Deep Creek Alaska boat launch carnage

[@robert3302]

Guy on tractor: Oh good, it's almost on the trailer, I can drive away now.

[@joedennehy386]

In new Zealand our trailers have self centering rollers not skids. So no matter what angle you hit the trailer between the bars you end up on the trailer.

[@soylentgreen2065]

Question: If the boat is full of water and on the bottom, yet still in the air, has it sunk?

[@TJ-hd5ym]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Munrubenmuz]

Far out. So much potential for a crushed hand or similar injury. I love my fishing but I'm not sure I love it that much. Kudos to these blokes.

[@dozer1642]

“He’s more sideways than I am.” Comment of the month award.

[@xeviuus]

actually, it's impressive that they actually got some boats on the trailer despite the rough water. Alaska is a different world. I won't complain ever again about my neighborhood boat ramp.

[@josephc7900]

That's not very rough. Trailer needs to be in the water!

[@mr.h.7586]

It’s the Professionalism that I Respect!

[@embg]

they need guide-poles on the rear edges of the trailer so the boater can see where the submerged trailer is..

[@PJMDValley]

You only get to use your boat once in Alaska, then you need a new one :)

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

Only if you launch at deep creek. Lol

[@johngoodell2775]

its amazing how dangerous a modest swell can be ...things can go so wrong so fast. Guys in Baja use a sort of floating trailer rig that they push off into the water....the boat comes into it 30 yards out, then the strap it in and then they pull it ...eventually the wheels touch the bottom and rolls up onto the beach. I thought it was safer.

[@ro4317]

What was the tractor driver thinking with the first boat?

[@qafmbr]

derp, can you put the engine up?

[@qafmbr]

I'd be wearing my wetsuit, not any kind of clothes! 6:00 prop still turning, starboard engine down, lookout! I sure hope they tip that recovery team well. I would.

[@speedspeed121]

I could watch these all day

[@damkayaker]

Are these the Kilchers?

[@Marcus_from_OZ]

Watch this, just before they're all the way on the trailer, I'll drive off, it'll be so funny, they fall for it every time.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

If that's the normal surf condition, they need something rather different than a conventional trailer.

[@Monkmaster1969]

What time is high tide?

[@chrissmith2921]

3:45 am and 3:59 pm today.

[@jasonlenihan9854]

Used to launch her everyday weather permitting, and about half those trips were blow offs soon as you see white caps 25 miles out or so you get the hell on end because you know it’s going to be a rough getting your boat back on the trailer. They used to have a little Philly cheesesteak stand and me and my boss would always get in early and and watch these other boats that waited too long try to get back onthe trailers. Not an easy thing to do with a 28 foot Aluma weld with twin 250s and six people on board but we never had a problem better safe than sorry. Those tractor guys sure earn their money👍

[@dk6173]

They're launching from the beach to start with??

[@RED1111111111]

who was in charge of hooking it up when it came in?????

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

They obviously didn't plan that far ahead! Dumb dorks!

[@macclark4112]

I watched this there twice over the years. Hell of a Boat dock but a great time.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

WTF are they doing up there in Alaska?

[@damkayaker]

Meth, it destroys their brains.

[@ben3989]

I like how the last boat just left the outboards down and running in gear the whole time

[@snorman1911]

Holy crap, I thought for sure someone was gonna lose an arm or leg.

[@kentrobison588]

In Australia, about every eighth wave the sea is calm for a while. Is it the same there?. Perhaps the first crew should have waited a while.

[@fiveowaf454]

Where is the nearest boat ramp or harbor? Deep Creek? it looks more like they are all up another well known creek without the paddle!! Remind me to never by a used boat from anywhere close to there. When the last boat is out of the water with the props still spinning and then they reverse it back in I'm amazed both outdrives weren't destroyed, you think they'd at least trim up.

[@jefffaescotland7768]

I like watching Loonies at work you get a laugh....they should put wheels on the boat lol

[@dk6173]

Yeah guys we can bring it in here on beach. Ocean: Hold my fish.

