THE HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL

 THE INNOCENT ARE DISARMED,  THEN GENOCIDE BEGINS

NAMAZU, FORMER JAPANESE DEMIGOD, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL COMMENTATOR

Why do you need an AR 15? Why does anyone need to sit in the front of the bus? Rights don't depend on need.

Update 11/9/2016 with the election of Donald Trump let us be the first to predict a return to normal gun and ammunition prices in the next few weeks with the Hillary gun grabbing plans left in the dirt. 

Update 12/7/2017: Well it looks like we didn't exactly call that one back in November. Research indicates that gun and ammunition sales are up, prices are still high, but not rising dramatically. The really bad news is that liberals now account for the uptick in sales. Apparently, the some Dims feel they are reaching the point where the "Deplorables" will have to be forced to conform to the liberal agenda. Unfortunately, for the liberals, gun training purchased by them doesn't appear to match the uptick in gun ownership. "Deplorables" still have the largest number of trained gun owners either as military veterans, or formal civilian ownership related training, or auxiliary or reserve police service. "Deplorables" also own the most guns, especially guns of real military utility. Indeed there are nearly 7,000 private cannon owners in the US, mostly smooth bore antique or antique reproductions. These cannon owners actually have gunnery competetions with live ammunition as well as participating in historic battle reenactments. So the "Dims" seem to want to force conformity on the "Deplorables" with their small number of Saturday Night Specials in the hands of some untrained true believers, while the "Deplorables" have no interest in civil war but have thousands of times more guns, more trained gunners, more militarily usful guns, and even some potential artillary units. If the "Dims" go all 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on the "Deplorables" the over population of mentally deranged liberals may be resolved rather quickly; and peace will descend upon our blighted nation. 

Update 3/7/2020: New Links and illustrations

Link to Old Glory Gunsmith for related post http://oldglorygunsmith.blogspot.com/2014/12/gun-control-should-not-be-health-issue.html

Greetings Bipeds! 

  As many of you know I'm 3,000 years old and have been a keen observer of human, including societal behavior, for that entire time. To say the least I bring an acute sense of history. That sense of history informs me as I observe and comment on current human activity. I am utterly convinced that America is the world's last great hope. If America falls, there is no champion of liberty in the world. America is on the verge of collapse and take over by the endorsed presidential candidate of the American Communist Party.  . If for some strange reason you are unaware that Hillary Clinton is the proxy candidate of the American Communist party please click on this link  http://americanadmiraltybooks.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-is-endorsed-candidate-of.html. Americans,though vital to the continuation and spread of human liberty and security in the world, are terribly poor students of history. This is the only reason I can think of to explain why so many American voters have fallen for the siren song of the Communist favored candidate.  However, only some one who has been living under a rock wouldn't know that Hillary is a strong advocate of strict gun control, even the repeal of the second amendment.  Why are the socialists and communists such strong advocates of gun control?  Well, I know better than to publish a long historical narrative on gun control history. Instead below is a link to a video on the history of gun control. Please view it and heed. Please don't commit personal and societal suicide by voting for Hillary. Keep also in mind that not voting isn't an option as it amounts to a victory by the Communists. Voting for a third party candidate amounts to a vote for the Communists.  The one opponent of the Communist's choice, must not only achieve a majority of the popular vote to achieve an Electoral College victory, he must win by a large enough margin to overcome the sure and certain voter fraud already being set up by the Democratic Party elite.  If you have to, hold your nose and vote for Trump, this is your last chance before you are disarmed, eliminating what your forefathers designed to be your true last chance. Below is the link to the video on the global history of gun control. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVs9psi_G5k

Don't become a victim. Vote to keep your guns and ultimately your freedom. Vote against Communism, Vote against Hillary, the chosen, preferred candidate of the American Communist party. 

SEE ALSO: WILL US SOLDIERS FIRE ON US CITIZENS RESISTING THE SURRENDER OF THEIR FIREARMS?  

AUTOMATIC BOAT PLUG?

INSTALLING AND REMOVING BOAT PLUGS AT THE PROPER TIME IS A VITAL PART OF TRAILER-ABLE BOAT LAUNCHING AND RECOVERY.

