years ago we used to take my boat out on lake Jackson in Tallahassee. My little girl was around 12. She made me take her to the lake on a weekday evening so she could practice loading, unloading,and backing the trailer. We pulled in one sunday evening after a great day of water skiing, there were 20 or so boats waiting in line to take out, I asked her if she wanted the boat or the truck, she chose the boat. as I was backing the trailer in I could hear the men in the other boats complaining about the blonde,little girl and how long it was going to take. I just smiled. as I got half way down the ramp I heard my searays jet drive fire up, as my tail lights touched the water I saw her final line up, as the fenders touched the water,and she could see the line she drew the previous week, she gassed it, set it perfectly on the bunks, walked up and snapped the saftey clip, whistled and pointed up the hill. as we pulled into the tie down area I heard all the women, in boats, on the shore and especialy on the deck of the bar overlooking the landing cheering and hollering. It was funny. We spent the next hour or so on the deck watching as everyone else tried to load up. It really is a shame to have 8 hours of a great boat day ruined in the last few minutes with people screaming at each other about backing the trailer or running the boat onto the concrete. 10 years later we still enjoy the looks she gets when she either backs my crew cab 4x4 2500 diesel or when she pops the boat up and onto the bunks.
sorry that was so long,, but great memories.
