Boat Came off the Trailer

Stephan · Guest

Hey folks, I just wanted to share a little something I witnessed today. The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Wakeboard Club was heading out to Lake Nacimiento for a day ride, one of the boat drivers was making his way to the lake and someone in front of him was stopped in the road to turn into a driveway. He swerved to miss them and went off the road and down a small embankment, coming to rest into a tree. The truck is a little messed up, a control arm broke. The trailer is pretty jacked, wheels everywhere, fenders broke in half, just destroyed. The kicker is the boat did not stay on the trailer, the front of the boat was an inch from the trucks back window(it's a medium sized bed GMC), the hull totally crushed the tailgate and the back of the boat was resting on the front half of the trailer. I was told that there is a hole the size of a basketball in the hull from the hand crank. It was an early 90's Centurion. I think it would have been a lot better if the back of the boat was strapped down. Sorry no pics but maybe someone took some.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

That reminds me of a story. One time coming home from the cottage there was this huge traffic jam... we figured someone had really got cranked in a collision or something but when we finally got up to all the flashing lights and there's a huge cruiser the came off the trailer. It had skidded along the road a bit and everyone had stopped to take a look at this huge boat sitting in the middle of the highway.

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Aren't you suppose to routinely strap down the back of boat? I know all the people I've ridden with do.

Maybe it would have be better to just wait for the car to complete it's turn than to swerve around it.

Dragonlady8 · Guest

repeat

holdsworth · Posted: Oct 19, 2003 5:44 am Post subject:

here's a strange pic...the boat isn't off the trailer but it's messed up...

challenger84 · Newbie Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 16

that would of sucked!

Hollywood · Posted: Oct 19, 2003 1:24 pm Post subject:

ohsix · Posted: Oct 19, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject:

one day i was waiting to load my boat and the guy i was waiting on at the ramp didnt hook the bow onto the trailer very well or not at all and the boat slid off and landed on the ramp when he pulled forward. no major damage just scratched up the gelcoat.

M3Orion · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 670 City: Bay Area

Looks like the boat kinda saved that guy in the picture...if the boat/trailer hadn't gotten stuck up there the truck would have just gone tumbling down the cliff...not a fun situation.

BrtnDan · Addict Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 609

"Somebody just made a million dollar mistake like a MFer"

Some pro wakeboarder (I think it was parks, but i cant remember) upon seeing a huge boat on the highway

Hollywood · Posted: Oct 19, 2003 7:57 pm Post subject:

Stephan, so where are those pictures of your cracked hull?

John Jared · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 726 City: Round Lake, IL

Here's one...this year at Midwest Wakefest some guy dumped his boat on the ramp. Then he used the trailer to push it into the water. It sounded nasty.

surfacetension · Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2003 Posts: 3

I have a short piece of heavy chain from the bow eyelet to the trailer, it's not going anywhere, sounds like it would have been wreacked no matter

Butta Seeka · Posted: Oct 20, 2003 11:48 am Post subject:

these have been posted before, but here they are for the people that havent seen them

llenta · Addict Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 788 City: Davis

i haven't seen those pics in a long time.
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holdsworth · Posted: Oct 20, 2003 12:57 pm Post subject:

on the boat the fourth picture down, the boat's name is ''Temporary Insanity II''

wonder what happened to the first one Laughing

ellalenell · Posted: Oct 20, 2003 3:06 pm Post subject:

A lot of older boats don't have any rings or anything to attach straps or tie-downs.

My 89 has straps

ellalenell · Posted: Oct 20, 2003 3:07 pm Post subject:

Sorry, didn't do that right. The first part was supposed to be a quote. I'm a newbie, gimmie a break!

holdsworth · Posted: Oct 21, 2003 1:19 pm Post subject:

i just thought of something else on the ''Temporary Insanity II''

wonder how long he had it to make it temporary Smile

Dajur · Posted: Oct 21, 2003 2:44 pm Post subject:

Is that the motor box cover in the second pic? Did it blow up when he started it after filling?

belmont · Criminal Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 75 City: Virginia

thats a jet ski in the boat.

tdes · Soul Rider Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 270 City: Orlando

great pics of all those numbnutzes

Dajur · Posted: Oct 22, 2003 9:46 am Post subject:

ahhh, I see it now

wannabe · Newbie Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 22 City: Hattisburg

this one time at band camp i forgot to latch my hitch, but suddenly i don't feel like such a dumb a&%

nmballa · Posted: Oct 23, 2003 9:10 am Post subject:

I saw some dude loose his potoon once right in the middle of an intersection. I took about twenty or so of us to lift it back up on the trailer. Pretty funny stuff. Felt bad for him though.

Scott0 · Outlaw Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 160

this one time i was jet sking really fast and the water level was low becaused it is a damned lake and i looked down at the water and i was going in like a foot of water going like 30 mph then i was like Sad

holy s*&%

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

about a year and a half ago this guy out at my lake was pulling out of the 5 mph zone in his pontoon boat and he tilted backwards and sunk for no aparent reason. it was so weird it was like he filled his pontoons with water or something. now thtas stupid. i think the boat is still there.

ohsix · Posted: Oct 24, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject:

i pulled my boat from midland all the way to lake lbj (about 4 hours) without latching the hitch once. lucky it didnt come off.

Stephan · Guest

I think I have something to add, today i was at Lopez Lake In Central Cal, and the Ranger boat was pulling this really huge balloon really slow. Once they got it to the ramp we noticed that there was tailights poking just above the surface. So I asked this one dude what was up... the story goes a fisherman was fishing near the shore from a boat and looked down and saw a tailight. The lake is below an 80 foot embankment with the road to the lake at the top. They did a small search and didn't find anyone in or around the car, but thought that the thing had been there for awhile Sad

They only found it cuz the lake is like 50% full(when in Cali you gotta be positive and think "the cup is half full"). So although not really related, just another example of someone F-ing up, that or they sunk the F-er and reported it stolen, so close to working, oops....

wkbrdr · Posted: Oct 24, 2003 10:56 pm Post subject:

just got back for the bar...and this is the funnest $hit i have ever seen

Iman · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 116

If I'm only pulling my heavy inboard a few miles I usually just have it secured by the front winch. I think I may start strapping down the back now just in case..lol.

lilsk8erdude4 · Posted: Oct 25, 2003 4:42 pm Post subject:

damn all those pics r incredible
haha that would suck to run into one of the wooden poles haha Laughing