Your funniest/most aggrivating boat landing story

[ScottL]

Much like hoffers story. We were in line to unload at a popular small lake with a small public access. 3 guys come in with this old blue tri-hull boat and it appeared like a couple of empty cases of beer, one goes to get the trailer, one gets ready to crank it in, the captain stayed in the boat. The guy cranking it gets winded, so the driver gets out and finishes cranking it in, but doesn't set the clicker on the winch, jumps in the vehicle and takes off meanwhile the captain is standing up in the boat as it unloads itself onto the concrete. The 5 or 6 rigs waiting to dump in were all laughing, as were we.

Regards,

Scott Lee

[Farley]

When we were probably about 12 or so a buddy and I were out fishing on Nisswa Lake. The first incident happend while trying to hit a wake at the right angle as to splash my buddy sitting in the front of the little 12 foot boat. (he used to do this to me in his boat, but he used to have a 3hp motor and that weekend we had a 18 horse Mariner). Somehow the wake spun me out and we ended up doing donaughts in the middle of the lake. The boat tilted so bad I had to let go of the motor to grab the side of the boat so I wouldnt fall out. I didnt hear the end of that until.......
The same weekend we were not far from the cabin and from out of nowhere a storm rolled in. I'm talking sheets of rain, lightning, and what seemed like 25-30mph winds. My buddy was sitting in the back by the motor and I was trying to row back since we were close but the winds were too strong. He hadnt drove the boat yet that weekend so after arguing who would drive I let him start the motor and drive us back in. He had a good angle comming at the dock but was comming in a little too fast so I yelled "All right, let off the gas" He turned the throttle the wrong way and it shot the front of the boat onto the dock. We were so shocked (we were 12 or 13) once the boat slid back off the dock I just threw the anchor on shore and we got out and pulled it in from shore.
We were even from then on out. You can bet we both learned a few things that weekend.

Last year a few buddies and i were going out wakeboarding and when we pulled up to the landing there were these 3 good looking girls fishing, the guy driving the truck and trailer pulls right up next to them and starts putting on the charm, trying to get them to come for a boatride with us. One of the other guys gets out and prepares the boat to be lauched. The guy driving turns around and starts backing the boat in and the guy who was tending the boat was watching/directing when he sees something and yells "STOP!!" Well I think he noticed that the boat wasnt hooked to the trailer so when he stopped, the boat slid right off the trailer onto the cement. We got it back on in a matter of minutes, we just hooked it back up to the trailer and cranked it back up, I thought all chance with the girls were lost but they still came along, amazingly.

[This message has been edited by Farley (edited 04-22-2004).]

[Corey Bechtold]

If you want to get a good story, go to the crappie contest on Tonka with a cooler and some beverages and let the hilarity begin. Any launch will do but North Arm has some nice benches to sit on while you watch. Bring along a video camera and you might have a chance to win on Americas funniest home videos. I've seen it all on Tonka. Have fun