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my oldest boy would be half way to bali by the time I got back to the ramp.

Youngest does broggies while waiting.........providing there's no other boat around, he'd be popular bouncing a big fibreglass on the ramp, not

Those launching having right of way over those who are retrieving? Sounds a bit silly to me - especially up here in the Territory as PeterT has stated. Ok when you have zero tides and nice pontoons to tie up on. I haven't taught the missus to reverse the trailer yet, so I always leave her to hold the boat while I get the car. Several times now, some pr..k thinks that they can jump the queue just before I reverse down. She has had to drag the boat to the edge of the ramp. This isn't always easy, when the wind is blowing (e.g. East Arm) and the tide is coming in.
From experience up here, and from reading the stories on Fishnet about southern state ramps, I think most people are quite courteous, and know what they are doing most of the time.
Cheers
Dan
(serving a 4 month exile in cold Perth)

Used to see some great stuffups on the Dundee ramp before the rock wall was built - I vaguely remember being stuck between the half buried tyres with a boat on top of me once, only for a few seconds thankfully.

And I took a wave over the back of a 3.9m dinghy there and it half filled her up. Ouch!

great way for the kids to get some driving skills too. cause you never know what could happen in the water, could be a skill that could save a life one day. and i bet your young fella has a few braggin rights at school too "i drive dads boat all the time na na nananah"

Harmsy,
I did exactly the same in Coroborree at night one night, now that was scary! There was mixing water that night near the boat ramp thats for sure!

Tuesday.
50,000 acres at Coroboree and old dude in brown CRV has to stop between ramp and trees to pack up, not even in the shade??

Toot Toot on the horn was my polite way of saying "move along now dickhead"

Oh Yeah