From what I hear the story goes that the new owner of the boat was trying to get it delivered to the Miss River but it was going to cost a ton for a shipper to get her there. So.... he decided to build a trailer for it to do it, but the trailer took longer than expected to build. The local marina that has a lift apparently washed their hands of the deal for some reason.

 

Dang. Was this yesterday? The fog was crazy all day before the storms hit.

edit: and now we're expect a hard freeze.

 

Ohh man...this is a great way to lose an entire day on the internet.

That live stream is hilarious. The comments are priceless. The boat is still in the water...

 

It is...

Thanks a lot @Three Seasons . It's a slow week this week, and now I'm really doing nothing but watching this catastrophe about to unfold.

 

Good lord, that is a shit show! I feel bad for the boat, brrrrrr.

 

I cant stop watching!! Reading the comments are killing me.

Best ramp shit show this year.

 

This started yesterday morning on The Hull Truth, up to 5 pages now…..

In Lake Minnetonka in MN they are trying to figure out how to get this 60ft Chris Craft Roamer out of the lake. There is a huge back story on this. It used to be a charter boat in the lake. They drove it through 6 inches of ice to get to the landing.

 

1700 viewers now. I'm sad to say it was 500 when I started during my lunch hour. Best reality TV I've seen...

 

By my count they have 12 guys all telling each other what to do.

 

Possibly one of the best boat launch ramp videos ever.

 

Just pull the damn thing already!

 

Nope...nope...one more strap and she'll be ready.

 

It’s live streaming now, Another tow truck has arrived. There is a very big concern that the boat may fall off the trailer sideways, the side stays are undersized on this homemade trailer.

 

This is the link to the live stream

WOW...!

 

Way to much overthinking.

Let her rip taterchip!

 

Over 2100 viewers now! They have moved it 1’. I hope no one gets hurt, this is like watching NASCAR

 

I can't quit this. I wonder how much of the boat ramp they can destroy before this is all over?

 

Did they get it out?

 

Mostly. The Boat/Trailer/TowVehicle are still on the ramp, the wheels of the trailer are out of the the water by a foot or two. Nothing remains in the water.

I seriously doubt the tow vehicle can pull the load up the ramp and wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing falls over on the Starboard side when they make the right turn near the top of the ramp.

 

When I turned it off they had the boat out of the water on the trailer, they used the tow truck to help winch the tow vehicle forward a bit so the wheels were out of the water and off the icy part of the ramp, but the tow vehicle and trailer hadn't departed the ramp yet. The support poles on the outriggers on the trailer had been bent up but still looked to be providing support, and apparently there were still 1000 idiots like me watching the live stream.

My favorite quote from the video: "You can always trust a tow truck driver smoking a cigarette. Those guys know what they are doing"

 

My favorite quote from the video: "You can always trust a tow truck driver smoking a cigarette. Those guys know what they are doing"

Too funny…

 

I'm going to wait as long as possible to see if it's streaming again today. I can't handle the distraction...again

 

I’d be lying to you if I told you it wasn’t running in the background all afternoon yesterday in the office. It conveniently ended when it was time to head home.


Someone posted, “Please hurry, I’m watching this while at work and don’t want to watch this at home during my own time”

 

I hope they drained the motors, A/C and water systems, It was 9 degrees last night. Turbine Guy on YouTube plans on being there again today then 2AM when they move down public streets. I cant handle another full day of watching the sh.. show.

 

I wont lie. I could not walk away from this yesterday. Once you got sucked in to the live comments you just could not stop watching. I now see why kids these days watch utube for hours on end.
I will hand it to the transport company they worked there ass off doing this... would love to know how much it all cost having all those guys and then how much the tow truck got paid to sit there all day. What really surprised me when listing to the live feed not one F bomb or any blow ups from all those guys.

Totally agree that trailer is one POS!!! I can just imagine today some guy on the ramp with a portable welder crafting all sorts of crazy ways to support the boat on the trailer and them adding at least 20 more ratchet straps and some bubble wrap.

 

I got an update from a friend who lives there. It's still on the ramp.

 

I hope they publish a highlights video of this thing. Coming in late I can't spend a couple days catching up.

 

Turbine Guy said he would edit it once he got a chance. It's in the comments on one of the videos.

 

I just can't understand why they didn't pull it with a travel lift in the fall, block it, and when/if the trailer was properly set up, load it. And why not use a normal transport trailer? None of this makes any sense. I am guessing the owner has to be a piece of work.

 

The story I got was the new owner got the estimate for transport and decided to do it himself to save money nd had a trailer built but it took longer than expected to be completed. The marine with the travel lift "washed their hands" of this deal. Hence taking it out on the ramp.

 

I’m sorry i missed this whole train wreck! I will definitely try to watch during some snow days this winter