If the truck ends up floating, I think that goes without saying. Hahaha.

I wish the reporter or cameraman had moved so we could have had a better view of what happened.

We always made it a habit of unstrapping the boat (on carpeted bunks, not rollers) completely before backing down the ramp, my wife would walk down the ramp, and dock with the bow/stern lines while I backed. As soon as I saw the trailer fender go under, I would jump on the brakes, and the boat would slide off the trailer to my waiting wife who then had control of it....I pulled the trailer out without ever exiting the vehicle, pulled up the ramp, and went and parked it. She would pull the boat to the end of the dock, or around to the other side so others could use the dock. As soon as I got back from parking, we would take off in the boat.

Pretty common around here especially with the COVID invasion of newbies.

We get to laugh for all the seasons!

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Had a transom plug incident, but I wasn't in the boat!
Many years ago good friends from the West coast were visiting with their kids. I had an 11 foot Skunk dinghy. "Can we take it for a sail?" Sure. I was standing on the shore chatting with his wife and my wife when I noticed one of his boys bailing. They had been on the water for about 15 minutes and it took them another 20 minutes to tack back and let me tell you it was more than sluggish.
When they made it back, it didn't take long to see the transom plug had gotten knocked out (probably as they were getting underweigh). It took just another minute or so to spot the errant plug and replace it once we had the boat drained.
He would sometimes after that accuse me of trying to make his wife a widow so I could start a harem.

Best
Les