[@vicO1323]

The sea was angry that day my friends.

[@rc300xs]

The waves were 10 stories high if they were a foot.

[@vicO1323]

bwahahaha

[@greysilverback3924]

was there a golf ball obstructing the blow hole ?

[@sethking7378]

obviously you havent been to sea i am a commercial fisherman i have seen some bad weather thats flat calm to me

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

The sea is ALWAYS angry, my friend, but few people know or realize that!

[@kentrobison588]

The first retrieval - did the boat push the rig up the beach?. Surely it was not driven.

[@nickw9376]

What 4-6 foot surf?

[@robertpapps3618]

You think alcohol was involved?l

[@jonnyonwheels]

The first few capt’s seemed scared to drive up onto the trailer....the last couple had done that before. They knew you had to commit & just send it!

[@lowenbraus1]

4 to 6 ft?

[@jett-rampartflyer2852]

It's called Wave Timing. Practice if need be.

[@Lawman2be]

Says the keyboard warrior sitting in his cozy chair at home.

[@jett-rampartflyer2852]

I've loaded and offloaded boats in this exact same location. Same beach. So your comment about being a keyboard warrior is irrelevant- I actually have first hand experience with it. Good luck with your words next time you make an attempt to comment.

[@Lawman2be]

As have I since the 1980s, long before the tractor was there. These tractor operators have no idea what they are doing. They pull the trailer out right as the boats are approaching.

[@Lawman2be]

Says the guy that posts numerous articles desperately reminding everyone that he is from Alaska. Go troll somewhere else, dipshit

[@GardylooAlaska]

People stupid enough to do it deserve what they get... just burn the fuel from Homer

[@Rvalivesound]

I cannot believe what I just saw. I lived on a small boat that was kept in a wet slip in a marina. I knew a trailerable boat would be too much headache for me. I soloed a lot on it. $50 to Mike with the marine forklift and I was safely and insurancely moved from rack to slip or pump out, gas whatever, whenever he had time. I've seen some trailerable disasters, but seeing this shit has put me off it even more!

[@lachlanoneil8938]

Unless you are doing it at the beach it's easy, just take your time, 10 mins. Max

[@Star_of_the_new_moon]

Best method I've found without the risk of getting the deck and engine flood, which happened to me on my first beach retrieval was to walk the boat reverse out of the water by someone holding a line tied to the bow eye. Get it on the trailer then pull the trailer with the SUV by a rope till up to safety

[@floridabassedition9345]

Why do they keep moving the trailer lol

[@chuckeberth4370]

There are just no words!

[@WRHoward61]

the guy on the boat had a helping hand in it... you gotta time the rollers jus a inexperienced capt and beach crew

[@leaddog3132]

been years since i've been there but there used to be a ramp in the creek . you just had to go in at high tide

[@dr.strangelove7788]

Don’t get it.... why do they have to come in this way?

[@EaStxVaNxiNc]

they might as well have beached it and then winched it on there trailer the last guy left his motor on out of the water

[@larjkok1184]

EaStxVaNxiNc I thought exactly the same thing.

[@tata011670]

You guys don’t do this for a liv’n do ya?

[@srt1595]

Why don’t you guys make a break wall ,,just a saying,,

[@mikefule]

If that's 4 - 6 foot surf then the people are what, 8 - 10 feet tall?

[@artisannasitra6725]

I would have been smarter to beach the vessel "at speed" and time on top and then load with STRAPS THAT ARE NOT WORN OUT AND OLD for phucks sake.

[@lenhowl]

Have these guys ever been in a boat before?

[@jimquantic]

Serious question for boaters: what are in fact, the lessons learned, or at least what SHOULD HAVE been learned?

[@fhuber7507]

Just run the boat up the beach and ground it, (raising the outboards as you surf the last wave into the beach) hook to the bow eye fast and tow it where the surf isn't beating it to death you can winch em up on the trailer easy if you don't fill them with water first. That beach isn't going to bother the aluminum hull. Too easy to have the surf push you off line for the trailer which can have you ram a trailer bunk right through the hull.

