Slippery slipping

[Channel Ribs]

The guys from Poole launching the safety boats for the record breaking Dragon boat run at the weekend, I can not recommend this slipway at low tide!

[Tomas]

I know what you mean. The ramp here in Gallows Bay is slick like eel sh1t.

Doesn't that unit have four wheel drive. It looks so.

I love to watch the guys here with two wheel drive back the trailer all the way into the water, sail the boat onto the bunks beaner it down in the water and then with the truck tires spinning and smoking give the boat WOT to use prop thrust to get the rig moving. Ramp drama for sure!

[Channel Ribs]

Four wheel drive is good, but when all four are sliding and the landy as well as the boat and trailer are still heading down it gets a bit hairy.

Still, they guys got it sorted in the end.

[codprawn]

There is plenty of sand and gravel right next to them - a shovel would have worked wonders!!!

[Limey Linda]

Codders
You beat me by a few seconds with that comment. Kinda obvious is it not?
I always carry a couple of approx. 3ft longx 1 ft wide strips of old carpet for such situtions. Takes up no space and works like gangbusters.
T.

[Paul F]

Is that not dover hbr.
Looks very much like the one we tried to launch our pac22 on, had the grip but not the width not an easy task

Paul

[walruz]

Originally Posted by kris

Just Use A Brush And Brush All The Green Stuff Out Into The Sea!!!!

Kris grow up and go elsewhere.

Seriously.

On Tresco we usually use tractors to launch and recover and I had a very scarey moment last season when I was trying to recover my bosses boat when, despite brakes etc., I kept going backwards in the tractor. I wanted to recover at a higher tide but was persuaded to wait. Guess what, if he wants my help again he will have to get up earlier to get the higher tide.

Really the question is what state of tide do you want to lanch and recover on.

Walruz

[chewy]

Not exactly the same thing as what you lads are talking about but whe we were swapping tractors over at Lifeboat mine started slipping nout you can do.
My @rse still went and I was in £250000 worth of tractor thats completely water proof!

Phill

[codprawn]

Chucking some sand around is much easier!!!

[nikster]

Martin im dissapointed you didnt take one of me launching the first one with my van (2 wheel drive) ...... still i do look handsome from the back tho...:-)

All those people watching were desperate for us to screw it up some way.... lol

forgot to call you and say a very big thank you for all your help, DHB let us use the hovercraft slip on Sunday to haul them out..... bliss..

nick

[Nasher]

The public slip beside the upper ferry in Dartmouth was very slippery this year at anything below half water.
Didn't look like it had been cleaned off this year at all.

Nasher.

[Rogue Wave]

Whatever doesn't kill you maks you stronger/wiser.

Use a rope and you can stay out of the slippy stuff. Low ratio if you've got it works a traet

[Nasher]

Stu hi.

We managed as you say with use of the 4WD etc or using the ferry slip whilst it was over the other side.

I really don't like using a rope on anything as big as The Nashers Revenge, I just dont feel in enough control.

Nasher.

[Rogue Wave]

Hi yourself,

Ropes are good, use a 12 mill on your boat it will be cool. I bet you have one of those posh discreet towing hooks! what you need is an African hoe or fit an eye bolt that you can run the rope through. using just a rope around a towball isn't a winner.

Put the rope through the eye bolt or Hoe and put a bit on it you have all the control yopu need then. This system also lets you connect the rope and get tension before you uncouple you precious boat

http://www.towsure.com/product/1331-...m_Tow_Coupling

[Peter J]

Originally Posted by Nasher

I'm replacing it with a 4.2TD Amazon early next year, then we'll see what a tow car really is

Nasher.

The answer is superb. Best of all it has a camera at the back and you can see yourself reversing the ball on to the hitch.

[Nos4r2]

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