IMAGE STILL CAPTURE FROM YOU TUBE

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Fail to install the boat "scupper" or "bilge" plug before launching from the trailer and you wind up taking on water very quickly like the folks illustrated above. Forget to remove the plugs upon retrieval of your boat from the water and it can become unstable on the trailer, or cause mold to form in the bilge over time. We have always taught that the boat plug belongs on your launch and retrieval check lists.
 Fail to pay attention to this simple device and in the proper order and you invite disaster. We still believe in the intrinsic safety of simplicity. Use a launch and retrieval check off list, make sure the boat plug is on it. However many people find that too complex and for years an "automatic" solution has been sought. Such "automatic boat plugs are out there, none are perfect. One man has a crowd funding campaign going for an improved version. If you would lik eto learn more and see a brief video on the automatic boat plug options check out this crowd funding appeal. Click on the URL below:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boating/comments/53816v/automatic_boat_plug_kickstarter_need_800_backers/?st=it7ldzkr&sh=e8228645#538768

LEST WE FORGET HILLARY WAS THE ENDORSED CANDIDATE OF THE COMMUNISTS PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES

HILLARY CLINTON FACED NO OPPOSITION FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY WHICH DID NOT FIELD A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE REASON WAS THAT HILLARY WAS THE FAVORED CANDIDATE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY USA, ENDORSED BY THE PARTY LEADERSHIP IF NOT BY FORMAL RESOLUTION. SOME DEBATE JUST WHAT CONSTITUTES A "FORMAL ENDORSEMENT". HILLARY DIDN'T DENY THAT SHE WAS FAVORED BY THE PARTY BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO ANY RELATED ACCUSATIONS BECAUSE THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA NEVER MENTIONED IT, NOR APPARENTLY HAD TRUMP NOTICED IT. YET TRUMP'S VARIOUS UNSOLICITED AND EVEN REJECTED ENDORSEMENTS HAVE BEEN PLAYED UP BY THE MSM .  EVEN THE INFORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY SHOULD TELL ANY AMERICAN WITH COMMON SENSE NOT TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATE. BELOW ARE LINKS TO VARIOUS SITES INCLUDING COMMUNISTS SITES EXPLAINING THE "ENDORSEMENT".

http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/communist-party-unites-behind-hillary/

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2016/09/03/communist-party-usa-endorses-hillary-media-yawns

http://www.cpusa.org/article/unity-can-defeat-trump-new-dangers-and-new-opportunities/

http://drrichswier.com/2016/08/08/communist-party-usa-nominates-hillary-to-be-the-first-communist-president-of-the-usa/

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/23834-communist-party-goes-all-in-for-hillary

MARITIME HISTORY LECTURES

OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ON LINE VIDEO MARITIME HISTORY COURSE

First we introduce you to a historian who makes a clear point that world history is maritime history.

Photo by Nellie Large
Lincoln Paine is the author of five books and more than fifty articles, reviews, and lectures on maritime history. His books include the award-winning The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World (Knopf, 2013), Down East: A Maritime History of Maine . The photo above is a capture from his personal site.which we link you to below:

http://lincolnpaine.com/about-the-author/

His first lecture is titled THE SEA AND CIVILIZATION.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBtNgo5xYqM

In his second lecture he links MARITIME HISTORY AND GLOBAL HUMAN ECOLOGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3iTgSIOea0


All Maritime History Is Not Western:

Chinese sailors at Pearl Harbor, the place their government has publicly announced that they would drive us back to. (Official U.S. Navy Photo)

Chinese Maritime History - English Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkPrOt_DGvg

Controversial: 1421 Chinese Discover America Before Europeans "The Log Books Of The Star Ships'   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yK-9hxk5HY

MORE TO COME

TRUMP WON BIG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE ANTICIPATED VOTER FRAUD

Barack Obama Voter Fraud 2012 

Illustration from the Barack Obama Voter Fraud 2012 Website: http://obamavoterfraud.blogspot.com/

