3:06 ... No, you were following the right boat Bro 👍🏻

to me hogging the dock with a boat or a trailer when others are ready to load/unload their boat is like standing in an empty parking spot to claim it for someone who isnt there.

If I was backing the trailer I wouldn't have stopped. he had plenty of clearance. The guy in the boat knew that. He was waving him down.

At least the guy with the ski trailer new how to back up

"Mom looks pretty good..." I'd certainly agree. The line at the ramp is defined by the trailers, not the boats. If there's no courtesy dock and you're solo, you have no choice but to tie off, otherwise you idle off the ramp while your driver gets the trailer.

Capt on the key west was slick Rick. He has done it a time or three

Reading through these (and other boat channel) comments, it's obvious there are 2 diametrically opposed schools of thought as to how boat ramps are to be be utilized. 1. Tying to the dock gives the boat priority. 2. Drop off a driver and wait away from the dock until your trailer is in the water. In 35 years of boating, I've never seen the former in person, only in videos. I've launched at dozens of ramps in several states, and nearly everyone, except the occasional solo boater, does the latter. After watching many of these videos and comparing them to real world experience, tying to the dock, esp at busy ramps is incredibly slow, inefficient, blocks access for others. Hence the confusion and conflicts Dropping off a driver keeps the ramp clear and boats get in and out of the water much quicker. These videos provide ample evidence that when people tie to the dock, far too many will treat it as their own private property, take forever to get their trailer, cut in front of others waiting to launch, unload a mountain of gear on the dock, schlepp it to the car, socialize, prep, pack up, break out food and drink, and in general move at a slower pace. I've launched at ramps much busier than this one and shudder to think what might happen if anyone parked at the dock more than 30 seconds or so. In over 2000 launches, I've never seen conflict at ramps that use the second method, but it can be seen in many of the videos where method 1 is used.

And they let these people drive on the roads! HAHAHAHA another great vid mate cheers!

I fish and boat alone 90% of the time in a very busy coastal town. In these situations, I simply communicate and explain very briefly in an adult way...works 99% of the time. I've even pulled in front of folks already tied up, but haven't left to get their trailer yet because they're slow, new or unaware others exist. Last week, I pulled near a docked boat trying to get their act together and simply said, Hi, I will be so fast, back with my trailer and out of here, you'll think I'm a ghost...do you mind?...I promise I will not cost you one second of time. Ran to my truck and was backing down and they were just walking to their vehicle. Smiled and said, thank you! Have a great day. They waved and smiled. That is usually how it goes. Communication, sincere polite communication can really work, Boynton.

That “steer with the rear” thing gets a lot of people in trouble.

The line does not start with what’s happening on the docks.The line starts with the launch vehicle.

7:41 When the bilge pump comes on as you're leaving the dock it's usually a bad sign.

My local ramp doesn't even have docks attached to it. I wish that was how everywhere did it. The docks are somewhere off to the side of the ramps. Literally the ramps are quick load/unload. It is a much smoother operation that way. It avoids so many problems.

The boat ramp always has something worth seeing for many a fool

Trailer line dictates priority.

Yeah, the people around there are a special breed

Are those stars and bars flown as some sort of navigation warning?

Only time I'd use a courtesy ramp is if you can fit a trailer in-between 2 boats on the dock(3 wide ramp). Change that scenario around some and swap out the jet ski for a larger vessel. No way boat guy is going to thread the needle there literally saying to the jet ski you're small enough for me to skip the line on you.

In the time it took her to complain to the driver, she could have walked the ski back to the end and been done. Dumb***.

The dogs are more intuitive than the captain!

Arguing with half assed people at a ramp is equal to arguing with someone about their dog crap🤡😂🤣,Amazing how the guy pulls his boat up perfectly and the crew watched the cleats, jumps off with no line,he could have dropped it on the cleat🤡😂.But then if everyone did everything right Miami boat ramps show would not exist🤡😂👍

They don't have very good rules in Florida I guess. The lakes and rivers that I always used, boats waited until their trailer was backed into the water and that's who got to go next. No one ever blocked the dock with a boat.

Dog: South , South east heading captain. Hit it.

Definitely keep the camera on mom

Im with you, i wouldn't have vacated that ramp for Karen

Maybe some big signs that list the procedures of loading and unloading might eliminate some of this. At least when the argument starts someone can point to the sign.

When the firsr guy jumps off something falls into the water.

Apparently no one is familiar with the phrase "make fast". 13 cleats and no one can catch a line. Pathetic.

