Downings Landing - What a shame.

[LIforrelaxin]

Originally Posted by chipj29

That's good. And as was just posted, it is discussed in the NH boater education. However, what if someone is so clueless that they don't know what power loading is?

I realize I might be stretching a bit, and yes, it is probably more that people just don't care. But I bet there are people who don't know any better.

There are some people that just don't know any better, and that is why conversation is good at the ramp...of course that doesn't mean you yell and tell them they are morrons... It means you approach them after the fact, and explain how harmful what they have done is..... Sure those that know better are going to be wise and fresh... in which case you just walk away but those that didn't realize they were doing something harmful will listen, and probably ask for suggestions.....

[Happy Gourmand]

Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

There are some people that just don't know any better, and that is why conversation is good at the ramp...of course that doesn't mean you yell and tell them they are morrons... It means you approach them after the fact, and explain how harmful what they have done is..... Sure those that know better are going to be wise and fresh... in which case you just walk away but those that didn't realize they were doing something harmful will listen, and probably ask for suggestions.....

I've only been helping a friend put his boat on his trailer for the past 5 years or so. And I loaded my own boat on a trailer for the 1st time earlier this year. Previously, I just left my boats at a marina for winterizing/storage. I have to admit that I was taught to power load, never aware of or thought about the damage it was doing.
From my observation at the ramps, there are many more folks like me who are ignorant/clueless or whatever we want to call them who just don't know of any other way to do it.
I wish I had known about this before now. Going forward, I will be more respectful of the proper way to load a boat on a trailer.