 We have very little doubt that there was massive Democratic voter fraud in 2012 and that while there was something of a movement at the grassroots level to try to get it corrected, it was too little too late. Once in office the Obama administration certainly wasn't going to do anything to correct the situation and the main stream media quickly buried the issue. Now with the 2016 presidential election past and the Democrats alleging everything from voter fraud to Russian interference to explain their loss it seems a good time to revisit the voter fraud issue. Its also time for the  Republican party to make plans to insure that their future candidates get a fair count. Democratic voter fraud must be anticipated since it is more probably than not something that occurred in the 2012 presidential election and has never been corrected. Our own Namazu posted the following examples from his research in an earlier post. Here we want to draw our readers to other sources and other incidents as well. We don't have the resources of the Government or the mainstream media, neither of which will make any attempt to "prove", much less correct the appearance of massive Democratic voter fraud. But in our opinion any reasonable person who looks at even a fraction of the evidence and indicators would have to conclude that Democratic Voter Fraud in the last Presidential election was "more probable than not". That is a sufficient level of proof to win a civil case and ample reason for the Trump administration and the Republican party to take extra and studiously efficient precautions against a repeat of this sorry history. Of all the facts that we find incriminating the simplest, most undeniable, fact is this:

OBAMA WON IN EVERY STATE WITHOUT A VOTER PICTURE ID REQUIREMENT. HE LOST IN EVERY STATE THAT HAD A VOTER PICTURE ID REQUIREMENT. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS HISTORICALLY STOOD FOURSQUARE AGAINST VOTER ID REQUIREMENTS. 

 Here are the observations from Namazu's earlier post:

1. In the Obama / Romney contest in key parts of the Greater Philadelphia area, Obama received 100% of the vote , without a single recorded vote for Romney, a mathematical and statistical near impossibility. 

2. In 21 voting districts in Wood County, Ohio Obama received 100% of the vote after Republican poll monitors were forcefully and illegally removed. Not a single vote was recorded for Romney, again a mathematical and statistical near impossibility.

3. In the same Wood county 106,258 voted in a county with only 98,213 eligible registered voters. 

4. In St. Lucie County, Florida there were 175,574 registered voters but 247,713 votes were cast.

5. Palm Beach County , Florida had a 141% voter turnout.

6. In one Ohio county , Obama won by 108% of the total number of eligible voters.

7. Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID to vote and lost in every state that did.

Here are some more observations from various sources: 

Evidence of massive Obama voter fraud in Colorado! Ten counties show 104% to 140% turnout! (CO)

Fraud: Some told they already voted, others brag about voting multiple times

Philly Polling Stations Where GOP Inspectors Were Kicked Out Had 90% Voter Turnout, 99% Voted For Obama… (PA) (Black Panthers kicked out the GOP observers and stood guard at the polling stations .)

Vote fraud alert: One out of five registered Ohio voters is bogus (OH)

via @BeachCity55 on Twitter: Senior parents in Florida told not to put their ballots through their reader but in a box. Senior votes in FL not counted? (FL)

"You have to vote for Dems" NYC poll worker tells GOP Senate candidate #Electioneering (NY)

At least 70,000 report voting problems, mostly in swing states

Obama's pattern of disenfranchisement of the military vote

Pundit Press: What Luck! Obama Won Dozens of Cleveland Districts with 100% of the Vote (OH)

"Did this Dirty Trick Get Obama Re-Elected?"

Vote Fraud Expert: Romney Votes Not Counted in Key States

Ohio Residents Told They Already Voted When They Showed Up At the Polls Tuesday (OH)

Two Ohio Election Judges Removed for Allowing Unregistered Voters to Cast Ballots (OH)

Democrat Admits He's Voted FOUR Times Already

Programmer Testifies About Rigging Elections With Vote Counting 

 After Trump won the Electoral College vote and claimed the Presidency the Democrats immediately challenged the election and demanded several state recounts. The recounts may have been indicative of Democratic Party voter fraud because each recount actually turned up a larger majority for Trump. The Democrats made a big issue of supposedly Hillary "winning the popular vote:" However, if one subtracts the California vote, a state she did carry, she loses the "popular vote" by a considerable margin. Why eliminate the California vote? You may have noticed that the Hillary forces did not ask for a recount there or any other investigation that would touch on the California vote. You see California issues driver's licenses without demanding proof of citizenship and yet has a "motor voter law". So in a state with a porous border with Mexico , an abundance of "sanctuary cities", and doubtless tens of thousands of illegal aliens allowed to vote, certainly the Democrats don't want to see any bright white lights turned on the California electorate. There must be an elimination of "motor voter laws in states" which do not require proof of citizenship for the issuance of driver's licenses. In any state where there has been serious evidence of voter fraud in the last decade such as California, Florida, and Ohio picture ID and proof of citizenship should be required by Federal official poll watchers in all Federal elections until those states address their issues of lax voter fraud prevention. 

