To the S&F women

[captcarb]

How many of you can back up a boat trailer, or drive the boat on and off? It makes launching and retrieving a lot easier and it looks cool.

OK, girlfriends and wives too.

Jim

[Mach2]

My wife is not on the board, but she always backs the boat trailer into the water when launching and retreiving. She is a real sport.

[j.iverson]

After launching the boat this weekend, my wife said she needs and wants to learn how to due this to make things easier. Can't wait :D

[chris_lacey]

My wife is a real sport about it, and tries really hard, but just can't get the hang of it. Her biggest mistake is that she overcompensates and then it is just too far out to recover.

[Joe Raimondo]

We do good butting the boat in My wife parks the truck and trailer .She just isnt ready to back it up yet.Makes coming out take a few mins more but she holds everything in place to help make it easier.We are a team.The DEW CREW

[LPB]

Has been backing trailers since she was 14 yrs old ,moves boats around the shop !Can drive boats on the trailer better than most of my buddys ! But she ran off with her FINANCEE and now Im stuck with GIRLFRIENDS that just stand around and watch me do all the work !LOL john

[Six Mile Queen]

Since I haven't seen any ladies reply yet I guess I'll jump on this....I have to say I'm good at the launching part, I'll jump right in there - I believe I taught my fiance that part ;) - I'm shaky with backing up the trailer....but it can be done! :)

[blkmtrfan]

My wife can back up a trailer quite well and honestly she only started doing it when she got together with me :cool:

[bulldogdaddy]

i'd have better odds hitting myself in the head playing russian roulette that getting her to get the boat in the water:eek:

[GP-1]

I'm glad you posted this....

From now on, this will be part of my criteria in choosing a girlfriend..:D :D :D

[JakeC]

My wife has been pulling the trailer out and parking for a while now, and has just started backing the trailer in so I can drive the boat on. I have to say, she does pretty good at it. I have a 1994 crown vic cop car with chrome pipes and a very solid rumble, so she attracts a lot of looks when she's backing it up, or pulling away, especially if she steps on it. It's pretty funny to watch.

[crazy horse]

My girl friend can't even back her suv up without bouncin off somethin. I would never let her move my Viper.:eek:

[Bruster]

Originally posted by jake1978
I have a 1994 crown vic cop car with chrome pipes so she attracts a lot of looks when she's backing it up.

No doubt in my mind:eek:

[BathTubBabe]

I can back and load, that is if you don't mind waiting a bit. ;) I had this woman once that cut right in between me and another truck. He had his trailer in the water and was loading his boat. I was backing in next to him. I was at the top of the ramp when I looked back to see this trailer come in at an angle and cut me off. Very Rude on her part, but I have to say she was darn good at it. If it is busy Rick does it and I just help. I don't want to read on the board someday how I was arrest for boat ramp brawling. :eek:

[mendo]

My wife is a GREAT boat driver!! I back the trailer right down and she meets me just as I get it deep enough and she is right on the trailer, I hook the front she kills the motor, trims it up and I drive right out.

I am very proud of her!

(she is a great cook too)

:D


Here is a pic when I put in this spring at our house. (got a new dock now with no weeds growing out of it.)

[mendo]

Pic here:

[GelcoatJoe]

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[JR IN JAX]

I just put my wife or daughters in the boat or jet skis and back them in or pull them out. They could probably back the boat trailer, slowly, but the jet ski trailer is too squirrely. They are great at docking also.
JR

[Rampager]

Hey Six Mile Queen do you have a single sister? hehe

Cheers

[dotz]

My wife is an excellent backer. She was raised on a farm so she has backed trailers sience she could drive. It makes it a lot easier at a busy ramp. The only complaint I have is she spins the tires coming up the ramp on purpose.

[blkmtrfan]

Originally posted by dotz
The only complaint I have is she spins the tires coming up the ramp on purpose.

:D :D Thats awsome :D :D

[WOT RACING]

MY WIFE CAN BACK UP A BOAT..........HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yeah Right... She hits cars in our parking lot backing up her own car.....The back she has is her a$$......:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[fast&furious]

It would probably take me a week to back our trailer down our boat launch, and I'm not sure anyone would ever want me to even try...being blonde and all, but I would give it a try! I enjoy driving our boat and I don't mind driving it on or off the trailer when needed. When I do drive our boat, my husband often gets "who's driving your boat" and of course his reply is "my wife". The guys all look at one another in disbelief...imagine a woman driving a performance boat and she's not half bad at it either!

