More hillaries boat ramp action
Submitted by chrisp on Fri, 2010-11-05 09:41
Seeing Wadetolleys pic at hillaries reminded me of what greeted me at the hillaries ramp the other day.
This bloke dropped his boat a little short of the water
Lucky Tim
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I like the "Private
I like the "Private Investigator" feel of the photo. I imagine when your boat is on the bitumen cameras aren't really appreciated.
grayzeee
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LOL tim chris P.I
LOL tim
chris P.I
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
chrisp
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Wiggum P.I
Yeah boys, i wasn't going to wander over there laughing with a camera in my hand..
crasny1
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How in hell????
How can people do that. I cant even see how it is possible do do. And a rib to top it off. Hope its a ali bottom or the gelcoat is not going to like it.
Bloody hell people are just plain dumb.
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allrounder
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plastic
they love the punishment.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
southcity104
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ouch!
Has he unhitched the trailer too? Why?? or is there a sedan in front that you cant see??
"Its a life style job"
kane
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hahahahaha
wicked
Gooooone Fishin!
Seaquest
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Saw a certain sea rescue
Saw a certain sea rescue boat dropped in way to shallow on the ramp the other day. Had to use the tractor to push it deeper. A $300,000 boat sitting on concrete wasn,t a pretty sight.
MattMiller
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Just out of curiousity
which ramp/ boat was that Seaquest?
carnarvonite
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Air rider??
Wouldn't have been an Air rider would it?
Geof B and Bill Grow... wouldn't have been too happy about that?
Seaquest
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Certainly was. The guy on
Certainly was. The guy on the tractor obviously had never put it in before and just didn't go deep enough. The other guy in the boat was on the radio and and didn't realise he had dropped it a bit short. No damage was done luckily there's quite a bit of sand over the concrete. Not always easy for these guys to find volunteers. Felt a bit sorry for the guy on the tractor he had just given up his arvo to go and help bring back a boat that had got away from its mooring.
JohnF
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Nice work Chrisp....imagine
Nice work Chrisp....imagine how many fish you boys would have caught if you loitered at the barges instead of in carparks.....
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
SamC
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haha was hoping you got a
haha was hoping you got a pic of this!
Cheers,
Sam
Faulkner Family
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get yourself a rib , great
get yourself a rib , great in all conditions , can even be launched on dry land with no effort.
. bit embarrassing i would day
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schecky
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hahaha classic
hahaha classic
fisho-ron
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there are som retards
there are som retards around!!!
first thing i taught my boys and still teach them every launch, leave the safty chain on until we are at the water, and back on before i pull out.
never rely on the winch!!!!!
pretty simple...
how come it all happens n.o.r......woundt see us s.o.r guys doing that...ha ha ha ha
poddyfish
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launch
yes well mmmm thats a smooth launch or retrieve right there! also agree safety chain is last off first on....
the whole P.I theme to the pic is hilarious too.... anyone else got the inspector gadget song going thru ya head whilst lookin at this lol
at least he had the motor trimmed up tho - (looks like it was anyways!) hahahaha
Fear The Spear............!
Faulkner Family
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no inspector gadget tune in
no inspector gadget tune in my head until i read what you said.
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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
mightymouse
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Its always funny when you
Its always funny when you arnt on the other side of the stick
Silly silly silly what else can you say
Just1morecast
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hahahaha good photo. Def
hahahaha good photo. Def agree with Luckytim, PI Chrisp.
Forever learning with fishing
Cammos
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Spectacular effort.
Spectacular effort.
Paul H
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I have to laugh - Only cause
I have to laugh - Only cause my Dad did this once. Fortunately I learnt from his lesson (and not damage done) - (fortunately I wasn't there at the time too)...
Cheers
Paul
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