Help this go viral. America needs to know how pervasive voter fraud was in the 2012 election, and that nothing has been done about it since. Look at the mainstream media polls before the 2016 Presidential election. Depending on which polls you believed at the time (MSM Clinton ahead by 1 to 2 %, others ,Trump ahead by as much as 4%, Political T shirt and hat sales 70% for Trump merchandise and about 28% for Clinton. Remember the popular vote doesn't elect a president, the Electoral College does. Win in certain key states and a candidate who lost the popular vote by a small margin can take office. 

The Democrats may well have stolen Ohio, Florida, and Massachusetts, and possibly Colorado in 2012. We may never know what they stole in 2016 because Trump won by a big enough margin to overcome the effect of Democratic voter fraud. Is it unreasonable to be prepared to contest these states legally, monitor their poles closely before the next Federal Elections?  Who will do this if not the Trump Administration and the Republican party? The immediate past administration more probably than not was run by the beneficiaries of the last fraud.  

Then there is the whinny Democrats lament that Russia and not "whistle blowers" released the Hillary E-mails? Stop and think a minute. It was the contents stupid! If she had not written damaging things the release by anyone wouldn't have mattered. The contents of those E-mails and the use of unclassified routing for classified material is what was so damaging to her reputation as a potential Commander in Chief. No matter who exposed them, she wrote them. Get over it leftards! And, go ahead and continue buying guns, we pragmatists, constitutionalists, and conservatives ( and other "deplorables") fully support your 2nd amendment rights. But if you think that you're going to use those arms to force your globalist, socialist, agnostic agenda on us....remember we were armed first, have a much larger proportion of military veterans among us, are better trained, and out number you.  Really, get over it leftards, you've already embarrassed your selves before all the decent tax paying reasonable people,  don't go getting your butts shot to ribbons. We've lost elections to your factions based on massive voter fraud and never threatened you. Learn to play the game or get off the playing field of democracy.  

SHADES OF MOBY DICK, COMPACT MODELS , WHITE KILLER WHALES

SCREEN CAPTURE FROM LINKED ARTICLE: Photo by Olga Fliatova, Far East Russia Orca Project

 We've all heard of MOBY DICK the over sized and aggressive white whale of Herman Melville's novel MOBY DICK. A little research  reveals to the interested reader that the novel was actually based on a real incident involving the American whale ship ESSEX . The ESSEX was home ported in Nantucket , Massachusetts and was launched in 1799. In 1820 the ship was attacked by a sperm whale in the Pacific and sunk. The survivors were at sea 95 days before being rescued and were forced into cannibalism.The true life account of the crew's story as told by First Mate Owen Chase and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson inspired the novel MOBY DICK by Herman Melville: (See ESSEX For Additional Information). There wasn't a lot of scientific information about Sperm Whales around in in 1820, so while we can be pretty sure that white whales existed in very small proportion to any whale population we really don't know how rare the phenomena was. We have much better data on Orcas or "Killer Whales", much smaller distant cousins of the Moby dick's species. We learned recently in an article by Colin Barras writing in NEW SCIENTIST that white Orcas are now appearing in increased numbers and some scientists think that this may be sign og stress on the species.

 TO READ COLIN BARRAS FULL ARTICLE CLICK ON NEW SCIENTIST    

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2105254-white-killer-whales-were-legend-now-they-are-everywhere/#.V9GkYcZIK8w.twitter

 

BEGINNER FLY FISHING TRAINING ON LINE HELP

SIX WEEK ON LINE WEB COURSE: I've learned from experience that fly fishing can be self taught, but very frustrating. You really can't get it out of a book. But with video and practice the process can be sped up. Anni is a regular follower of mine on G mail. This is not a paid advertisement for us, this is a recommendation. Wannabe flyfisher folk try Anni's course get on the water faster and more effectively! -Johnas Here is Anni's web site: http://kajanaclub.com/flyschoolhttp://kajanaclub.com/flyschool

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And my super favorite thing is to get new people to fall for fly fishing.

