How NOT to park your boat

[Bigglezworth]

 

[0ctan3]

I was once walking through a marina in Melbourne Australia, when a boat slid off the trailer and straight onto the boatramp.
as I took this pic, the kid's yelling, "Dad, it happened again!"

I couldn't stop laughing for about two hours after that. :biggrin:

 

[LeftLane]

Is the first pic a boat tossed by Katrina?

 

[DrVolkl]

Is the first pic a boat tossed by Katrina?

God I'd hope so....I'd hate to think about how else it got up there.....

 

[Bigglezworth]

Is the first pic a boat tossed by Katrina?

Not that I'm aware of. I understand it to have been a boat that was approaching shore at a "high" rate of speed and launched itself up and over the dock into the trees behind.

 

[steveny]

After docking my boat this summer I noticed another boater pulling his boat out of the water with his truck. He failed to lift the outdrive before doing so. I yelled for him to stop as loud as I could but it was too late. He snapped off the entire unit. Brand new boat brand new boater.:biggrin:

 

[LeftLane]

Not that I'm aware of. I understand it to have been a boat that was approaching shore at a "high" rate of speed and launched itself up and over the dock into the trees behind.

No - those are 2 different boats altogether in your photo sequence. Perhaps the small boat (first and seventh pics) was going too fast, but the big cruiser was tossed by a tornado or hurricane. It isn't even remotely close to the waterline, and you really can't "jump" a 16,000 pound boat up into trees, no matter how fast you're going (unless you're Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon").

 

[SNDSOUL]

here are some Katrina boats from my sister-in-law's street and back yard

 

[Bigglezworth]

No - those are 2 different boats altogether in your photo sequence. Perhaps the small boat (first and seventh pics) was going too fast, but the big cruiser was tossed by a tornado or hurricane. It isn't even remotely close to the waterline, and you really can't "jump" a 16,000 pound boat up into trees, no matter how fast you're going (unless you're Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon").

There are two boats in this sequence of photos yes. The one you are eluding to was clipped by the bigger one. Photos 1 and 7 are of the boat that was a casualty of war. This is not as a result of a hurricane.

 

[Meeyatch1]

I do not see how someone could just jump a boat that big UP A CLIFF....it does not make sense.

 

[DocL]

Since you guys don't like the way I dock my boat, I can assume that you won't approve of how I land my plane. :biggrin:

 

[steveny]

Since you guys don't like the way I dock my boat, I can assume that you won't approve of how I land my plane. :biggrin:

Looks like you are one of those tail hook guys.

 

[terrypancake]

Looks real obvious to me. The boat is a "Flipper" and he must have a virus or something making him sick so he beached himself. Happens all the time. All they need to do is keep him moist and drag him back to sea. :smile:

 

[AU_NSX]

I was once walking through a marina in Melbourne Australia, when a boat slid off the trailer and straight onto the boatramp.
as I took this pic, the kid's yelling, "Dad, it happened again!"

I couldn't stop laughing for about two hours after that. :biggrin:

LOL...

Holly cow Batman!!!

The old replace the boat trailer runners with ball bearing wheels trick!

Of course!