[@snobird583]

I'm a 200 ton Captain, in Alaska, and know exactly where this is. Two of the boats are charter boats which require at least a six-pack Captains license. Both the Captains and the charter company need to have the U.S.C.G. review their credentials.

[@MegaBait1616]

i wouldn't use this "ramp" a what ramp ?

[@michaelmixon2479]

I realize this is Alaska but it seems could build a small harbor to make the launch and retrievals easier.

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

Not at deep creek. They could launch plenty of places and motor farther to fishing holes but deep creek is known to be a shitshow on rough days. I avoid it myself lol. But there’s good halibut fishing close to shore during salmon runs so its popular

[@df446]

480p?

[@deej19142]

Here's an idea....how about not using straps that break, get a cable or chain! And also why don't the trailers have indicator poles so the guy on the boat has something to shoot for. *Rolling eyes*

[@deangarvey3978]

The employees were the poles lol

[@blkrub]

it looks like a let's flood our boots comedy.

[@MikeD-lo9yb]

Challenging conditions, but both the skippers and the shore crew seem to be clueless

[@lenlaforest9341]

The Irony is that there is a protected boat launch just an hours drive south of here. Of course you'd have to motor up to fish here but that's just gas and sea sick pills. atleast your boat would survive.

[@doctoredable]

An hour by road or an hour navigating the boat?

[@lenlaforest9341]

Hour drive in a truck with plenty of fishing opportunities in between.

[@doctoredable]

@@lenlaforest9341 Likely 10 hours travel time and more than 120 gallons of fuel round trip.

[@lenlaforest9341]

Edward Dergosits I am 100% certain on the drive time and that would be out of Homer AK which is the halibut capital of the world so why risk your gear like this.

[@doctoredable]

@@lenlaforest9341 I totally agree that it is crazy to launch a boat in the surf in conditions like this. It would also be crazy to launch in Homer and motor up to Deep Creek and back to Homer for a fishing trip. I assume these guys that launch at Deep Creek intend to troll for King salmon at high tide along the beach. Crazy or stupid? The juice is not worth the squeeze.

[@donjohnson8627]

Just watched it all again and realized that there are LOTS of Darwin award winners in this video!!

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Well I never knew that was how it’s done. Learn something new every day.

[@690jamieb]

the 1st one was a joke . only thing to do there is switch off engine disconnect battery and pull the bung out and weight for the tide to go out then sort it . trying to drag a boat full of water up a beach with a tractor was stupid could burst the hull ,also nearly took someones head off with the bloody chain breaking . the boat is already soaked what was the hurry to do more damage dragging it like that ?

[@lachlanoneil8938]

And people think launching at the boat ramp is stressful

[@Cumbriahandyman]

Why is it called launch carnage?

[@caddiman1990]

Wtf? What the hell are they doing?

[@TheDrywallogist]

As much as they charge you think they have good enough rope or cable.

[@johnoneill9539]

Hilarious more please !! What a load of Alaskan cowboys 😂😂😂😂🥴

[@toocutepuppies6535]

Alaskan's don't need no stinkin' boat ramp! Did they catch anything?

[@bh9245]

Have these guys never heard of watching the sets and wait for the lull between sets? Wow

[@3Mudbone1]

Four seconds between each one.

[@felixsanchez1615]

I cant believe Alaska doesnt have a Boat Ramp.

[@swimstud5151]

I was wondering the same thing. I'd travel long and far to find a ramp before giving this a try.

[@denali9449]

No sure of the exact mileage but it is about 40 45 miles south to the Homer Harbor or north to Kasilof. If you want to spend 4 -5 hours running time and a hundred gallons of fuel, have at it.

