The Good Ship Falcon

[Fireguard]

I got send this today and I though you fellas/ladies might be amused by this blokes bit of missadventure


"I went to put my boat in the water Saturday morning at Mindarie boat
ramp & as I pulled up to start the launch I noticed this guy struggling
with his car.
It took me a few seconds to realize he was trying to stop it sliding
into the sea, Due to the shocking state of the boat ramp, bad design &
slippy as all buggery, when he pushed the boat off the trailer the car
just slipped down the ramp & started to float away.
I went running over to give him a hand to stop his car disappearing into
the depths of the marina, unfortunately with the trailer still attached
& with just 2 of us we couldn't get it back.
A few more people came over & gave us a hand but by then the car was
almost completely full of water & there was no way we were going to pull
it out.
So we abandoned it, tied it off to the jetty & called the tow truck.

Not a good days boating trip for the poor guy who was then faced with
having to get his boat out of the water and home without his car."

[fubar]

yes some of the best free entertainment can be had rubber necking at boat ramps

[DavidG]

Ouch. Expensive day out.

Now I know why I should use a 4wd to launch the boat.

[ss_11000]

some nice boats in the background

[AlexS]

Saw a similar thing happen before the Marley Point race years ago.
Lots of sailors around, when a bloke in a stink boat towed by a red falcon GT backs onto the ramp. Tries to do the thing where he backs quickly down the ramp, hits the brakes, boat slides off the trailer into the water. The accepted way to do this is to unhook the boat first. He didn't. Boat, trailer and falcon all finished up in the water.
Appreciation was shown in the traditional manner by the sailors.

[Ozkaban]

A Boat's just a hole in the water you pour your car into... no wait - that's can't be right!

[Ozkaban]

Saw a similar thing happen before the Marley Point race years ago.
Lots of sailors around, when a bloke in a stink boat towed by a red falcon GT backs onto the ramp. Tries to do the thing where he backs quickly down the ramp, hits the brakes, boat slides off the trailer into the water. The accepted way to do this is to unhook the boat first. He didn't. Boat, trailer and falcon all finished up in the water.
Appreciation was shown in the traditional manner by the sailors.

Actually reminds me of an incident at Brooklyn boat ramp in northern Sydney about 20 years back. some people in a shiny new Landcruiser was reversing a rather large yacht on a double axle trailer down the ramp. They had remembered to unhook the yacht, but unfortunately for them it was a bit anxious to get to the water and decided to slide off the back of the trailer half way down. Only the back metre or so of the hull ground it's way into the boat ramp Very expensive afternoons boating...

cheers,
Dave

[fubar]

ok lets do boating stories
uncle of mine lost his nolex trailer sailer just as he was entering tom uglys had had too many bundies and didnt tie yatch to trailer too well managed to bull#### his way out of that and police even helped him to get yacht back on trailer the two hour blockage to the bridge didnt endear him to sydney traffic though

[Christopha]

The favourite sport here in the summer hols is to watch the (mainly) Victorians launching and retrieving their boats. I don't know why but the tourists have the the worst attitude at the ramp. Got to beat the other bloke in/out of the water. Don't do any preparation before they arrive at the waters edge thus making everyone else wait... but they got there first! We have a hell of a laugh at the people who forget stuff.... like the bungs (me included), the idiots who overload and who are obviously drunk as monkeys when they get back in. They generally seem to hurt themselvesor their boat or their car or even all three! Watched a couple of blokes one day trying to launch a 20'+ banana boat thing they had brought down from Darwin. They couldn't get it off the trailer and into the drink. A bunch of us could see the problem but when we tried to tell them we got told to "F" off and mind our own business..... fine.... it took the wallies nearly half an hour and lots of fuel before they found out the transom was tied to the trailer. Then there were the two fellas who couldn't get their boat onto the trailer so they just dragged it up the ramp behind the trailer and into the carpark by the winch cable!

[fenderbelly]

Local professional here with big boat backed down the ramp jumped out to untie but didnt put the hand brake on. Boat and car slide slowly down the last couple of feet into the drink.

He now uses a tractor.

[Ozkaban]

Then there were the two fellas who couldn't get their boat onto the trailer so they just dragged it up the ramp behind the trailer and into the carpark by the winch cable!

How the heck did they think this was going to improve their lot??? Is the boat suddenly going to get lighter out of the water??? Musta been dead funny to watch though!

I also wonder how they explain this to their mates/spouse, etc without getting in response!!!

cheers,
Dave