First attempt - Shoddy crew work messes up more dock landings. Case in point: Jumping off with no dock line while shoving the boat away. What a maroon! Crews - Run the bow line back to amidships, outside the bow pulpit. Run the stern line forward and step off with both lines in your hands. Give your skipper a break. Easy peasy. Second attempt - More stupidity from the crew that makes a marginally poor approach seem like a downright bad approach. Apparently the skipper is unfamiliar with sucking the stern to the dock with light reverse. And the "Karen"? - Not fair. Jet ski goes first. They are there, they own the dock. CC trailer guy needs to clear out. CC should have docked - jet ski chick isn't a mind reader. And finally - the Key West landing with no power? That's sure sign amateur - the opposite of landing "like a boss". One little puff of breeze or one little boat wake and he's screwed.

2:58. - “Mom’s looking pretty good.” My thought exactly.

I always like the people who don’t understand the way a boat ramp works. Some just don’t get it

Question. Why do the majority of boats have right hand drive?

jet ski already on the dock.clearly has right of way.

At around 4:00, it looks like she even untied her ski so it swung out into the way of the guys with the boat.

Ok just educate me. Shouldn’t that boat have taken the Dock and tie off while waiting for the trailer? That eliminates “Karen” from tying off on it. She might not have known they were there before.

Lady with the ski had every right to go next? Just because you're out floating off the dock doesn't mean you are loading your boat? You want the ramp then tie your boat on the dock it's etiquette

Ramp etiquette 101 the jet-ski was first in line to pull out. The truck with the trailer should have waiting till a lane opened up and backed in. Not back down the ramp where there’s already another vessel.

My buddy and I always drop one of us out to get the truck and trailer. 36 Contender... never takes more than 30 seconds at the ramp...

If the “boat was there first” the jet ski would not have been able to tie up! What did the boat driver say? Quack Quack dock spot back?

Karen on the Get stupid/ jet ski would have watched me load and would love her husband to tell me different. I'll teach ya the hard way. Right is right

BG, you’re absolutely correct!

It's simple, vehicles on the ramp have the right of way not boats tied off to the dock.

Guy with the trailer should have never stopped backing up. Plenty of room. They could have been loaded and gone before the jet ski trailer even got there

how that guy missed the approach the 1st time in the 1st clip is baffling. and either his OMS pump has a torn diaphragm, dumping in way too much oil, or hes one of those morons that decided to "mix heavy" with the oil injection. option 3 would be stuck open thermostats, but motor wouldnt last long in that case.

The lady is in the wrong. Oblivious to the courtesy of the other boat? He should have docked and claimed the spot. He never acknowledged the waiting time to her.

It doesn’t seem like the captain s explain what they need done, when docking.

Why is she called “mom” when all the other drivers are called “Captain”? :)

Total fail on the the guy who jumped off with no line in hand... then not wrapping the line around a cleat so the captn could control the boat using the line as a fulcrum.

He who's trailer hits the water first wins 🏆especially when a jetski is involved😊

That first boat had too many captains onboard.

If he was there first then he should have docked the boat and got the truck

The jet ski had the right of way. Boat should of docked if he "was there first".

Yeah good point. Either way the guy in the boat handled it well.

Calling the lady a Karen when she was in the right. Dude on the boat should have grabbed the dock when he let his buddy off.

Every weekend at the downtown launch ramp where i launch to fish - early in morn is no probs ,guys know the routine but come back after 11 am ish and its a shit show when the cityiots arrive - besides all the arguing about whos next the worst are the ones who put their boat in and then !! load thier stuff in - after being in line and waiting ????? 😮😮

As soon as you have a line on the dock shut the engine down.

This is where the truth is fabricated and, like the news, only displays pieces. Regardless of what type of watercraft one decides to play with that day, it should be respected. I was a witness to the drama that unfolded, and it doesn't show how some people return back from being out for the day after a few beers. The guy backing up his trailer almost hit the ski, and the ski had waited for a boat to load prior. This is the usual boat ramp, Everyone knows the rules game. Just respect one another.

$5 says the lady is from Jersey

Bro should have just stay on the dock instead of pulling out to prevent that kind of confusion after he dropped off his bro to get the truck and trailer.

Hazard-“Latin-American male with a truck, a boat, a salt life sticker and pub-sub wrappers”- everyone be cautious.

couple sighns docking illegal at ramp the end, making dock at sides to right and left without any ramp. bad desighn we see here. Also there is security and cops even on sight. so make illegal dock at ramp and it would make fix all this, one thing would be removing docking equipment on sides at ramps, midle must completely removed. There must be only trailer in water and boats which trying to get into trailers

In this dock configuration, best way to hold your spot in line and not have a problem is to simply tie off and wait. If you’re going to lay back as a courtesy to not block the ramp, then you can’t blame someone else for using it. I don’t think she was being a karen. She had no reason to know they were there waiting and, presumably, they have all ramps available to them because they didn’t tie off. If I wouldn’t try to thread the needle between two boats, why should I be able to take advantage because it’s a jet ski? I’m still blocking their trailer from coming in.

