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The guy who is on a head to head collision with my boat, and as I start veering to my right, he veers to his left, then he cuts back to the right. GO RIGHT... its simple.



Very sad story-- A few years ago a guy I knew from high school was boarding behind a boat and wiped out. Another boat was planning to cut across the wake behind the pulling boat from the right. The water was honestly too rough to be skiing, so the boat didnt see him and hit him going about 25 mph. He didnt survive, so every time I see something like this happening I want to chase them down and sink their boat to prevent them from endangering others.

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1990 Horizon 200
5.7L OMC Cobra 260HP

#11 Non- boaters hanging at the courtesy ramp (dangling their feet in the water) just for something to do, that refuse to move so you can tie off (not to mention, when approaching it looks kinda like they are holding a spot for another boat to approach if you are on the water waiting to retrieve your boat).

#12 boaters who take FOREVER to launch or retrieve their boat --I've had MAJOR problems and still retrieved in a reasonable time fashion.

#13 Boaters that launch their boat, leave the vehicle and trailer on the ramp cause they are just taking it out for a (45 minute) test run.

#14 People who refuse to get wet (even if it's just their feet) launching their boat....Granted it can be done, but if you can't do it, don't waste 30 minutes trying.

#15 People who NEED help launching or retrieving, that offered help, and refuse... Killing everyone else's time waiting on them.

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'90 Horizon 220 5.8

People who back their trailers in way too far and can't figure out why they can't get their boats on straight. Sure it's a little more work to crank the boat up the trailer, but it's the only way to get it on the first try. Drives me crazy waiting for these people to pull their boat out and then have to back it back down and start all over.

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2003 PowerQuest 260 Legend SX
2014 Lund WC 14

2007 H210 Volvo 5.7 Gi/SX (sold in 2012)
2007 H180 Volvo 3.0 (sold in 2009)

Guys with more money than brains who run big boats and for some bizarre reason run them in a plowing mode which is the least efficienct and throws a huge wake and bounces all the smaller boats around. They look like fools plowing across the bay with the bow so high they can't see using a lot more gas and creating giant wakes....why they don't just plane out the boat the way it was designed to be run is beyond me. Maybe they never tune the engines or clean the bottom and they CAN'T plane the boat.....

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

#1
I agree with the idiot tubing....yes, we tube also but go where nobody else is. We usually go to a cove to board/ski as do others - most people are smart enough to figure out all other boats in there are boarding and are either all going clockwise or counterclockwise in the cove. It never fails that some fool will come zig zagging thru snatching 3 kids on a tube doing figure 8's. You would think if they wanted big waves for their tube go hit the main part of the lake??? FYI - I'm new to this forum and my first post....just picked up the H210SS Saturday and hit the lake Sunday.
#2
Using the courtesy dock at the launch as a private docking area....had a sailboat last Saturday tied up blocking access and had people stacked up 3 deep waiting to get their trailers....problem solved - to whoever Popeye is - i deemed your sailboat as an extension of the dock and we ALL used it as such.
#3
Parking your tow vehicle/trailer so that you are taking up 2 or 3 spaces. If you cant park in one lane, please stay home and put your boat up for sale because your hopeless.
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ex-girlfriend who assures you she can drive and back up a trailer and has done it many times for her dad...then backs your trailer into a brand new trailer with what used to be led's. Learned my lesson on that one the hard way:( My fault I know!

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08' H210SS
VP 5.7Gi

People who have no clue how to tie a boat up to a dock properly. This includes not knowing what a spring line is for, and using any old bit of string as a line and hoping the boat says put.

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2008 210SS 6.2L DTS Bravo 1 Now featuring MercMonitor w/SmartTow

One thing that cracks me up (and will cause you to NOT be tying up to my boat) is pulling up with either no fenders out or fenders the size of tampons, expecting me to let you scratch the crap out of my boat.

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

That's funny right there now...tampon bumpers!!! Well, your boat is just like mine and i would post a photo but i can't get anything to happen when i click on the "img" icon....maybe cuz i be a rookie on here.

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08' H210SS
VP 5.7Gi

Image gots to be posted offsite. Try photobucket. Worked for me. Check out the Forum Issues for some directions.

Greg

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2008 210SS 6.2L DTS Bravo 1 Now featuring MercMonitor w/SmartTow

Where in TX are you?

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Current Boat:
2004 Sea Ray 320 Sundancer "Nauti Luvin'"

Previous Boats:
1999 298 Vista "Seas The Day"
2008 H200SS "Nauti Luv"
2006 Tahoe Q4

Needville....its Southwest of Houston. Actually did the trial on my boat at Lake Lewisville since i got it from Phil Dill. Long round trip drive (10+ hrs on road) but found nothing like it around here.

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08' H210SS
VP 5.7Gi

Helped some marina neighbors dock the other day and get this.....they took line off a spool!!!! I was SHOCKED!! I wondered how in the world they were going to tie off a 31' boat with a tiny line...on a spool!! OMG! Trust me..it didn't end there, but geeez....

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Wayne & Kari
00' V338 Four Winns

Mine are;
1-10) people that go to the lake to gripe about everyone else

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This is why my wife wanted us to "unofficially" name our boat "Qwitcher Bitchin'".

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2005 Horizon 200LE w/5.0 Volvo GXI

People who are inconsiderate

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Ardy
Adelaide South Australia
Red H180 3.0 Merc