[@andyaim4764]

The marine equivalent of the Key Stone Cops 😂😂😂😂

[@michelnadon9296]

thks , I dont look so bad now,, i guess the are no sheltered bay around

[@shouasourvang]

At least one of those was partially the tractor driver's fault but some of these skippers are clueless

[@MikeAG333]

Launch: the start of a boat's journey/ entering the water.

[@plozikou]

All that's missing is Benny Hill's music ...

[@jlespinoza70]

Good one hahahahaah

[@dk6173]

🤣🤣

[@massachusettsman1002]

This looks like a comedy show

[@lesstevens7488]

Been there watched that.....more correct retrievals than bad retrievals Makes for good KZbin .viewing and stupid remarks from the uninformed......siting in there arm chairs...

[@1oldteck]

Excellent oversight, I agree with you completely

[@louisbarningham]

HAHAHAA 3:49 HIS SOUND HE MAKES BAHAHAAAHAA

[@kelceygerman1400]

I know a few NFLDRS that live in Alaska, they're everywhere but u can always tell'm involved in this sort of stuff. I think it might be in the directions, hey ya'll "go up down over under.

[@socal0buck]

You couldn't pay me enough to do any of that. So many things could go wrong for anyone on the boats or shore. Just not worth the risk.

[@jordanhicks5131]

So, how the fuck you gonna get your boat back smarty pants?

[@paulcummings686]

What the hell did you think was going to happen?

[@vincent7520]

This is a strange thing to watch ! These men should be able : they don't seem like tourists and amateurs to me. But they sure look like it ! Particularly true of sailors at the helm : rushing like crazy to overtake the surf instead of finessing the approach with the surf is a strange thing to watch.

[@The-Real-Ando]

vincent7520 all good points, but why did the tractor move forward before they’d got the boat connected to the winch?

[@josephm40]

Unless you have attempted this, STFU

[@MN8015HQ]

Jeez, you'd think those guys had done that a couple of times before...

[@maoripighunter]

id sack the tractor driver

[@danilejes8371]

Not one god rope?

[@timwilson8152]

Not one legitimate tow strap was used in the making of this video. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@markblix6880]

Beers?

[@Blackford86]

Why would you put your boat through that

[@Darkfinn]

Who looks at these conditions and says "Yeah, let's take the boat out!"

[@guyb6665]

Men

[@denali9449]

@@guyb6665 ALASKAN men

[@jimquantic]

Totally inadequate straps/ropes. All the water weight and sand made it necessary to have brutal strength. The tractor was strong enough, but we all know the "weak link" is what it is all about. Glad nobody got hurt.

[@СтивСкотт]

Replace the tractor driver, ...IMMEDIATELY!

[@komma_klar7012]

Bullshit

[@kenwebster5053]

Pick a wave and stay on the back just behind it's crest all the way in and onto the trailer. That way you stay in control with water under you untill you come to rest on the trailer. The wave is gone, your weight is on the trailer and and the tow can take you up the beach before the next wave arrives. Simples, Sigh!

[@rafaelramos441]

Exactly, except for the tractor operator pulling the trailer away from the boat exactly when it needs to remain in place. The operator repeatedly presented the trailer, only to retract it at a crucial point, similar to pulling a chair from under a person just as they lower themselves onto thechair.

[@brotherbrovet1881]

How anyone would try that without sideguideposts on thier trailer is just being me. Must have more dollars than sense.

[@axeman6560]

Boats full of water now three times as heavy hard to tow it , following sea just run it up the beach at speed then winch it on to trailer .

[@JS-qg1ie]

Almost perfect! If they’d have got that strap on that bow and started winching asap they could’ve saved it

[@sharkk2770]

Tractor guy:: Send da boys back dar ta hook up da strap! Boys:: awe crap da strap keep breaking off! Tractor guy:: take off? Vroom

[@dalejacobson6363]

Training day !? That would suck !

[@danboren6567]

What a cluster puck!

[@tebigman65]

This is great! I am hope their insurance man doesn't watch the video!

[@MrEdlindsay]

The tractor guy took off too soon

[@bobbypossumcods1701]

5:30 like a boss