Darwin :(

The guy did not take the dock. She did, the guy driving the truck with the boat trailer was in the wrong trying to back down to load the boat with the jet ski in the dock.

You don't have.the.peronality fo= thiz.

If you wouldn't move for them, you are a jerk. They were there first, it doesn't matter the size of the vessel.

She looks "Walmart".

Screw the jet ski..

Jet skis have no rights, especially those equipped with a Karen.

I dont know about there in miami but here in jupiter the jetski would have the right of the dock. U can't back ur trailer when there's others on the dock. If u want to secure the dock then go tie ur boat there and get ur trailer

Yeah mom looks pretty good.. lol :O

Captain should have moored his vessel while waiting. Women always starting fights.

IMO, in a busy launch site, it's common courtesy to drop someone off quick, to get the trailer and not block the dock, like our jet skiers.

I used to work at a marina in the South Pacific and watched so many people coming in stoned or drunk. I'm not a cop or a specialist in identifying it but being around a lot of these people most of these videos do have intoxicated people. Just saying

F@ck busy boat ramps , I’ll go to a quieter ramp always and travel a bit further in the boat

This clearly shows what is wrong with Florida. Everyone only thinks of themselves. The poor nice guys could have been loaded and out of the way if that Karen hadn’t stopped them backing down and been a ramp hog. Where we boat we all try to have consideration for others by not hogging the ramp and allowing trailers that get to the ramp to load and go. I see all these people saying that she had the dock and therefore had “rights” but in reality the guys trying to load should be allowed to get out of there to Minimize disruption. And they were obviously there first as they had the trailer there first !! No fixing stupid I guess

Plenty of room for that trailer to back down between the ski and boat at the other dock. Why should they wait around for the jet ski trailer to show up? The fact that she felt the need to harass the truck driver was the clincher, I would have never backed off after that. No one knows where her trailer is or when it will get to the ramp If there's room to back down, use it. Some of these folks fart around at the dock for 20 or 30 minutes, why should ANYONE have to wait?

2024 Karen’s are getting tossed in the water to cool off nationwide

You're wrong. No one was at that dock, jet ski tied up to it first, and someone went to get their truck/trailer. I have a bass boat -175 Merc, and have used courtesy docks for 30-years in four states with 0 complaints, using the same system. Some passengers don't know how to operate a boat, load a boat, or back a trailer; calling them Karens seems kind of ridiculous.

USE A SPRING LINE!!!!! FFS!

Letting her and her husband get down there by moving out only reinforces bad ramp behavior.

Wrong. She has the right of way. She had foot on the dock first

The best way is drop off the driver at the dock then get your boat out of the way. Stay out of the way into your truck and trailer are ready. Back the trailer down load the boat and go.

I’m sure 5 to 10 minutes is not that important to you, so is it just on principle that you would’ve steadfastly refused to just let the jet ski get out? C’mon, man, is it really worth that? Further, I feel pretty sure the only reason anybody is at a place on a dock is because someone else didn’t take it.

Be nice, the Karen is obviously very pregnant. And for somebody THAT pregnant, she walks pretty fast.

yeah I would not have moved. She would have just had to cry.

It’s so hard to watch. These people are clueless.

Jetskis are such a pain in the ass. Whether it's a boat, or ski, don't dock it right at the base of the ramp.

Do you have something against women? It sure sounds like it.

Jumps off with no line? I think this state needs to review its abortion legislation

Karen

bg you are RUDE. When a boat is at the dock they have the right to use the dock. The "me first" attitude you display is what is wrong with society today.

Lame

Frustrating, watching this, does anybody care anymore.

You repeatedly claim that 'the only reason she's on the dock is that they didn't take it.' I don't even know why I'm writing this because you said it best: They Didn't Take It! There's no need to dwell on an assertion of nothing! Again, you said it best: 'She's on the dock'. (They are not.) Even still, common curtesy and some smooth talk might have gotten him in. Guy in truck was smart to get out of dodge. Poor guy jumping off then pulling the boat intended to do good. But he could not! I gotta quit watching these. I'm the only one who sees it this way, though. Should have been some communication. Not black-white.

An way overweight Karen

Please don't trust your DOG to know what is best for him! Jetski's ruin everything. They should have 1 dedicated dock and that's it. They sit their ski's in the dock, take their time. Seriously -- give them all 1 dock and block them from the rest!!!

That wasn't a lady that's a potatoe

A....Lady and a guy...???...getting creative with words are we? Two people arguing perhaps...why a...lady and guy? A female.. A real lady doesn't behave this way...many females do...

If you can not maneuver your boat where you want it to be, maybe you should not own a boat.