:D

[Tripps]

My wife backs up my 30 footer,trailers it out,hooks it up and cranks it up,drives it WOT!!! and once she and her sister pulled my 24 bannana out ane installed a set of bennett trim tabs on it while i was at work!!! Tripps

[us1]

My wife drive the Silverwing at 100 plus and yes she slows down before she puts it on the trailer.:D

[BathTubBabe]

I haven't devoloped the skills to run those speeds. it is good to see that some of the women have. We usually have one boat. If it is a toss up who drives, Rick wins :D A couple of summers ago we did have two boats and tock them both out. Rick drove his to play with and I tock the kids in the other. There was this one time that the guys wanted to do a run around the lake. Off goes these boats haulin butt, and along comes old slow poke me with a boat full of kids. I thought I did good. I was able to kept the last boat in site. ;) I felt like the lil (pesky) sister tagging behind the boys and probably looked as silly but then again that how I learned to shot, drive a motorcycles, learn the joys of mudding, and to understand the game of football. It helps when you had a brother that is some years older. You learn to be a tag along. :eek: and you get use to being the last one till you learn enough to be presentable. :)

[skatermike24]

The wife is a pro , that's why I married her!

[Six Mile Queen]

Rampager,

Yeah actually I do have a single sister but she's only 15.......;)

[Rampager]

Doh!!!!!! :O
lol

[Tuesday]

OK OK....I just looked at this post to see that my hubby bashed me. I generally let the guys back the trailers, etc because I don't want to be blamed if someting happens. I could back a trailer if I had to, but I told myself I wouldn't drive trailers anymore when I took out my exboyfriend's Mom's mailbox. It was one of those expensive Mama and Baby Manatee mailboxes. I tore up the baby manatee and pulled the whole thing out of the ground. Keep in mind I was towing a trailer with a huge Dodge Ram pickup. At that time, all I was used to driving was little tiny sports cars. It was a very embarassing and upsetting situation. So long story told, that is why I prefer NOT to drive trailers. But, I do make up for it in other ways......
LOL Tues
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[LPB]

You got a lucky HUSBAN and I bet he likes the way you make it up to him !!!! I'd take that make it up to him over having my girl friend back my trailer anyday !! john

[captcarb]

I would be willing to bet that every member has hit something with a trailer. I know I have. It comes with the territory, that's how you learn. When I was still flying a couple of our instructor pilots managed to run two brand new Boeing 777 wing tips into each other. How embarassing is that?

Jim

[Tuesday]

LMAO, guys :-)!! I promise I won't be taking up any flying of airplanes anytime soon!! LOL I have to admit that what he said about the parking lot is true!! YIKES!

[captcarb]

I was around when the first female airline pilots came on the scene. Well, we were a bunch of hairy chested macho pilots, and we thought it was the end of the world. It turned out that they did just fine.

I was walking through the Ohare terminal this summer and ran into a woman that I had not seen in 15 to 20 years. When I last saw here she was in her 20's and was the second officer (flight engineer) on my crew. My friend asked me what I did to deserve such a pretty crewmember. She is now a senior captain and can handle anything that comes her way. Still pretty too!:cool: :cool:

Jim

[bulldogdaddy]

don't feel bad,my girlfriend backed into the house!twice:eek:

[BathTubBabe]

Tuesday,

I bet you never hit one of those Big, Green, Ugly yard garbage containers that you see behind shopping plazas or at 7-11's :eek:

I did about 20 years ago and I still hear about it :rolleyes: Some things you just don't live down

[SKATER241]

I GUESS I AM PRETTY LUCKY.NO I KNOW I AM.MY WIFE FISHES,HUNTS,ECT AND CAN NOT ONLY BACK THE TRAILER BUT LAUNCH THE BOAT AND DOCK IT.SHE IS STILL LEARNING HOW TO HANDLE TWIN ENGINES BUT IS GETTING IT!

