Dock Ramp Ediquitte

I did boat ramps for a few years with my Checkmate and Baja. Then when I moved to Florida I used Centennial Park boat ramp in Sarasota to put my 24' Laguna in the water. What a pain. I had to get there well before 6am to launch. Why? So I had a place to park the trailer. I'd tie off, drop the trailer and go home and come back with the wife around 8ish. Early morning down there was easy. Everyone, at that time of the morning, knew what they were doing. That lasted a year and I dumped the boat. Too much work for a weekend warrior. Did the ramps a couple of times with the Cobia but just to get it from winter storage to summer use.
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The closest I come to ramp launching is this thing. Crank it down, climb down pier ladder, get in, get 500’ and realize I forgot something. So its back to pier, tie up, climb up ladder, get item, climb back down. Get a little ways down river, Go to add gas. Oopps, gas can in dock box. Go back to pier. Climb up, crank back up on rack, fark this, drive to tiki bar.
No, not doing that with big boat.
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