in the water when started his motor, walk around looked at the motor and said no water comming out the motor whats worng. This went on for almost an hour. he was putting in and out of gear, reving it up before, he said lets go home.

That is one of the best D-A story's I've heard:D:D

[gabowman]

There's some real doosies out there, huh!:D:D:D

[skeetbum]

Watched a guy with a big salt water boat come in to Port Canaveral. The ramp was steep and he was about half in the bag. Backs the trailer into where he wanted it, so far - so good. He doesn't want to get his $100 topsiders wet, so he commences to walk down the rail of his aluminum float on trailer. Still haven't figured out why as it was a "float on" trailer. 5 or 6 steps out onto the trailer, over the water by now, the feet go for the sky and the first thing to make contact is- you guessed it- his head. Hard enough to make the trailer ring. We laughed til it hurt, pointing all the time. Morons. New show daily.

[wwwUncle]

Slightly different boat ramp problem- in Australia. I think I have heard of incidents like this in the good ol USA too.

Tourist drives into river - Northern Territory News

Be sure and check the link to the river critter to watch out for over there.

[Gansett]

I went to launch at Lake Jordan, Alabama early one cold morning. It is a narrow, one-lboat ramp. No one else in sight except the idiot who left his truck and empty trailer in the middle of the ramp while he went fishing! The truck had a manual trans. and I had a chain. The devil on my shoulder told me to put him in a pickle, but the angel on the other shoulder won out and I just towed him out of my way.

[yankee doodler]

Mama and I went down to Baseline lake near Allegan, MI. yesterday evening and the launch there is a one hitter. This guy pulls up to the dock with 22' Bayliner as I'm getting the boat ready. He heads for his truck as his wife and my wife tend his boat, so I figure I'm in no hurry so I'll let him get his out before I launch. BIG mistake. I pull up so nobody else jumps in line in front of me, and I'm not really paying attention until 10 minutes or so goes by. The dude doesn't even have the wheels of his trailer in the water and he's cranking the boat up, or trying to anyway. When I finally looked over the boat was like on a 45 degreee angle and the rope looked like it was screaming for mercy. I walked over and suggested that he back in farther, and he said "Oh yeah, will that make it easier?" My wife told me later that his wife already told him to back it in more, but you know us guys when a women makes a suggestion...even when it makes good sense. His wife said it was their fist time out. Lost 1/2 an hour of fishing time!

[jimmydee1]

Two days ago I watched a young fella (bout 40) back his trailer plum full of boat into the water, unhooked the boat from the trailer and pull his truck and trailer up to park it. Here he comes back down the ramp with three tackle boxes, five rods and a cooler just in time see his boat 40 yards out in the lake.

I guess Forrest was right --"Stewpid is as stewpid does."

Seriously - take a cooler of refreshments, some samiches, and a friend, and you can have a weeks worth of laughs in one real good morning at a boat launch.

[gabowman]

Believe this...me and a friend once took a couple of ribeye steaks to the boat ramp and grilled out, enjoying just about the same thing you witnessed. I swear, some folks dont deserve owning trucks...much less boats in tow!:D:D:D Me and my 'ole buddy used to go to the running river where there was plenty of peace and solitude for this but found out there was plenty of enjoyment to watch at the boat ramps.

[Pomoxis]

My Lovely Bride and I are new boat owners so I'm sure folks are enjoying watching us learn :D . I figure folks have been doing stuff so long it seems simple to them. I know first hand it's stressful and frustrating to be new with an expensive hunk of fiberglass n metal. My bride was having a try at trailering the boat. Hit the trailer at an angle. Dummy me told her to just turn and go around to try again....yep the motor part in the water hit the raised cement guide and nicked up the propelller pretty good. I felt pretty stupid and she started tearing up. It's not an expensive boat but it's what we can afford. I think I can just smooth the propeller out with a file and be ok. It's aluminum so the guy at the dock said we probably didn't break the insides/gears/rods.

We learned...only backup when out there.. :D