[ck1flyer]

Glad this was brought up, I’ve always wondered about this.

My wife doesn’t know how to back the trailer, and I have no problem with that. I back the boat down to the dock, she is standing there on the dock to grab it. I pull the trailer out and park it while she is holding the boat, and then I walk back down to the dock. We hop in the boat and away we go. Why would it go any faster or easier if she backed the boat down to the dock instead of me?....We do the reverse when we come off the water. When your wife or girlfriend backs the boat down for you and then parks the truck, you still wait for her to come back down to the dock and get in the boat right? Or are you guys just leaving her there?

This brings me to another thing I never understood. Why drive the boat off and/or on the trailer. If I’m by myself I approach the dock and get out of the boat. I then tie the boat to the dock, go get my truck and back the trailer into the water. I get out of the truck and untie the boat and push it onto the trailer. I attach the winch, give it a couple cranks, get in my truck and pull it out…..Why get in the boat and drive it on instead of push it on????

Just wondering,

-Craig

[skidoo29]

don't have a wife or girlfriend, so my brother usually does the trailer thing for me, I can do it but I prefer to sit in the boat
I drive on and off because I don't have the luxury of a dock at the launch ramp.

warren

[captcarb]

There are places that have no dock and a line of trailers waiting to launch and retrieve, and no place to tie up. You drop off one person who gets the trailer. They back in you drive on and don't tie up the line.

Jim

[ck1flyer]

Yes it would make sense to drive off/on if there is no dock. We do have decent docks at the local landings around where I live.

-Craig

[jbf2002]

guy's

the only "boating girlfriend" i have ever had was pretty well schooled in the relm of hot boating and only needed a few pointers here and there. she grew up with her parents owning a new hydrostream, so in short i never ever heard "this is too fast" it was quite the opposite. in addition to this she handeled the allison very well in to the mid 90's. it suprised many at most any landing when i would back in the rig and she would start the drag motor in gear to idle off the trailer for a 20 second launch. (how many times have you seen the family circus do it that quick?) by the time i parked the rig and walked out on the dock to step on the bass boat after collecting several smiles and "pretty cool" comments..........girls who really like hot-boats are few and far in between. what makes this worse is the fact she can do all the trailer dutys and mix a fantastic cocktail. and be your best friend.

j.f.

[Trikki1010]

Originally posted by Tuesday
OK I took out my exboyfriend's Mom's mailbox. It was one of those expensive Mama and Baby Manatee mailboxes. I tore up the baby manatee and pulled the whole thing out of the ground.

You should be happy you broke up with them. Dems people are from da other side of the fence and ain't no fun;)

My girlfriend, Denise, is actually pretty good. We usually tow two boats everywhere, so she really doesn't have a choice. She DOESN'T tow the STV, unless it's an emergency;)

She did clip someone's light on their trailer once, parking the truck and STV trailer, But the cost of the lens wasA GREAT INVESTMENT in wake of the make-up on that one:D :D :D

Trikki:cool:

[Nautigal]

I like driving the boat and usually back the trailer when I am there.

Neither of those skills am I a pro at, but at least people dont laugh at me anymore :cool:

[captcarb]

:cool: :cool:

Jim

[joey jamz]

my girlfreind hates my boat . i dont think she has even seen it.

[race#115]

my wife backs up the trailer no problem ,it's great i just sit out in the water she backs in i run up the trailer clip on the front and she even drives home trailer and all.

[RNM018]

CAPT. Tought my EXWIFE to tow the boat , back the trailer & drive the boat . Think thats how she managed to TAKE THE BOAT ! Maybe I tought her to well .:D Oh Well you know the rest of the story . See you in Eustis . Rich Martin 018

[Trikki1010]

Taught my EXWIFE to tow the boat , back the trailer & drive the boat . Think thats how she managed to TAKE THE BOAT !

Don't they have rules against that concerning WEAPONS;) :D

Two of the rudest things on the planet, having your ex TAKE your boat, or getting shot with your own gun :eek:

[Tuesday]

Smurf....Sounds like you might be with the wrong type of girl, but who am I to judge? If you are happy, more power to you....

