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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 10/25/2006 :  08:09:07  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
yet again in my email today was the story of the folks whos power boat would not go very fast because it still had the trailer attached under it.

Is it true? Do we have to ask Mythbusters to check it out?

I cannot even see how they could get it away from the dock.

Paul
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 10/25/2006 :  08:33:50  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
The Mythbusters actually did a segment on this. It can be done, but you really have to work at it.
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StSimon
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Response Posted - 10/25/2006 :  12:03:07  Show Profile
Snopes.com covered this but they don't state whether it is true or not.
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Gambit
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Response Posted - 10/25/2006 :  12:05:42  Show Profile
My source for those types of notices/jokes is snopes.com. The story has morphed into a dumb blonde joke but it appears that it did happen at least once. Check it out:

http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/isabella.htm
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 10/25/2006 :  20:41:23  Show Profile
The real problem develops when the truck is still conected to the trailer.
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 10/26/2006 :  23:43:15  Show Profile
Honest I saw at a ramp a trailer attached to a ski boat because of the new paint sticking them together. The owner had backed down the ramp expecting to see the trailer fenders disappear under water but went back so far that the car with a large trunk floated the back of the car and he couldn't get out as only his front wheels were preventing him from total launch. He didn't make the six oclock news as his yelling got him a tow back up the ramp. Another ramp story.
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John P
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  09:55:31  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
I had a rare misofortune of witnessing a trailer-boater mishap, that makes you wonder "What was he thinking".

years ago, I was out to a local lake with my wife/kids and a friends family for a day on the lake of skiing and fun. He was backing the boat down the ramp, then stopped and got out of the truck (I stayed in the truck), he then got back in and asked me to get out and take the bowline and walk the boat to the nearby dock. I abliged. He got back in the truck, released the brake, put it in reverse, and that little jolt sent the boat rolling off the trailer, where it landed half in the water and half on the ramp. Turns out that he disconnected the trailer winch strap from the boat when he got out. Damage was a lenght of 6" of glass removed from the bottom of the boat. I could not believe it.
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djn
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  10:59:24  Show Profile
Hi John, a very similar thing happened to me two summers ago. I have been fly fishing on the AuSable for years and once in a while I'll get a guide just to hone my skills. The last time I went out with a guide, we launched at a boat ramp just for McKinsy style drift boats. The ramp is at a 20 degree angle dropping down 30 feet to the water. I was suppose to HOLD the boat on the top rollers until my guide came back. When he took off, the truck lurched forward and the boat went flying off the trailer, down the ramp and smashed into the river with such force, it cracked the bottom out. Needless to say, the guide was very pissed, but to be honest, it looked cool as hell. Cheers.
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 10/27/2006 :  15:46:23  Show Profile
The trailer attatched to the boat myth is in fact, a myth.
Unless its the urban legend you're talking about....because that's a whole 'nother story.
However, the urban legend is untrue too.

This summer I watched a powerboater retrieve a brand new boat and drag the propeller all the way up the ramp, all the while his OB was running. About five minutes later I saw a puff of smoke and heard a lot of yelling, so I went to investigate (snoop) .
His OB burped out a black puff of smoke and stopped running. He claimed that he knew he was not supposed to be running the engine out of the water but that he didn't realize it was still running. He wasn't too worried about it though, because he was only test driving the boat.
I saw this guy about two weeks later with another boat, he was weaving through the moored sailboats at high speed.
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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 10/31/2006 :  14:26:18  Show Profile
Figures.

A couple of years ago I was on race committee for the round the lake race, very, very light winds at the starts and the fleet was quite a ways from the line as the time dcounted down for the start. When the gun sounded no sail boat was on the line, just a four passenger jet ski (is that possible?) and he had a perfect start. fortunatlly the county shariff was patrolling the area, and the guy had a lesson in boating rights.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 10/31/2006 :  18:41:38  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Hi Don, not heard from you in a while.. bin busy?

Glad to see you back around here.

paul.
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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 11/02/2006 :  14:47:17  Show Profile
Thanks Paul,

Between the day job and starting our cruise primarily travel agency, ya, bin busy! Bad year for sailing - once. Boo !

Even tho' I haven't posted I lurk sometimes, and see if anything interesting is going on.

Hope to spend a little more time here in the future.
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