Really bad incident on the Ramp today

[Bill Babler]

Guess I'm just lucky to keep running into crap on the ramps. This time on the Rock and I'm not saying where.

A young couple with 3 kids were trying to launch a Battleship of a wake boat today and just having an impossible time attempting it. With the high water, these ramps are flat and just about as unforgiving as the fish were for me today.

Mom was in the boat and Dad was trying to back it down. Trying being the key word here. He was taking all 3 slots on a 3 lane ramp with 8 boats waiting to either put in or take out. This was so bad that for a while I did not know whether he was trying to launch the boat or the "truck." He had both headed nose down the ramp at some points.

After about 10 minutes of this BS a guy in a Big White Champion, lit into them with about as many 4 letter words as I think Funk and Wagnals has in its senior edition.

About the 3rd time I heard the word Bitch I got out of there. There was really no way to help this couple, they had no business with a $150,000.00 rig in that position. Absolute No Business.

I could see steam rising from everyone, especially when they backed into the water and finally made it only to discover they had not unhooked the rear tie downs, and had to pull it sideways back out.

I blame some of this on the boat dealers, It should be mandantory for them to show people how to load and unload the boat. The young folks should also know that they do not own the ramp and there is a time limit on bunking and debunking, especially with the amount of usage at this time of the year.

Like Quill, today I had plenty of traffic. Did not fuss abit when a guy trolled between me and the bank and caught a short K and promptly threw it in the live well without measuring it. Did not say a word when 2 wake boats bracketed me, one between me and the bank and the other about 1/2 cast behind me. Both putting wakes over the bow and stern.

Share the water, that my new motto.

Gosh I miss Sac River Jim

[rps]

Sounds like only the special people stayed past the holidays.

[dtrs5kprs]

Gosh I miss Sac River Jim

Yep. We followed that loss up by nearly losing a little girl from church to a drowning (she made it, God is good), and then losing a gentleman who was a pillar of the church. A 73 yr member. It has been a long summer already.

As to the dealers, I don't think they care on those boats once the line is signed. Bet they expect most of them to get launched once and put in a slip.

[ness]

I'm having a hard time picturing what this 150 k boat is like. Can anybody post a pic of something close??

[Jerry Rapp]

I'm having a hard time picturing what this 150 k boat is like. Can anybody post a pic of something close??

picture a 25 foot Ned on water skis.

[Bill Babler]

Master Craft XStar you can look it up. Starting price is $158,000.00 plus options. 24.11 ft. You can get into the boat for well over 2 hundred big ones and this one looked like it had it all.

I guessed 150 but I'm probably off at least 50 GRRRR. on the short side. He was launching it will a full size Escalade, and the cheap ones start at 83 grand. I'm guessing the guy was maybe 35 and his bride was under that.

[Bill Babler]

I shot low on his tow vehicle, priced the Caddy he was driving and I believe it was right at $110.000.00. he could have spent a bit more or a scouch less.

Regardless, he was in a bit of a different tax bracket than me.

[Jason Essary]

Bill. Aplode you for simply leaving the situation. Heard of on at mill sunday that should have had officials with stars on the cars. But I wasn't there so not repeating. Just shows how things can get out of hand and people can end up bleeding.

[ness]

Master Craft XStar you can look it up. Starting price is $158,000.00 plus options. 24.11 ft. You can get into the boat for well over 2 hundred big ones and this one looked like it had it all.

I guessed 150 but I'm probably off at least 50 GRRRR. on the short side. He was launching it will a full size Escalade, and the cheap ones start at 83 grand. I'm guessing the guy was maybe 35 and his bride was under that.

Ok, I saw some pictures. I'm assuming they come equipped with the bikini-clad babes? Because other that that I don't really see what you'd do with it.

[Flysmallie]

Maybe somebody should have offered some assistance. Maybe the loud mouth in the Champion. Maybe someone in the 8 other boats could have helped. But this is 'Merica. We'll just bitch about it. Does not matter if it's a million dollar boat or a $500 flat bottom.

The problem is that he has probably never been shown. I've seen plenty of people in bass boats that are just as bad. I offered them help, most took it without ever saying thanks or anything but I did it anyway.