Sinking the trailer

[charleville]

This arvo was georgeous and I shoulda been fishin' but I still have another 150km of running in my car to do before I am supposed to tow my boat with it so I have not been fishing for a fair while. :'(

...but I have still enjoyed watching the doings at boat ramps.

This one fascinated me this arvo at the southern Manly ramp.

Now is this sinking the trailer or is this sinking the trailer??? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[russ81]

Holy Jebus
What do you think they were thinking.
maybe they thought it would be safer to take the trailer out with them
Russ

[zigfreed]

yep thats a cracker!!

Saw a guy doing the same trying to retrieve up at Mooloolaba a couple of weeks ago. He was trying get the boat to be straight behind the car but couldnt..................coz the trailer was 3ft under.

I was gonna offer advice but he looked WAY too frutrated to approach.

[hondaguy]

it is amazing the things you can see at boat ramps especially on fine day of a long weekend or school holidays. The urangan boat habour at hervery bay is the best to veiw such going ons.

[charleville]

What do you think they were thinking.


Dunno..... but that is sure one Fairlane that I would not want to buy off the guy. ;D

I started taking pictures at about the time that I saw the guy in the water putting on chest waders. I reckoned that something interesting was about to happen.

They had a wonderfully looking project boat that they put in the water to do things like mark where the water line came to on it. Indeed it was a lovely project boat.

[FNQCairns]

Was the winch broken? Silly retrieve if they didn't need to do it!

cheers fnq

[charleville]

Was the winch broken? Silly retrieve if they didn't need to do it!

No - the those pictures above are of the launch. They did not sink the trailer as much to retrieve the boat. More importantly, this time they did not sink the car. ;D See below...

[juju]

If im having chips down the beach on a sunday , i always park near a ramp can often make good watching....

[charleville]

One more for your amusement...;D ;D ;D

[Heath]

No - the those pictures above are of the launch. They did not sink the trailer as much to retrieve the boat. More importantly, this time they did not sink the car. ;D See below...

Nah! It's just that the tide went out! ;D

[charleville]

Nah! It's just that the tide went out! ;D


;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



It was a nice new trailer too! ....

[charleville]

Whilst the trailer lights went well under water, at least the plug and socket at the towbar end were out of water .....

[5cougarsthanx]

It would have to be a company car.Every one knows that they are unbreakable, submersible also they go faster than your average family sedan and can be driven on the beach with a run up.I saw a better one last friday night at the victoria point ramp there was a cruisecraft 550 outsider sitting on the ramp and in front of the boat was a big white fiberglass line on the concrete that went for about 15 foot where the boat had slid off the trailer and slid down the ramp.Fair dinkum some mothers do have em to nice of a boat to do that to it.
Cheers
Cougarman

[WHALEOIL]

It would have to be a company car.Every one knows that they are unbreakable, submersible also they go faster than your average family sedan and can be driven on the beach with a run up.
And fuel consumption is an unknown.


I saw a better one last friday night at the victoria point ramp there was a cruisecraft 550 outsider sitting on the ramp and in front of the boat was a big white fiberglass line on the concrete that went for about 15 foot where the boat had slid off the trailer and slid down the ramp
I felt sorry for a boaty down at Bermagui. He was in such a rush to do the right thing and get his boat out of the water, and forgot to lift his motor. It made a horrible noise.

I saw a 4x4 with water up to the doors at Bedford Weir Blackwater because he thought a 4x4 didn't need to use the boat ramp.

[SgBFish]

Cougarman
I always stick to my routine on the ramp, I have to with 1 ½ T of boat but one day I was distracted and drove up the ramp only to see the safety chain unattached when I go to the top. I felt the blood rush from my head. I was lucky nothing happened.
It can happen so easily.

[JEWIENEWIE]

Looks like they were trying to put it in the boot!!
Jewie

[roydsy]

Crazy pics charleville keep them coming!!!

Now I will have to start watching my methods at the ramp.

[charleville]

Now I will have to start watching my methods at the ramp.



Hehehe! ;D You are pretty safe. I don't even know where Casuarina, NSW is. ::)

Yet! ;D ;D ;D

The last time that I just happened to have a camera in my hand at a boat ramp was when I took a great picture of a Customs boat on its trailer falling off the end of the ramp at Colmsie in the Brisbane river.

