Can you SOLO LAUNCH a 7m Barcrusher, Surtees, Stabicraft FOR REAL? 

Next time lay the back seats of the car down and go through the boot and out your back door. Boom dry feet!

I solo’s my 670C & HT more often than I did with a crew. The ramp is the most important part. A good jetty and long ramp makes everything easy.

Looks cool when you by you self on ramp,but when you have several people crossing you and everyone cranky, hmm!

That boat ramp is to easy do it in the river on a basic boat ramp with no platforms and tide rushing like I do every time with my 8 meter Concorde

It's very easy to do by yourself if you can't you are hopeless l would have it done while he was thinking about 😂

Good job, nice video. A few constructive comments. First, it is worth warming the engine for a minute before driving off. The engine temperature can be less than 10 degrees on a cool morning and putting a cold engine under load without warming even for a few seconds and getting the lubricant circulating is not great. Second, you’re going to come a cropper on a ramp with thongs. Gumboots with a decent tread that you can slip out of after launching and before retrieving is a lot safer. And on a really crap ramp, a set of thigh waders. Agree about keeping dry, I hate getting wet too. Third, and this probably only applies in Qld, NT or places where there’s a big tidal range, but be wary of dock lines with loops especially on a falling tide, use a docking line and proper docking hitch that can be undone when under tension. It’s surprising just how fast the water drops in some places and you might find it necessary to cut the line if you get caught by it, especially if it’s a long walk to the car or if there’s a queue. But otherwise textbook job, your vid shows exactly how it should be done and more importantly, can be done solo.

nice job

Should have climbed through the boot... Still impressive to hough

Often launch myself 5.5m glass boat no boat catch back in deep enough till stern starts to float safety chain off up bow ladder start boat up ,up through front hatch reach down unhook winch back to helm back off tie up truck n trailer parked normaly quicker than some couples yelling at each other at the ramp haha

On my slip I regularly get wind across tide and there's always chop which isn't helped by jet skiers doing doughnuts and then there's the slip itself, the part that is underwater is virtually flat as the harbour isn't very deep, spring tide HW not too bad LW springs are a no no mid tides are doable but you will regularly see me winching my boat on to the trailer at 90 degrees to the slip either because that's what way the tide is running or the wind is blowing and man cannot beat mother nature not even on a good day! In spite of all that I'm 59 and I do it myself most of the time mainly because none of my mates no what they're doing lol, oh I winch on by hand because the slip is shallow and aint no way I'm driving a perfectly good vehicle into salt water I'm not into that so I winch it on and then tow the trailer on to the dry part of the slip and then hook her on to the tow bar, easy peesy!

Love your work Mark. I have a 670c great boat. I noticed that you had the elastic strap not further back closer to the catch ie more in the retrieve than the launch position. Am I seeing this wrong?

I regularly launch and retrieve a 6.4m 2.2 tonne glass boat on my own - without a boatcatch - we do have nice floating pontoons at the local ramp. I wear wellies in winter to keep the feet dry.

Hi great vids how do you find the Pajero towing the boat

I’ll be interested to see your comments on four blade vs three. I’ve used both extensively, but won’t comment yet other than to suggest you test everything at different rev ranges and speeds, and note fuel consumption at each test point, the results may surprise you.

Hi mate, have you ever looked at the CNC Marine boats, where you can build them yourself??? Or have someone build it for you.

Definitely was Brad. I could hear that in the other room! Glad you kept your thong dry. Critical 🤣🤣. Great clip once again 👍

Whereabouts did you launch the boat? Thanks for the video

Nice work BB very well executed. Mate got to watch those slippery ramps at low tide, one can very easily come-a-cropper when you step off the trailer onto that slippery slimly concrete, seen it happen and has very nearly happened to me on a couple of occasions.. You mention custom 4 blade?? are you having a prop specially made like its a one off by the manufacturer? Cheers

Good work, mate, nice clip

Piece of cake. I launch an 8.5m Sharkcat solo……:D

Also, in other news my lovely custom 4 blade prop is on its way! So full review coming soon. Will look at control, holeshot, fuel usage, rough water ride / bow attitude etc. Expecting very positive results....

All good and well but what you do when there’s 20 people waiting behind you and you don’t have all that time and space 😂

You made that look easy 👍🏻

Awesome vid..

Did you use 4wd when driving up the ramp?

Hi Mark, have you made any alterations to your bungee dock line to get the eye to fit over the cleat on the pontoon.

What’s the big deal? I do this all the time with my boat which is a lot bigger, heavier and more complicated. I’ve got a 24ft alu power cat and the ramp I’m using is crap compared to yours :-) You made a big mistake IMO by parking the trailer so far from the jetty/pontoon. It should be right next to it, so you can tie the boat to it and you can climb onto the boat easily…

I need that bumpers. What's the name of it

Nice flex bro

Great vid, my biggest hurdle is so many other people at the ramp! Queued up like a check out🤣 So I go for winch when busy, most people are really good & help out👍

Great video and info once again. Cheers mate!

BB Good video but most of the frustration is the newbie’s to boating holding up the ramp doing all the stuff that should be done away from the ramp. Also the morons that pull in in front of you while you’re getting the vehicle. Sorry that safety chain has to be on and definitely gumboots thongs and slippery ramps don’t mix you do it once never again.

Hey mate do you have any trouble towing with your car just asking was looking at something similar myself

What are the safety precautions you take to avoid disaster at the boat ramp? Recently I saw a photo of a ute which got dragged into the water at the botany bay boat ramp. Heart breaking to see! I am sure there are plenty of similar accidents.

A farting boat