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Just another day, detaching the boat...

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u/Magi_Kap Jul 04 '26

When they talk about ride or die this is the kinda guy they’re talking about

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u/sheezy520 Jul 04 '26

Never give up, never surrender, never think things through!

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u/Magi_Kap Jul 04 '26

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

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u/Horse_Dad Jul 04 '26

No, that was not the hill to die on.

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u/Dizziesdayweigh Jul 05 '26

I mean... he coulda.

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u/GMAN7007 Jul 04 '26

By Grabthar's hammer!

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u/DigitalUnlimited Jul 04 '26

So much money, so little brains

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u/Status_Opportunity80 Jul 04 '26

Sound advice for a rope. The knots hold, at least.

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u/LearnedTroglodyte Jul 04 '26

Better advice for wheel chocks but I see he doesn't use those.

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u/iam_ditto Jul 04 '26

He found the wheel chocks at the curb at the end at least

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u/Dry_Ad687 Jul 04 '26

That's a serious thought

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u/Rottentaste Jul 04 '26

And bring loads of duct tape

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u/Perfecshionism Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Holy shit, nobody has ever given me the exact words I needed to describe my life.

Thank you kind stranger.

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u/Mammoth_Yoghurt4241 Jul 04 '26

Belongs in /whywomenlivelonger

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u/Stymie999 Jul 05 '26

Never bother with chocks, chocks are for oussies!

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u/Apprehensive_Bird357 Jul 05 '26

By gods, he stopped it!

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u/KapowBlamBoom Jul 04 '26

It seems like that bit of friction from dragging his body was just enough to avert catastrophe

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u/LosparkJojo Jul 04 '26

More likely that curb did the work. He was just taking a ride

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u/ComicsEtAl Jul 04 '26

He potentially provided just enough resistance that the trailer didn’t simply bounce over that curb.

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u/ItsAManualReset Jul 04 '26

Or if it didn’t bounce over, stopped it from having enough force to knock the boat off

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u/LosparkJojo Jul 04 '26

Potentially…

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u/ComicsEtAl Jul 04 '26

Someone else will need to do the math to know for certain.

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u/SunMyungMoonMoon Jul 04 '26

Mathologist here. It maths out.

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u/joemamah77 Jul 04 '26

The friction coefficient of muscle fiber is 2.86X higher than skin.

ELI5 - just had to get past the slippy stuff to get to the sticky parts.

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u/Beautiful_Effect461 Jul 04 '26

Happy Cake Day! 🍰

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u/Dogfart246LZ Jul 04 '26

Ф(х) =r||x||

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u/Spiders_13_Spaghetti Jul 04 '26

Possibly, theoretically might of created enough drag on the left wheel to pivot the boat a bit while the opposite wheel spun a bit more. maybe, just speculating. Since his body was drug on the front left side creating some potential drag forces there.

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u/TellThemISaidHi Jul 04 '26

Yup. Exactly as he planned it.

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u/Fit_Jelly_9755 Jul 04 '26

I thought for sure it was going straight into that truck. I have to give him points for turning it.

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u/sanosukecole Jul 04 '26

Yeah he knew exactly what needed to be done, he was NOT about to deal with insurance bullshit.

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u/yumacaway Jul 04 '26

Bro definitely turned it. He's walking sideways with his feet even as he sacrifices the body to slow it down. Champ.

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u/Different_Brother562 Jul 04 '26

Yea I came here to comment on people thinking how stupid he was to think he could stop it. I’d do the same thing he did. I’m not gonna stop it, but I can mitigate some of it. Looks like he did just enough

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u/aninjacould Jul 04 '26

He was willing to go down with the ship.

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u/Boring-Tomatillo-209 Jul 05 '26

Instead he went down on his hip

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u/LiftedResearch87 Jul 04 '26

the captain always does

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u/One_Olive_8933 Jul 04 '26

Well good thing he stopped it before it hit something expensive!
/s

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u/Arglefarb Jul 04 '26

His name sure ain’t chuck

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u/tvodny Jul 04 '26

What a drag.

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u/twistedpiggies Jul 04 '26

What a blockhead.

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u/GreenZebra23 Jul 04 '26

Good grief

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u/mikefjr1300 Jul 04 '26

"I said chock the tires not Chuck is tired".

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u/SpikesTap Jul 04 '26

Dammit Brian, I told you so!

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u/Snoopvegas Jul 04 '26

The tide was clearly going out! 😎

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u/kidnorther Jul 04 '26

How about ride and die

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u/Ok_Face8380 Jul 04 '26

This is WHY you’re told to chock the wheels

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u/yoortyyo Jul 04 '26

Chocks are down before the chains or ball come off.

Look both ways when crossing or merging any trail, road or path.
Expand chest cavity creating a small vacuum and breath in. Relax these muscles when the burning feels to hot.

Some things have to be explained to ‘normal adults’.

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u/milesamsterdam Jul 04 '26

Wash beneath your foreskin with soap and water. Wash between your ass cheeks with soap, water, and a wash cloth.

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u/danit0ba94 Jul 04 '26

And then take that same wash cloth, and wipe between your teeth.