I'm sure one day WOT will teach me how to correctly drive a trailer. The problem with me driving the boat is....I tend to only know 1 speed and that is WOT, Hot Foot to the floor. Considering I know nothing of how to really "drive" a boat, that could be quite dangerous.

[outboards4life]

quick tip for those learning to back up trailers. Easiest way to do it. put your hand at the bottom of the steering wheel and whichever way you want the trailer to go thats the way your hand goes. you want the trailer to go right your hand goes to the right. you want the trailer to go left, your hand goes to the left.
Travis:cool:

[Dukeofchippewa]

I had a long wheel base Ford van, NO power steering. Wife had a hard tume backing it up. Put trailer hitch on front of van (just for putting trailer in) she had no problems after that.

[WOT RACING]

Its ok that the wife doesnt driver the boat, or a trailer....I am greedy about seat time so that eliminates one fight...and I dont want to teach her how to back in the trailer because she makes it up to me while I drive home:eek: :eek: ;) :eek: :eek:

Lucky dog(guy) is simply an understatement!!!!!

[captcarb]

Nice to hear from you. See you at the race. I had a friend that bought his wife an airplane and hired a flight instructor. She ran away with the flight instructor and the arplane and kept it!!

Jim:eek: :eek: :eek:

[yachter55]

I keep a hitch in the reciver all the time so I don't have to paint her bumper.enough said.but she can throttle thru rough water and never skip a beat.the inflatable is her way of scaring the crap out of her friends.she is still in training with the trailrer.

[Tuesday]

That inflatable sounds like fun!!

[Dukeofchippewa]

was the 1st female in this area to drive a V-Bottom at 90+ (1977), she needed to give driving lessons to some auto owners.

[WOT RACING]

So I went ahead and made her feel like she had some control in the drivers seat......Her drivers seat.......

[Dukeofchippewa]

But sometimes it doesn't work. Just kidding Tuesday.

[heath brinkley]

I'm with crazy horse, she can't even back up her car. When we were dating she told me she just backs up until she hits something, that's what bumpers are for. I laughed my ass off, AND NEVER FORGOT THOSE WORDS. We have a circle drive now.:D

Anyway, she's hot, So I just tell her to stand on the dock and look good, I'll do it myself. She also cooks good and makes good money....so I never cared about help with launching the boat.

And SHE doesn't care about driving it. Too loud, too fast, she really could care less.

[Dukeofchippewa]

She's 53, been married 37yrs. (got the Dick Clark syndrome) but still can't back the trailer. I really don't care, except when people tell me I have a beautiful daughter.

[heath brinkley]

LMAO !!!! At least I only get beautiful sister. Which indicates I still look somewhat my age, but also indicates that they can't figure out why SHE'S with ME. Hmmmmm.....oh well, she is.:)

[Lynne]

Never would I think of driving Ronnie's hydro stream. Too much power for me. I don't know too many people who would even consider driving it. He always made it look so easy. But since it's gone, I guess I'm off the hook. Well, at least until next year when he gets my boat in the water. Any sugestions??

[mendo]

Practice. Practice. Practice.

Little faster at a time.

[Dukeofchippewa]

Heath, that's my problem I look my age. She's got more money than me. Oh well she's still here.

Hey Swamp, you know the feeling.

Lynne, I know 90 is not 107, but she still made it look like it was on rails. Her boat was the Hustler Tunnel. She couldn't touch me in the straightaway, but made up for it in the corners.
Suggestion: Practice and have fun.

[Racemore]

My wife has no problem backing up to it.I put it in and we enjoy it then I pull it out.Basicly she just wants to ride.:D :cool:

[Dukeofchippewa]

I like both definitions

[Trikki1010]

Originally posted by Racemore
My wife has no problem backing up to it.I put it in and we enjoy it then I pull it out.Basicly she just wants to ride.:D :cool:

Are we still talking boating, cause I just had her "back in":eek: :eek: :D

[Racemore]

What ever floats your boat.:D :cool:

[Tuesday]

Very funny, Racemore!!:D

[GTO GEORGE]

My wife drives our Sport Scarab with twin 250 offshores, up on thr trailer and sometimes when the ramp is mossy, will throttle up the motors to help push the rig out of the water and of course, backs off when the revs come up. The rail birds are pretty impressed with the tire smoke and white water. No big deal.