Boat launch protocol?

[paleo]

i was at the lake yesterday and waited on someone to get there boat off the ramp after30min they never appered so i pushed that 18 ft tracker out in to the lake and loaded up then watched for an hour till they showed up and tried to figure out how to get there boat at the time i thought they should not of parked boat on the ramp but now i feel bad i only stuck around to see how long it take them then when they showed i watched and left man i feel bad we both learned a lesson i guess :'(

man you never know what kind of a situation coulda come up for them to have to leave the boat there.       i will tell you one thing had you done that to me , i woulda dragged you out to that boat beating you the whole way. that was one of the stupidest things ive ever heard someone say they did to someone else >

it turns out that i ran in to someone who knows the person and he said they were in the bathroom hanky pankyin i geuss if they want to to do that they should have not put the boat right on the ramp they also got a ticket that was on the boat before i pushed it off and got caught in the batroom       but that is no excuse for my actions me and god will have to talk about that sunday mornin but i will tell you this i feel horrible bad enough i wont ever show my face here again you guys dont need someone around like me  it was nice knowing you :'( :'(

[Cajun1977]

paleo   you dont need to leave the site        you realized your actions were wrong  and that is being a man about it.      but im not sure why you would even post that?

[cart7t]

i was at the lake yesterday and waited on someone to get there boat off the ramp   after30min they never appered so i pushed that 18 ft tracker out in to the lake and loaded up  then watched for an hour till they showed up and tried to figure out how to get there boat   at the time i thought they should not of parked boat on the ramp   but now i feel bad     i only stuck around to see how long it take them   then when they showed i watched and left   man i feel bad     we  both learned a lesson i guess :'(

Wow, for all you knew, that boat could've been in that spot because someone had had a medical emergency on it.  And you just shoved it out into the lake?

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What was wrong with just moving it to one side of the ramp or the other?  

[dickenscpa]

I always park my boat on the outside of the floating walkways and leave the inside trailering lanes free. This allows people to launch boats while I, or my wife, go and get the trailer. I always thought this was the polite thing to do.

I'm usually by myself, but this is the way I do it too. I park my boat completely on the far side of the courtesy dock and leave the "boat lane" open. There's a lot of experienced people who can get in and out and be out of my way before I can even get to my truck. If I see two people together and ready to launch, you can usually tell by looking if both know what they're doing, I'll verbally give them the heads up to go ahead and launch while I get my truck. If I don't say anything and they go ahead and it keeps the flow going, I'm happy.

I did get to the dock at the same time as two guys and a lady the other evening. Give them the go ahead to load up first. I thought I made a wise decision since 1 guy stayed in the boat idling and the other went to get the trailer. Thought to myself this would go smooth. Guy #1 backs down, guy #2 drives boat onto trailer. #2 tells #1 to pull up to get out of the way. I was thinking alright this worked out good. He pulled up just far enough to get the boat out of the water and they started buttoning every thing up right there on the ramp pad. There's a space in this particular parking lot just for that, no need to block ramp. I politely notified them of this spot and after being nice enough to let them go first, this is the response I got, "Hold your horses! You shoulda went ahead if ya didn't want to wait!" Well, he was right I guess. I shoulda just bulldozed ahead of him.

I got him back though. He got in the truck and got back out 3 separate times, reached into his cooler in the back of the truck and got a beer for each one. I watched them open them up and start drinking and take off. First off, I'm not even sure they were all 21, but drinking and driving is illegal no matter what age. I called their tags and description of the vehicle in. Wasn't too long down the road I passed them and the nice officer who responded. ;D

[kybassangler]

I'm patient about this stuff but, if it come to lightning get out of my way.  My wife goes with me at times and for me not to get into trouble she don't back the trailer and she don't operate the boat. keeps my head from getting knots on it. I always load and unload solo. Most folks are nice enough around here but, occasionally you run into for thereself people usually pleasure boaters that lack courtesy. I dock it and if they want to use the dock they will let me get my boat on the trailer. I think the most important thing I see is speed in getting off docks and ramps. Get it done do the minimum and get out of the way to do the rest. I don't stay in the way long and I hope others will do the same.