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Launching boat sequence and muddy boat ramp
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<blockquote data-quote="KMixson" data-source="post: 463151" data-attributes="member: 432"><p>I would leave the strap hooked up or have a bow line connected to keep the boat from floating away after backing down the ramp.</p><p></p><p> As for the muddy boat ramp, we have some very muddy ramps here in SC. They can get slippery on your footing and on the vehicles traction. I have seem many vehicles spinning their wheels trying to get back up the ramp. It can get to point that you may need another vehicle farther up the ramp in a better traction area helping pull the rig out with ropes, chains or straps. I have also seen vehicles try to stop while backing down ramps and the vehicle keeps sliding down the ramp. It can get to be kind of like a slimy clay texture at some ramps and very hard to get traction.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, We have some mud here. I have pulled seines here before and they can get very hard to pull when you put your foot down and sink in the pluff mud up past your knee. You then are stuck in a suction like material that feels like some kind of jello. Then as you place your other foot down to try and free the first one the process starts all over again. I would much rather throw a cast net.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KMixson, post: 463151, member: 432"] I would leave the strap hooked up or have a bow line connected to keep the boat from floating away after backing down the ramp. As for the muddy boat ramp, we have some very muddy ramps here in SC. They can get slippery on your footing and on the vehicles traction. I have seem many vehicles spinning their wheels trying to get back up the ramp. It can get to point that you may need another vehicle farther up the ramp in a better traction area helping pull the rig out with ropes, chains or straps. I have also seen vehicles try to stop while backing down ramps and the vehicle keeps sliding down the ramp. It can get to be kind of like a slimy clay texture at some ramps and very hard to get traction. FWIW, We have some mud here. I have pulled seines here before and they can get very hard to pull when you put your foot down and sink in the pluff mud up past your knee. You then are stuck in a suction like material that feels like some kind of jello. Then as you place your other foot down to try and free the first one the process starts all over again. I would much rather throw a cast net. [/QUOTE]
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