I ABSOLUTELY appreciate these videos! Once becoming "empty nester's" was on the horizon, the plan was to ditch the RV and get a boat. We ended up watching everything boat related and these vid's have 100% helped us learn what not to do. Happy to report that wifey and I have not had any ramp fights yet so thanks again!
00:57 Not a "pole".. they're called pilings. When working on a dock building barge, we ''drive pilings" NOT poles. 02:35 I love the wrapping a dockline around her wrist!!! 😅😆
I have been waiting on a person trying to back in at the ramp. After 5 min i told the guy to get out and i backed his truck down the dock. The line was beginning to back up onto the road. People was starting to honk so i just took over. I did not ask, i was just "get out, i'll do it before some one gets hurt." Glad i was not there for the loading.
Nice of the guy on 1 to help out with the boat. He could have told the boat owner to pull up the trailer just a little because he was in way too deep. Would’ve made a world of difference.
Can we get a law that you can't have a child in the truck (especially an infant in a car seat) while your boat is being launched or pulled out? Scares me everytime I see someone do this like at 5:25.
Is there a Florida rule that you can't buy a boat if you know the slightest thing about boating? Like having rope, fenders and a grappling hook ready when you go to shore?
yes, the bigger the boat the less you are allowed to know, plus if your boat is less than 26’ and you have atleast 12 people without life jackets on board you get a florida boaters award.
I never like handling other people's boats near concrete, even if I know I will do a better job of it. People need to learn and I don't want to have a friend blaming me for a scratch they should have been responsible for in the first place.
Can someone explain to me why trailers float? Is it saltwater that makes the difference somehow? I've been boating for over 45 years as a freshwater bass fisherman and have never ever had any 900 Lb, or more, of my trailers float.
@@patmcbride9853 It's got to be something(s) along with that. We use tandem axle trailers for most of our bass boats and they never lift. Someone suggested that some trailers used for saltwater are sealed to keep the corrosive saltwater out, as well as many saltwater trailers are constructed of lighter aluminum rather than painted steel.
I live near a boat ramp in Seattle. We have about the same ratio of idiots (many) to competent boaters(few). What astonishes me most is the commercial fishermen. After watching these guys I can’t fathom how they don’t die every time they go out. Most haven’t a clue how to dock or bring a boat through the locks. They know how to use the fishfinder but not the GPS. None of them know how to use the radio. They can’t do a loading/stabilization calculation for the weight of crab pots on deck. None of them have survival suits or know how to use the emergency equipment. No wonder we lose an average of 5 to 10 a year. I don’t want to say they’re bad but the typical boat as a whole is BAD. There are one or two guys on each boat who know what they’re doing and they’re usually NOT the captain. If I were on a boat and one of these guys was behind me in line for the locks, I would let them go first and several other boats to create a buffer between me and them. Less damage to my boat that way.
The introduction of valet parking services for trailering and launching boats seems essential here
The problem is that the people who need it the most would be the last people to ever allow someone else to do it for them 🤣
I ABSOLUTELY appreciate these videos! Once becoming "empty nester's" was on the horizon, the plan was to ditch the RV and get a boat. We ended up watching everything boat related and these vid's have 100% helped us learn what not to do. Happy to report that wifey and I have not had any ramp fights yet so thanks again!
If you ditched the RV for a boat you would be in a marina, not a the Cuban boat ramp.
Wow! Master class in what not to do. The list of what they did right is waaaay shorter than the other one
The guy who jumped on the boat at 5 min.. rode a jet sky onto the other side..They knew each other.
00:57 Not a "pole".. they're called pilings.
When working on a dock building barge, we ''drive pilings" NOT poles.
02:35 I love the wrapping a dockline around her wrist!!! 😅😆
I raise cattle. One of the really important rules is, "Never, ever wrap any rope around any part of your body." This applies also to boating.
@margeehunsaker4882 It's common sense. Not so common anymore.
They must know each other the guy that took over was on the jet ski and when he pulls the boat back he hands a tie and rope to the jet ski guy.
Good Samaritan
now thAT IS TUG O WAR! LOL THAT WAS HILARIOUS. scary but hilarious.