It might be a great way to spend a morning in the warm winter sun, sitting near a boat ramp with a camera. (discreetly) ;D ;D ;D These little Canon digital cameras with 25X magnification made up of optical and digital zoom are ideal for doing this sort of surveillance - er - ah - observation - er - ah - watching - er ah - taking pictures of scenery. ;D

I have been amused about this launching of the project boat but I mean no malice to these guys and have not said that they were boofheads or anything. It was just that the project boat was everything to them. It still has to be fitted out and this was obviously its first time in the water so they seemed to be very excited and took copious pictures of it themselves. http://myskitch.com/charleville/iphoto-20070524-132603/

Nothwithstanding that though, I still say to myself, "Remind me to never buy that car!" and "I wonder how much longevity that they are going to get out of that trailer given that it was completely submersed and the Level 3 restrictions should prevent them from hosing anything other than the brakes. "

There was a huge amount of water that gushed out of the front end of the box-section centre beam of the trailer. That tells me that the back end of that box section beam probably has a welded cap on it to stop the salt water getting inside but these guys filled up the whole beam from the front end and when they retrieved the boat and pulled up level onto the tarmac in front of the ramp, an ocean of water gushed out of the front of the trailer. My guess that the salt water residue inside that box section will never be cleaned out. :o Remind me to never buy that trailer also. ;D

[Dan5]

I love it mate good pics ,Ive seen people practically back em up to the door handles and casually get out like theres nothin wrong.Ya just think to yerself yer good one i know boats!!!!!! Cheers Dan.......

[Dirtysanchez]

I reckon you are being too hard on them, they are just getting every cents worth out of the gal job on that new trailer :D

Very nice project boat though, looks like a speed boat or ski boat ? but whats with the old vinnies wardrobe in the back ? perhaps they are on their way to grandmas with a new cupboard for her ? :?

[dogsbody]

Looks like there about to launch the car as well.

Nice lookin boat though.

Charlie what program do you use to add stuff to your pic's?

Dave.

[pebble_monkey]

Not as good as they guy launching his brand new 6.5m Runabout .....

let's see .... rod's - check, kids and wife in the boat - check, undo safety - check, reverse down the ramp ..... ummmmm perhaps I shouldn't have undone the safety just yet!!!
Not quite as stupid as the 70kg guy (if that) running to the back of the boat (on his own - remember all the family is IN the boat) to try to stop it flying of the trailer at 100mph.

The things you see !!!

Petra

[charleville]

whats with the old vinnies wardrobe in the back ? perhaps they are on their way to grandmas with a new cupboard for her ? :?


Ah - I think that is where the inboard motor will be housed.

http://myskitch.com/charleville/iphoto-20070525-062032.jpg

[charleville]

Charlie what program do you use to add stuff to your pic's?


Dave, you can use any graphics package such as Powerpoint to do the sort of stuff that I do with pics but those programs are a bit cumbersome to use for this type of thing and too slow.

So I use a program called "Comic Life" that is now built into in every Apple Macintosh but there is also a beta version being tested for Windows for PCs. The relevant website is http://plasq.com/

http://myskitch.com/charleville/plasq.com_-_main__-20070525-062642.png



I shall declare a self-interest. One of my sons is one of the developers of this software, which won the award in 2005 for best new application for Apple computers that year. Here is an old 2005 newspaper clip about them. They work with guys in three other countries who they only met in person about three months ago after having worked remotely with them over the past three years. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/05/30/1117305562220.html and one more http://www.theage.com.au/news/macman/couch-dreams/2007/01/24/1169518718232.html?page=3

For quick dragging of images and the fancy stuff that I do with arrows, I use one of their bits of software called Skitch which is still under development but you can read about it at http://plasq.com/skitch Being a proud old Dad, I get to use a lot of this stuff during the developmental stages to test the boofhead useability factor. ;D ;D ;D

http://myskitch.com/charleville/plasq.com_-_introducing_skitch...-20070525-063840.png

[Poodroo]

I guess there was no pressure on the rollers huh? I wonder if when they go to wash down the boat and trailer after a day out that they remember to wash the car down as well? Second hand Ford for sale anyone? Real cheap!;D

Poodroo

[russ81]

Hows it going guys
I was at the ramp at Scarborough marina the other week and one can forgive this gentleman as it was 4 in the morning but i was launching my boat when old mate backs down the ramp jumps out and undoes everything for a launch then gets back in his car and goes and parks, meanwhile my brother had just parked my car when old mate starts swearing ,my brother asked if he was having a go at him the bloke apologised and replied
"have you ever gone to launch your boat and when you park your car you get out and realize your boat is still on the trailer".

Lucky the thing didn't fall off i say

Russ

[Blackened]

G'day

Thats a cracker russ.

Kind of makes you wonder tho... why do people create so much stress for themselves over the smallest of things?

Dave