Boat Ramp Play-by-Play

[Davy Crockett]

Was that by chance at Deepwater bay back in the 80's ? We did it at Deepwater , The ramp was busy and I was in a hurry so I backed in along side the ramp and unloaded, wife was going to park but she had it in R with a manual transmission , she clutched it and launched back a foot and that was all it took to get stuck. She walked down to the bait shop and Garette came and pulled us out with his tractor and wouldn't take a dime for it. Thanks Garette. It was a good lesson for both of us, slow and steady wins the race.

Later in life , with that same boat and pickup , I actually skidded the tires up a cement ramp while tuning the motor, I could have pushed the pickup out with the boat. Live and learn.

 

[ndfinfan]

How about a dock story! Wife cannot back trailer, but she can park truck/trailer after launch...makes her feel like she's contributing! Couple years ago we went to Audubon, 3 Mile ramp, wind blowing in from east, I backed boat in, jumped out of truck to unhook, wife jumps in driver's seat. Start boat, disconnect, back boat off trailer, thumbs up - wife parks truck/trailer. She walks back to the dock, I pull boat in slowly, wind pushing boat into dock. I tell her when she gets on, gotta sit down quick so I can put her in reverse and back away from dock quickly. She hops into the bow, but turns to help push away from dock...have no idea why. I shift boat into reverse and she flips right off the bow by the trolling motor into the water! Only couple feet deep, I look over the bow and her hand pops out of the water holding up the keys to the truck. Right then I realized I married the right woman!