Today has seen the best muppet award in Exmouth yet. I'll paint a picture. 12:30pm, blowing 20knots plus south westerly at Tantabiddi, 10 trailers in the car park and a guy from Victoria and his wife, middle aged, come to launch their 5.5m trailcraft. It took them 10 minutes trying to back it down the ramp straight, on the ramp with no grip, hence the car skidding all over the place. They got it in the water, unhooked it all and then he jumped in as it drifted off at a rapid rate of knots. All of a sudden he realised he didn't have the boat ignition key and yells out to his wife that he needs the keys. She proceeds to run to the car, grab the boat keys, runs down onto the rocks and throws them to him as he's 10 meters away. Well, wouldn't you know it, plop, in they go with no float. She rips the car out and goes to help him with the boat, which has now floated 150m down the beach over chunks of reef (luckily high tide) with him trying to paddle with the smallest oar into shore. He then realises he has to get out, jumps in up to his shoulders and starts walking it in. He gets it to shore and then gets his wife to hold it (very small lady, maybe 5ft2 and fraily built) and goes off to his car to get something to start it with. By this stage he has forgotten to put his motor up, which has been sitting in the sand locking the boat in position with a small swell running and moving tide, hence sitting on its skeg and tilting violently. After about 15 minutes he managed to find something to kick the boat over, headed up the reef for about 15 minutes and decided to come back when 4 other boats returned. His wife then jumps out of the boat and gets the car, drives it up to the ramp amongst the congestion of the other trailers trying to retrieve. Then after 3 jack knifes, I couldn't take it anymore and decided to get the boys that I was interviewing to help out, one jumped in the car, the other 2 holding the boat whilst the boat owner winched. I then interviewed some pretty frustrated boaties who just wanted to get out of there, seeing as the wind was a solid 25+ knot south westerly by that stage. All I could do was sit there and shake my head after they refused any help in the first place. Oh well, you get that I suppose. :(

I've seen some good ones so far, but this one takes the cake.