I hear ya Josh... I hate the first trip out too! Not mine, mind you. But all
the others that sit either on the ramp or at the courtesy dock taking care
of everything that should have been done before leaving the house.

Saturday, when I was headed back home I waited for 20 minutes for this guy
to prepare his pontoon boat. He was parked on the left side of the dock, and
since I was alone, this was the easy side to dock on. Finally I gave up
waiting on him and took the right side after being courteous enough to let
the guys launching use that side so their trailers wouldn't be blocking
everyone else waiting for the ramp. Finally, I was able to get my boat out
of the water, wiped down, locked down, and ready to leave... and this guy
was still playing around with the pontoon boat.

Is there a reason why you can't set up your tables, open your canopies,
organize your seats, and whatever else you need to do while you're waiting
your turn to launch? Never owned or operated a pontoon boat, so I may be
wrong... but it sure sounds logical.


(Ranting ending for the day... hopefully.)

Charles

"Joshuall" wrote in message
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It's the same every year. I spend countless hours getting my boat ready
for
that first trip. Then. . . as the day /hour approaches I beg the water
gods
not to let anything untoward happen. Like . . .pls let the motar start,
don't let me forget to put the plug in, make sure the sonars actually work
etc. and last but not least don't let me do anything really dumb at the
ramp.