I have been waiting on a person trying to back in at the ramp. After 5 min i told the guy to get out and i backed his truck down the dock. The line was beginning to back up onto the road. People was starting to honk so i just took over. I did not ask, i was just "get out, i'll do it before some one gets hurt." Glad i was not there for the loading.
Are popcorn concessions available at these ramps? There's money to be made.
Pretty sure they knew each other.
Some people make boating so difficult if only they would learn from experience.
The guy came from the Jetski that he threw a rope to
Nice of the guy on 1 to help out with the boat. He could have told the boat owner to pull up the trailer just a little because he was in way too deep. Would’ve made a world of difference.
Is this in USA or Cuba??
The guy who got off the boat with an unattached line in his hand has nothing at all to say to anyone else about what they did or didn't do! SMH!
Can we get a law that you can't have a child in the truck (especially an infant in a car seat) while your boat is being launched or pulled out? Scares me everytime I see someone do this like at 5:25.
good job random buddy....
They are friends, the second guy was following on a Jet Ski
We need to yell it from the rooftops, don’t put your trailer in so far on the recovery. It isn’t that hard.
It look to me like the second guy that got the boat was on a jetski in dock one and the two knew it other.
Is there a Florida rule that you can't buy a boat if you know the slightest thing about boating? Like having rope, fenders and a grappling hook ready when you go to shore?
yes, the bigger the boat the less you are allowed to know, plus if your boat is less than 26’ and you have atleast 12 people without life jackets on board you get a florida boaters award.
@@sparkyobrian6417 Great philosophy 😂
Fenders have been banned in Florida. Something about the Manatees😅
Getting a boat on a trailer is just not that complicated😂
Trailer WAY too deep.
It takes a community to load a boat.
Cleatuce has the cleat.
Figures - ONE fender in an absolutely useless position and then no lines. LOL. And the guy DEFINITELY did not have any fun.
That trailer is pulled in WAY too deep
some people have no business owing a boat
its complicated . . .
They breed and they vote. Scary.
I never like handling other people's boats near concrete, even if I know I will do a better job of it. People need to learn and I don't want to have a friend blaming me for a scratch they should have been responsible for in the first place.
Trailer is way too deep among other things already mentioned
No way would I put kids in a car when on a boat ramp. Just me but could turn nasty.
As usual, 0 situational awareness.
Can someone explain to me why trailers float? Is it saltwater that makes the difference somehow? I've been boating for over 45 years as a freshwater bass fisherman and have never ever had any 900 Lb, or more, of my trailers float.
Tires are full of air, like the inner tubes people ride down rivers.
Some of the frames are sealed, providing buoyancy. I don’t know if that is designed to keep water out of the frames
@@robertheinkel6225 Okay, that may be the difference, along with the lighter aluminum trailers commonly used in salt water.
@@patmcbride9853 It's got to be something(s) along with that. We use tandem axle trailers for most of our bass boats and they never lift. Someone suggested that some trailers used for saltwater are sealed to keep the corrosive saltwater out, as well as many saltwater trailers are constructed of lighter aluminum rather than painted steel.
I live near a boat ramp in Seattle. We have about the same ratio of idiots (many) to competent boaters(few). What astonishes me most is the commercial fishermen. After watching these guys I can’t fathom how they don’t die every time they go out. Most haven’t a clue how to dock or bring a boat through the locks. They know how to use the fishfinder but not the GPS. None of them know how to use the radio. They can’t do a loading/stabilization calculation for the weight of crab pots on deck. None of them have survival suits or know how to use the emergency equipment. No wonder we lose an average of 5 to 10 a year. I don’t want to say they’re bad but the typical boat as a whole is BAD. There are one or two guys on each boat who know what they’re doing and they’re usually NOT the captain. If I were on a boat and one of these guys was behind me in line for the locks, I would let them go first and several other boats to create a buffer between me and them. Less damage to my boat that way.
The launching and loading "techniques" used are completely illogical.
Does the Miami boat ramp act a a vortex that attracts the biggest idiots on water ?
you can't make this stuff up
Look! Them guys caught them a whale in a bikini!