I've had a few good laughs at launches but remember one in particular. In the late 80's the hubby and I were waiting our turn at the public launch at Metropolitan Park to fish in Anchor Bay, Lake St. Clair. There were a couple of young men prepping to launch what looked to be a brand new shiny all over small Boston Whaler. The guy working the winch gave the driver the OK to pull the truck away from the ramp. The driver proceeded to take the trailer back to the parking area and didn't hear his friend screaming for him to come back to the ramp. Apparently, the drain plug was not in place and the little boat quickly filled up with water. There wasn't much anyone could do at that point to stop the boat from bottoming out in the shallows of the ramp. I calmly walked over to the almost completely submerged boat and handed the poor guy a plastic bucket. He asked me what good that would do. I told him to get into the boat, put the drain plug in from the inside and start bailng. A couple of hours later we saw them fishing in the bay so I guess everything worked out OK afterall.