channel marina

Dave R · 01-04-2011, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sa meredith

Ok, honestly, not looking for debate...but I find your post curious...
Am I to take it, that you are saying, pulling up to the ramp, waiting or docking, while someone goes to get the truck, back the trailor down the ramp, load up, secure the boat, cover it, make sure everything on the checklist is complete (I have watched people who trailor, when they launch...seems like a chore, to be sure), and then pull the boat to wherever, in traffic on a weekend...and maybe try to stop for drinks/dinner...so find a place with a big parking spot available. All that is easier than pulling up to a dock, and tossing someone the key???
Maybe, but I don't see it.

I trailer mine all the time. We have it down to a science and it's very easy. I love to tinker and I love a spotless boat, so having it on the trailer and mere feet from my house makes it perfect for my needs. My boat is 11 years old and looks nearly new.

I also like to boat on the ocean, on rivers and on lakes other than Winnipesaukee, so the flexibility of the trailer makes that a piece of cake. I can be on the ocean in <30 minutes, on Winni in <1 hour or on the Hudson River and headed to NYC or Lake Champlain (a planned trip) in <4 hours.

lawn psycho · 01-04-2011, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave R

I trailer mine all the time. We have it down to a science and it's very easy. I love to tinker and I love a spotless boat, so having it on the trailer and mere feet from my house makes it perfect for my needs. My boat is 11 years old and looks nearly new.

I also like to boat on the ocean, on rivers and on lakes other than Winnipesaukee, so the flexibility of the trailer makes that a piece of cake. I can be on the ocean in <30 minutes, on Winni in <1 hour or on the Hudson River and headed to NYC or Lake Champlain (a planned trip) in <4 hours.

How big is your boat? Ain't no stinkin' way I want to have to trailer as the "we" part of me and my wife at the ramp make slipping or racking the ONLY way to enjoy our boat.

My wife is my buddy but at the boat ramp she turns into the anxiety queen. Nothing worse the hearing those words, DON'T YOU YELL AT ME

robmac · 01-05-2011, 06:13 AM

The marina we are at and have been for years has a privite ramp as well as a public. They make sure the public stays on their side,we have NEVER in all our years had to wait. As Dave R stated it also leaves the option being on wheels to go to another location if we ever chose to leave the big lake like winter perhapas in fl.By no means is it a big boat at 23 ft it is very easy to get in and out of the water. Valet was nice except when I've had a stressfull day and I get to the lake after marina hours how do you get your boat into the water? That was more stressfull for me. This issue is how you best enjoy your ability to access your boat and get it wet, IMHO ramp works best in at ice out and out long after Columbus day and no hauling her up and down the highway. Works for me.

Rose · 01-05-2011, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by lawn psycho

How big is your boat? Ain't no stinkin' way I want to have to trailer as the "we" part of me and my wife at the ramp make slipping or racking the ONLY way to enjoy our boat.

My wife is my buddy but at the boat ramp she turns into the anxiety queen. Nothing worse the hearing those words, DON'T YOU YELL AT ME

Okay, your name is lawn psycho, and my husband is a psycho about our lawn, and I turn into an anxiety queen at the ramp waiting for my husband to yell at me. Are you my husband?

sa meredith · 01-05-2011, 11:46 AM

Yep...all good points I had not thought of. The most obvious being that many people use their boats in other bodies of water during the summer.
I guess, to be homest, I have never trailored/launched a boat, and don't have the 1st idea of how to do it. What I have done, however, is enjoyed a Bloody Mary at the Meredith Town Docks, watching non-stop entertainment that is people launching their boats. Wow...it seems at least half (1 out of every 2) ends in some type of shouting match...one of favorites is when the husband pulls away to go park the truck, and the wife has a very difficult time moving the boat out of the way for the next person, and docking in a very tight space. Creates huge stress. Now, understand, I am not making fun of these people...I myself would not have a clue about proper launching procedure. But would like to think I would ask/learn/practice, and eventually get it down. But so many people seem to turn it into a adventure.
Valet works well for me...but truth be told, I've never done it any other way.

01-05-2011, 11:46 AM	#5
sa meredith Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 986 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 32 Thanked 352 Times in 137 Posts	you're right Yep...all good points I had not thought of. The most obvious being that many people use their boats in other bodies of water during the summer. I guess, to be homest, I have never trailored/launched a boat, and don't have the 1st idea of how to do it. What I have done, however, is enjoyed a Bloody Mary at the Meredith Town Docks, watching non-stop entertainment that is people launching their boats. Wow...it seems at least half (1 out of every 2) ends in some type of shouting match...one of favorites is when the husband pulls away to go park the truck, and the wife has a very difficult time moving the boat out of the way for the next person, and docking in a very tight space. Creates huge stress. Now, understand, I am not making fun of these people...I myself would not have a clue about proper launching procedure. But would like to think I would ask/learn/practice, and eventually get it down. But so many people seem to turn it into a adventure. Valet works well for me...but truth be told, I've never done it any other way.

01-05-2011, 06:13 AM	#3
robmac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashua,Meredith Posts: 951 Thanks: 213 Thanked 106 Times in 81 Posts	The marina we are at and have been for years has a privite ramp as well as a public. They make sure the public stays on their side,we have NEVER in all our years had to wait. As Dave R stated it also leaves the option being on wheels to go to another location if we ever chose to leave the big lake like winter perhapas in fl.By no means is it a big boat at 23 ft it is very easy to get in and out of the water. Valet was nice except when I've had a stressfull day and I get to the lake after marina hours how do you get your boat into the water? That was more stressfull for me. This issue is how you best enjoy your ability to access your boat and get it wet, IMHO ramp works best in at ice out and out long after Columbus day and no hauling her up and down the highway. Works for me.