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HERO RATS? YEP, THESE OVER SIZED RATS SNIFF OUT LAND MINES SAVING HUMAN LIVES

GOOD RATS ?

American Admiralty Books Safety & Privacy Policies   EU VISITORS WARNING POSSIBLE COOKIES AHEAD

Image: Screen Capture from linked in YOUTUBE video.

All over the world there are abandoned mine fields with tons of unexploded ordinance. It is believed based on studies in 2013 that on average there are about nine abandoned mine deaths every day around the world. Men and dogs are good at detecting and removing land mines but at great risk to the individuals. It only takes about 11 pounds to set off the typical land mine. A really big rat is often under two pounds. Rats , like dogs have a highly developed sense of smell and they are trainable. It had to happen, introducing  THE HERO RATS. 

Usually men in body armor with metal detectors clear mine fields. unfortunately most anything metal can set off these metal detectors and each "ping" has to be investigated. Rats are faster.  Watch any or all of these amazing videos for more information and some amazing scenes. No rates were killed in making these videos and indeed as of today's date no rats have been killed in the line of duty. Rats are retired as soon as they lose interest in mine hunting and get fed a prime rat diet for the rest of their somewhat short little rat lives. Due to their light body weight they don't really face imminent accidental death from exploding mines. Now a fox or a cat might pounce on them at work but they are watched over carefully by at least one human rat body guard. You have to see it to believe it, links to the videos are below: 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0swUc492hU

http://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000003635415/the-mine-sniffing-rats-of-africa.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151006-giant-rats-landmines-cambodia-science-animals/

THE GREAT NAMAZU ON CHANGE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IN THE TROPICS

NAMAZU, RETIRED JAPANESE DEMIGOD AND DEAN OF THE NAMAZU SCHOOL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Greetings Bipeds!

 On the Gulf Coast we are attuned to tropical weather and the influence of the tropics on weather, After all, we are much closer to the Tropic of Cancer, than we are to the Washington DC home of professional climate alarmists. The Stratosphere is a portion of the atmosphere that extends from nearly 10 to about 30 miles above the surface of the earth. In that upper part of the atmosphere there doesn't seem to be much in the way of "weather" as we earth bound creatures usually think of it. Near the bottom of the Stratosphere the sky is always a cold blue; clouds , if any are below this level. Near the upper edge you may be able to see the stars in day time, you would be on "the edge of space". But don't let the visually tranquil conditions fool you, the Stratosphere is a weather maker.

"Normally", a word pregnant with meaning in meteorological discussions, the Stratosphere's "winds" in the tropics circulate Earth in alternating easterly and westerly directions over "typically" ( another word pregnant with meaning) two year periods. The westerly stratospheric winds develop at the upper altitudes of the stratospheric range,  and gradually descend to the lower levels, literally swapping places with the easterly winds. This pattern has been observed to repeat on a rather regular schedule about every 28 months since we first began studying the tropical Stratosphere with weather balloons in 1953. So for 63 years things have worked out with these tropical alternating upper atmosphere winds pretty much the same, year after year for the last 63 years.

 However professional climate alarmist became even more alarmed than usual when in late 2015 when the apparent dance of the upper tropical winds changed briefly. As Christmas loomed around the beltway, word came that the "Quasi-biennial oscillation" (AKA tropical upper atmosphere wind swap) was off its feed. Winds from the west were supposed to be making their "scheduled" descent. The "norm" ( yet another pregnant term) held that weaker easterly upper winds should replace the westerlies. Instead the westerlies seemed to move upward and block the descent of the easterlies. This apparently "new pattern", held for about six months and then the observed pattern from the last 63 years of observations reestablished itself. We know of no known measurable effect in the lower atmosphere where bipeds and catfish live .  Basically it all seems like a little burp, probably something of a minor adjustment that occurs from time to time. In terms of any earth science from meteorology to geology 63 years of recorded observations is the blink of an eye. Was the burp a once in a century, once in 500 years, once in a thousand year event, or as the alarmists would have you believe yet another sign of "man caused rapid.climate change". 

