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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Initially Posted - 10/16/2004 :  23:29:56  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
It occurred to me the other day that all of the ramp stories posted seem to conjure up small ramps with waiting lines. We have a lot of ramps around our lake (one single and one double at our club) and several of them are like this one. I have not been around much, is this a typical ramp or are the single and doubles are the norm?
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/16/2004 :  23:44:50  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
You're a heck of a promoter Frank, and I truly mean that as a compliment. No, I have not seen a king size ramp like this before. Sometimes a double, often a single, and shallow with a drop off, so you have one wheel axle dangling off the edge. Sometimes you have to wait till the tide is in......


Oscar
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay" (Formerly C250 WB #618)
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  11:15:32  Show Profile
No floating finger docks?
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dlucier
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Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  12:06:27  Show Profile
Although I don't ramp launch (no trailer), my marina has a two boat ramp, but the park has a separate 12 boat ramp, with finger docks, and parking for a gazillion vehicles with trailers.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  12:33:42  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ClamBeach</i>
<br />No floating finger docks?
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Stink boaters would not know what to do with them! I assume most Corps of engineer lakes have the same ramps; like ours. I was told recently the while the CoE built our lake it is managed by the Bureau of Reclamation.
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lcharlot
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  16:52:40  Show Profile
Folsom Lake has a "Jumbo" multi-lane ramp at Granite Bay, the ramps at Brown's Ravine and Folsom Point (Dike #8) are much smaller, only 2 or 3 lanes. Fortunately, all launch ramps at Folsom have floating finger docks. Since I am usually single-handed, I don't know what I would do if confronted with a launch ramp that had no docks. What would happen to the boat during the several minutes needed to park the truck and trailer?
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  19:18:55  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by lcharlot</i>
<br />What would happen to the boat during the several minutes needed to park the truck and trailer?
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You do see the dock don't you? There is room for 4 fishing boats.
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/17/2004 :  20:48:21  Show Profile  Visit Oscar's Homepage
I guess all the ramps I've used were on the coast or bay, outside the realm of the corps. Most of them were county or town operated, a few were in private marina's. I'm glad to see my tax dollars at work for you guys.

Oscar
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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  16:12:40  Show Profile  Visit tmhansen's Homepage
Frank you may be on to something here! An online resource for photos and information about launch facilities would be a great boon to trailer sailors like myself. Its appeal would be broader than just this forum. Anyway you have us beat here on California's central coast. At Morro Bay we have a two lane ramp. One one can be used by a boat with its rig up as a pine tree overhangs the other. It is aligned perpendicular to the current so you really want to launch at slack tide or it can be a strain. Parking and launch is free though.

At Port San Luis we don't even have a ramp. We have a swing launch so we get to pay $20 and watch our boat fly through the air. Have to get off the water before the launch closes or you are stuck for the night.

Santa Barbara has 4 or 6 lanes for launching although they may not all be functional as things silt in on them regularly. Launching is free. Its the parking that gets you. About $15 day for truck and trailer I think.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  20:51:04  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by tmhansen</i>
<br />Frank you may be on to something here! An online resource for photos and information about launch facilities would be a great boon to trailer sailors like myself. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Would any magazine sponsor the expenses of such a cartographic expedition?
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Scooter
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  21:20:22  Show Profile
You might try BoatUS at http://www.boatus.com/trailerclub/locator.asp

Recently they asked for ramp information in their mag but never saw the results. I don't read all the issues cover to cover though.

It doesn't look like too large of a list but what'ya want for nothing? Rrrubber biscuit?
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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 10/18/2004 :  23:02:09  Show Profile  Visit tmhansen's Homepage
The BoatUS site seems like the perfect spot but its empty as far as I can tell from the several states I tested.
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