r/BoatRampFails Aug 23 '24

It's me, I'm the fail.

8 Upvotes

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Not familiar with using improved launches with actual angle, this idiot undid the bow line before he had his buddy back the truck down the ramp. I had just enough time to realize "Hey, this has a lot more angle than the small lake ramp" before the boat rolled right off the back of the trailer and DONK.

I manually winched the boat back up onto the trailer using the bow winch, and proceeded to launch the boat like someone with a functioning brain. The hull plug area was POURING water into the bilge... Which I didn't notice until the truck had left. So we got to sit there staring at the water coming into the boat until my buddy got back.. then got back again with the trailer.

Pulled out and started calling people. Not a single welding shop open on a saturday. Ended up hooking up with Catalyst Marine Engineering in Seward and they told me to get it in the yard and they'd check on Monday.

Monday, got my estimate for $3000 and a business week. OK. Now I'm gonna get three days on the water instead of two weeks, but.. OK.

https://imgur.com/a/NzqB08z

They called me back Tuesday and they were done massively early (another customer with an appointment canceled I think?) and way under budget - there was enough slack on the hoses and wires for the outboard they were able to crane it up and do the cut-and-weld without fully removing the motor.

Put the boat back in the water Thursday and spent the rest of the trip doing the work eight / fish eight / sleep eight rotation!


r/BoatRampFails Aug 17 '24

WCGW letting your kid load the jetski onto the trailer

23 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jul 22 '24

Trying to tow a boat with your body

36 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails May 05 '24

Sunday Funnies At The Boat Ramp!

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6 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails May 02 '24

WCGW forgetting your parking break on the boat ramp

25 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Apr 29 '24

Boat ramp parking fail

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13 Upvotes

Figured you guys would appreciate this. Found this guy parked his truck and trailer in the vehicle parking area, totally ignoring the slanted trailer parking, and totally blocked all incoming trailer traffic to access the boat ramp. Real genius.


r/BoatRampFails Oct 02 '23

Boat Ramp Bubble Bath

3 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails May 26 '23

Massive failure of a boat launch at Waikea Boat Ramp

30 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails May 22 '23

Third time has to work, right?

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4 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Feb 25 '23

Water 11ft below normal this guy .... we helped him but what a dumbass..

26 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Feb 20 '23

Man literally tries to put jetski into water with a Peugeot 208

30 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Aug 26 '22

Sinking Boat Recovery (Start to Finish)

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10 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Aug 20 '22

Aftermath of a boat ramp-related incident

34 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Aug 02 '22

Baby ducks in the lake

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55 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jul 09 '22

'But I put it in 'R' for Ramp.'

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43 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails May 16 '22

Man RIPS BUNK off trailer and destroys stainless prop! Worst Day for boat owner!

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20 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Dec 22 '21

Boat Ramp Fails - Pontoon Crash - two in the water! Nsb #boatramps e-10

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19 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Dec 21 '21

Car blocks lifeboat station, then owner needs rescuing

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10 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Aug 02 '21

Truck slips off boat launch into Lake Springfield

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17 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jul 06 '21

Crosspost - it belongs here

92 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jul 04 '21

Crosspost - it belongs here?

61 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jul 08 '19

Gone in 10 Seconds

47 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jun 26 '18

Cross post from r/catastrophicfails

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11 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Feb 23 '18

Fishing and Boating Video Fails Playlist

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2 Upvotes

r/BoatRampFails Jun 26 '15

Safety Chains for What?

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3 Upvotes