 The truth is that no one knows and can't know for many years. Don't lose any sleep over it my biped friends. Listen to your consulting catfish and ignore alarmist biped pseudo-scientists who seem to be "selling" vice investigating "climate change". Consider that recently this crowd proposed that any one publicly expressing skepticism about eminent man caused climate change be jailed.  Well, don't we object to Islam for refusing to consider or respect any other religion, and authorizing the murder of apostates (those recognized as Muslim who deny the more militant Islamic pronouncements) ?  Can a position possibly be "scientific" or accurate if it depends on the power of the state to jail people to suppress discussion? My cousin Jack, the giant catfish of the Cajuns still hasn't got the Gulf of Mexico weather totally figured out after 3,000 years of observation. But then those beltway bandit weather consultants hired by the globalist who want to send your carbon credits and jobs to other nations don't know Jack.

Your Pal,
Namazu

BOATS ON TRAILERS, EFFICIENT LAUNCHING

This boat found for sale at LAYMAN BOAT WORKS 

When I was a kid our family had a small motor boat that we moved about on occasion on a trailer. I wasn't old enough to drive the car, but as soon as I finished a Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety course my Dad would use me as shuttle pilot. The boat wasn't large enough to carry my parents and five siblings plus guests adults and rug rats alike from our summer cottage to my Dad's favorite reachable only by boat beach. So after launching the boat I was the designated pilot for multiple short ferry runs. Once everyone was on the beach Dad became the water sking pilot. Once in the water the boat usually remained in the water for weeks. This was good news for boat operational skills development, but with only a few launches week and never operating the towing vehicle I never developed real trailer skills as a kid..

When I was older and working an aids to navigation maintenance route for the Coast Guard, I had a government issued boat on a trailer to reach my assigned aids. Carrying the boat by trailer to remote launch ramps.launching , navigating my assigned rounds and picking up the boat was a daily task. Learning was pretty much self taught and self paced and didn't happen over night. After I left naval, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine Service I avoided boats on trailers. My first personal boat was kept in a slip and wouldn't fit on a conventional boat trailer. Truth be told however, once you get the hang of it "trailing" a boat isn't that difficult. More over a boat and trailer combination is the boating preference of the majority of recreational boat owners. Don't pass on the recreational boating experience because "trailing" seems like a hassle. For that first boat allow yourself a learning curve. While you can't master "trailing " boat launching skills out of a book, there are some tips that can save you time, effort, discomfort, and expense. Here are some points I learned along the way.

LOTS OF NEAT ANTIQUE MOTOR BOATS FOR SALE AT LYMAN BOAT WORKS 

1. Backing A Trailer Is A Bit Like Learning To Use A Tiller. It really doesn't go where you think you are steering it. The basic tendency is for the trailer to go in the opposite direction of where you are turning the wheel. If you have no experience with this, "trailer up" and go to a large empty parking lot, set up a couple of traffic cones to represent the ramp and practice backing your trailer and boat onto the ramp. Maybe try this; grip the tow vehicle's wheel by the bottom with one hand. In reverse the trailer should go in the same direction as your hand. It's not magic however, it takes a while to develop "the knack".   Master this skill while no one else is waiting in line at the launch ramp and save your self a lot of embarrassment, your fellow boaters a lot of waiting, definitely avoid some harsh verbal exchanges, and possibly a fist fight or fatal, or injurious episode of "ramp rage".


2. Apply For A U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Courtesy Inspection At Your Home, Before That First Trip To The Ramp Each Season. You can arrange a courtesy inspection at your home with your boat on its trailer through your local Auxiliary flotilla. Auxiliary inspectors do not issue citations for missing or sub-par equipment, they simply assist you in assuring that your boat's equipment meets minimum regulatory and some Auxiliary recommended standards. If you "fail" such an inspection they will return if asked to reinspect after you have made corrections. Once you pass you are issued a courtesy inspection sticker. When the regular Coast Guard inspectors show up at the ramp, and very often state boating safety authorities as well, they usually waive off those boats with a valid and current courtesy inspection sticker. You avoid the hassle and embarrassment of getting launched and underway only to be "caught" a short time later and find your self back at the launch ramp for a mandatory haul out, your boating day over and maybe a citation in hand.


3. Load Your Boat Before Reaching The Ramp of Everything Except The Passengers: You don't want all of the other boaters waiting to use the launch ramp, waiting on you to carry your play things, fishing gear, safety equipment, etc. from car to boat. Launch ramp manners are simple; launch boat, embark passengers, get car and boat out of the way ASAP.


