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2016-06-22 05:41:25 Post No. 29454027
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2016-06-22 05:41:25
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Boat ramp etiquette
So I've been taking my canoe out to this lake, parking at the chamber of commerce welcome center which has a boat ramp.
I load my canoe right by my car and make sure that when I'm on the ramp everything is all packed and I can just jump in and go.
When I was coming back after paddling for a few hours, these 3 yuppies, 2 frat boy Chads and 1 stacy were launching their jet skis. They seriously had their truck on the ramp for about 25 minutes and even after all their boats were in they just hung out on the ramp for awhile, blocking it.
Does it really take that long to unload a small jet ski from a trailer? I was able to untie my huge 100 pound canoe from my car by myself, portage it 50 feet or so with 120 pounds of sandbags+ my gear, and paddle out to the middle of the lake faster than it took them to unload their tiny jet skis.
I wanted to yell at them to move since I was tired and wanted to get out and relax, but I have no prior boating experience and I didn't know if they were in the wrong or not. Were they? One of the guys immediately asked me to move my boat once it hit the ramp so he could put another jet ski in. I was like damn dude I was going to move it anyway.
I don't leave my canoe chilling on the ramp, I wait for others to go first, but is their behavior acceptable?
I feel like they were just some rich douchebags I should have said something to.
