We have one ramp in our city that I avoid whenever possible, especially on the weekends, the local yacht club, its generally considered busy, which is not a major problem if you don't have idiots, since it really doesn't take that long to launch a ski/boat if you know what the heck your doing. But since this is the most well known ramp, it attract's the idiots, so the line get unbearably long, and on a holiday, forget about it.
Saturday was a good example, fortunately a triple ramp, but we had 3 of us load our ski's in a row while the two boats on the outside were still farting around, the worst offender a Spanish older guy that took 3 attempts to load the boat, and took his sweet azz time as well.
I agree 100% that nobody should be practicing on a Saturday, that's a weekday thing, and I've done it before myself.
My short list of pet peeves.
A) Those that don't prep the boat before launching, and then leave it there while they load all their crap for 5 minutes, that should have been done at home or while in line.
B) Those that tie right at the dock when launching then casually walk/shuffle really slow while heading to/from the parking area, which can sometimes be quite far, making everybody wait, since the wife/buddy can't drive the boat enough to just get out of the way.
C) Those that fish from the dock right next to the ramp, and don't pull their lines in when we're approaching.
D) This guy... He forgot to trim up the motor, and bent the hell out of his prop while launching, THEN stayed there for 5 minutes and tried to impro's his impeller with a pair of vice grips. He launched, and returned 10 minutes later (I guess it wasn't running quite right with that quick fix on the impeller lol)
E) The people that totally suck at backing down a ramp and jack knife 3/4 times during the attempts, but refuse assistance, even with a line.
F) Those that show up late for a scheduled group ride, I always plan on being 30-40 minutes early that way if I'm late, I still show up on time. 11am means IN the water at 11am, not at the gas station 5 miles down the road topping off.
G) and last but not least, the drunk hubby/wife combo that yell and cuss at each other usually when they return from a long hot day, wife doing a poor job of backing down the truck, hubby doing a poor job loading the boat, and in general just embarrassing themselves.
oh... I almost forgot,,, this poor fella, not a ramp a-hole just a really nice guy that I know that backed down just a little too far in his lifted 50K truck, caught the algae and slipped all the way down.. submerged a 2013 dodge, my buddy took these pictures before the wrecker showed up to drag him out. His mistake (I think) was not having a proper drop on his hitch, and a trailer that's just a tad too short for the ramp. (also would have helped greatly to be in 4WD instead of 2WD at the time) RIP to his Dodge.