4. Back Down The Ramp Fully Prepared To Launch: Very Important, Is Your Boat's Drain Plug In and Secure? Typically outboard motor boats have a hole near the bottom all the way to the stern with a plug that you pull out after retrieval from the water to let water that has accumulated from over spray in the bottom out. That plug had better be in when you launch or upon launching your boat starts taking on water and could possibly sink. If it sinks you  have basically taken the ramp out of service for the better part of a day. don't expect any empathy from your fellow boaters behind you in the launch ramp line. Remove all the straps that secure the boat to the trailer known as "tie downs", otherwise you will be wading into the water to do this and taking up a bunch of unnecessary time on the ramp. Have a line attached to the boat and someone tending it so that it doesn't float off the trailer and simply float away sending you swimming after it. Have your fenders deployed on the side where you will bring the boat into the launch ramp pier or dock to embark your passengers. Fail to do any of these steps and you are in for some embarrassment at the least, and a lost boat at the worst, and as always at risk of generating serious ill will among your ramp mates and possibly a fatal incident of ramp rage. Do all this stuff in the parking lot before getting in the launch line.

5. Finally Before Getting In The Launch Line Perform A Walk Around Inspection, Use This As A Check List If Necessary. Don't Get In Line If Not Ready To Launch. Remember so far we still have a second amendment, some of your more irritable launch ramp mates may be armed and drinking. 

6. Before Getting In The Launch Line, Visually Inspect The Ramp Itself: Is the water level too high or low to launch? Is a current that would tend to make launching difficult present? Any hazards to your tires visible in the water? On the ramp with the trailer tires submerged is not the time to make the final launch / don't launch decision. Inspect the dock or pier if there is one along side the ramp. Is it safe to walk on, anything there that could damage your boat? 

7. Disconnect your trailer lights and safety chain before approaching the ramp. No sense shorting out your trailer lights, or losing the lock to your safety chain in the water and again, there is the time element in these necessary steps, when the trailer in the water is not the time to do these things

8. Don't Rush: Doing all of the prep items above is a bit time consuming, your trailer wheel bearings will appreciate the cooling off period from the trip to the ramp. Fail to let your bearings cool and they could seize up on you making it very difficult and time consuming to get your trailer out of the water. Avoid Ramp rage, be ready before approaching the water. Maintain the lubrication of your trailer wheel bearings. Simply washing off your wheels after every launch with fresh water and possibly soap is not enough. Depending on manufacturer's advice it is usually a good idea to grease the wheel bearings after every water immersion. Don't let your car or truck's rear tires go in the water. If you must immerse your rear tires frankly such a launch ramp is not suitable for your rig. You will be at risk of damage to both vehicle and boat.

9. Communicate ! If you have guests / passengers let them know about your launch routine. In inspecting the ramp watch others and ask questions if you are unsure about any aspect of the ramp. Having your vehicle and boat and trailer broken down and obstructing the ramp doesn't earn sympathetic friends, it ignites ramp rage. 

10. Once At The Upper Edge Of The Launch Ramp, Back Down Slowly. Remember the tie downs are off, don't let the combination of gravity and a sudden stop hurl your boat on the ramp before reaching the water. 

11. Once The Boat Is Afloat, Give It Time To Float Clear Of The Trailer Before Coming Ahead With Your Vehicle To Clear The Ramp. 

12. To  Really Look Like A  Ramp Pro Try To Train Some "Launch Coxswains", People you can trust to operate your boat to motor out of the launch area and dock to pick up you and your other guests. This is deeply appreciated by your launch mates as they don't have to wait for you to park your vehicle and return to finish the process and clear the water way at the bottom of the ramp. 

RAMP RAGE IS A TERRIBLE THING TO ENCOUNTER  AVOID IT BY MASTERING THESE TIPS WHICH INCORPORATE EXCRUCIATINGLY CORRECT RAMP ETIQUETTE

Image from TRAVELERS (Insurance Co. Web Site) 

MORE BOAT AND TRAILER TIPS AT TRAVELERS

http://www.lymanboat.com/brokerage.php

https://www.travelers.com/resources/boating/how-to-trailer-tow-and-launch-your-boat-safely.aspx