Got to get one of these

jkidd · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:38 pm Post subject: Got to get one of these

Looks handy for a single handed launcher.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ejwRj9t1Q

Aurelia · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:54 pm Post subject:

Great commercial,

We love ours without the auto-stow feature. Unfortunately, that feature would interfere with the bow railing even if we wanted it. The GPS integrated wireless control is the real icing on the cake.

http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?p=264831&sid=210e5cde00767c2531e8c6cfd376b686

And in the video, I would not trust the range of the remote with the real possibility of losing control and setting the boat adrift. We have had great reliability of the control provided during three years of use but someone better be on our boat if there is not as least one line fixed to something.

Greg

hardee · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:10 am Post subject:

Thanks for the idea Jody, but I',, be spending my $$ on something else I think.

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

nordicstallion · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:23 am Post subject:

The pinnacle of cool!! Thanks for the video!

nordicstallion · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:23 am Post subject:

The pinnacle of cool!! Thanks for the video!

smckean (Tosca) · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:44 pm Post subject:

Not for me, I think.

I typically launch my CD25 single handed. The ramp has nasty rocks just a half boat length to port, currents that run perhaps to 2 kts, winds that can be anywhere from 10-20 kts (I don't launch in stronger winds). Nope, I want to be on the boat. I just tie to a mooring buoy, and row the dinghy back in to put the trailer away. I need help (my wife Wink

) to drive the trailer away if the ramp is busy.

Kushtaka · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject:

It's a nice idea, but Murphy's Law would punish me severely for ever launching my boat like that.

localboy · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:35 pm Post subject:

Always amazed me that guys would spend $100K to catch a small, fresh water fish that they are not even going to eat. Bass fishing. I don't get it.

hardee · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:41 pm Post subject:

Mark

Me either. I think it isn't the fish, that is just an excuse to go crazy fast on the water Rolling Eyes

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

jkidd · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:38 pm Post subject:

I have a friend who fishes the Bass tournaments. He gets 2 $60,000 boats given to him per year with motors and electronics that he can sell after using them for 6 months. He gets around $30,000 per boat when he sells then at the end. His truck is given to him by a sponsor it isn't worth much at the end because he will put 200,000 miles on it in a year. His house is given to him rent free every year. He can make $100,000 to $200,000 per year in winnings. All that and he makes money off of his television show too. It's a serious business and he puts all the fish back in the lake. He makes a very good living going fast and throwing the fish back. I guess you just have to like what you do.

jack keifer · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:24 am Post subject:

Reading the diverse comments on this subject is one of the elements that makes this website fun. I must say that I usually launch and retrive the C-Squirt single handed without the benefit of wireless remotes and electric motors. Guess it all boils down to how you allocate your assets. I think I'll continue to allocate some of mine to lures, beer and gas.
Jack

olsurfdog · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:41 pm Post subject:

It is very cool and the ad is cool, BUT--as Kushtaka said: Murphy will love it!!! Very cool when it works, very uncool when it doesn't and you've got to strip, get into wretchedly cold water and try to chase down a boat that is drifting down wind faster than you can swim! Maybe I'm just not a gambler! I, too,like the "old school" feel of that painter in my hand. If pressed I can screw up on my own anyway!

MilesandMiles · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 1:21 am Post subject:

Pat Anderson · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:57 am Post subject:

Cool yes, but...if man made it, it WILL break/malfunction/fail. So I prefer less risky ways of launching the boat!