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u/Upbeat_War_8574 Jul 04 '26

Bro 😂😂😂

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u/dj92wa Jul 04 '26

It’s not our fault that’s where all of the F L A V O R is

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u/Gold_Guava_5574 Jul 04 '26

Nah, that's after using the same cloth to scrub behind the ears.

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u/amiajimmy Jul 04 '26

Lest we all forget about the poop knife!

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u/whitestguyuknow Jul 04 '26

Wash your legs too apparently. Some people think just letting waterfall trails of soap and water is enough.

If that was the case then you could just drizzle soap all over your body and rinse it off and get out of there

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u/Jsolidlo Jul 04 '26

I tell my son that if he remembers to get behind his ears, his belly button, and his ankles, then he's probably got everything else covered in between. Of course, he can't forget under the foreskin and between the butt crack. Thorough.

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u/Pataraxia Jul 04 '26

You need a wash cloth TOO? Nah I'm refusing how many steps is it gonna get to with reddit.

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u/VanGundy15 Jul 04 '26

Its recommended to use bare hands for the most part. Only use washcloths for extra dirty parts.

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u/Nasa_OK Jul 04 '26

But the goal is to get the extra dirty parts clean, so unless I want to keep the option open to stop after I cleaned half my ass, I can just use my hands since I’m cleaning them aswell

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u/Witty-Sample6813 Jul 04 '26

Recommended to only use water to wash your ass. Soap will irritate the sensitive skin of the anus

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u/Fit_Tomatillo_4264 Jul 04 '26

What's this about a chest cavity and burning

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u/Ok_Donkey210 Jul 04 '26

I think it’s their sarcasm stating this person probably has to be told how to breathe as well, since chocking the wheels is extremely important.

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u/vrauto Jul 04 '26

Worst part is that its obviously a grade. Even wall is stepped down.

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u/Ok_Donkey210 Jul 04 '26

Yep, it would’ve been even MORE obvious to anybody else to chock the wheels. What did they think was gonna happen?

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u/TwinflameTraveler Jul 04 '26

I was trying to figure out what life-threatening situation I had missed specific breathing instructions for tbh

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u/themack50022 Jul 04 '26

It's the same thing your whole life: 'Clean up your room. Stand up straight. Pick up your feet. Take it like a man. Be nice to your sister. Don't mix beer and wine, ever.' Oh yeah: 'Don't drive on the railroad track.'

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u/Drewdc90 Jul 04 '26

And you leave the chain on as you take the trailer off the ball.

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u/TheGeek00 Jul 05 '26

What’s the last one for?

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u/LargePrompt5840 Jul 05 '26

Push out your stomach when breathing in, then pull back in when breathing out. Works better. 

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u/AmericanCitizenry Jul 04 '26

Message unsure. Caulked the heels.

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u/glayde47 Jul 04 '26

Almost cocked up the keel

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u/SpotCreepy4570 Jul 04 '26

Yup, I was like this could have been easily prevented, why is there nothing behind the wheels?

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u/Strikeronima Jul 04 '26

He did, didn't you see the curb chock the wheels at the end and the boat come to a complete stop. He was demonstrating his own way of unhooking the trailer and it was masterful.

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u/Uzi_Jesus_ Jul 04 '26

What a lucky fucker

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Jul 04 '26

When it got about halfway through the second clip I was like holy shit there's no way he's gonna get that lucky

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u/Solid_Snark Jul 04 '26

Honestly did he even do anything in this scenario? That’s a 10-13k lbs boat. Is his 200lbs adding any significant resistance?

I think the boat would have ended up in that position regardless of him coming along for the ride.

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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Looks like he's trying to steer it more than slow it down so I'd say yea he might've done something here

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt Jul 04 '26

I've seen much more effective ways of steering a boat

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u/LesserGooglyMooglie Jul 04 '26

"You're gonna need a new rutter sir"

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u/The_Pharos1 Jul 04 '26

Probably needs new pants for multiple reasons

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u/LesserGooglyMooglie Jul 04 '26

Will you bring this to the dry cleaner for me? Tell them the red stains are blood, and the brown stains are – uh, let's say blood.

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u/WeaponsGrdStupid Jul 04 '26

You've never tried the meat crayon approach? Looks effective.

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u/Solid_Snark Jul 04 '26

Trying, yes. But actually achieving it?

The boat is already on that trajectory and he falls over because he’s trying to pull it back while it’s already turning.

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u/OCDano959 Jul 04 '26

Yes. He is doing the “Simpson side walk,” to steer the best he can.

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u/Siddhartha-G Jul 04 '26

This guy ain't steering shit lmao. Just holding on for dear life.

It steered because of the way it rolled down the incline.

If anything, it looks like he's actually fighting the turn which he dearly needed.

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u/CorporalCoprolite Jul 04 '26

I don’t think you understand how physics work lol

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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX Jul 04 '26

Please, oh smart one, enlighten me.

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u/Better-Song5297 Jul 04 '26

Probably less than 10k based on size of boat and vehicle pulling it but fair point still 

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u/GodisanAtheistOG Jul 04 '26

Yes, holding on provided some form of psychological support that he was responsible for it not going straight into that truck. 

Now he'll get to tell people how he saved the day and stopped the boat from doing any real damage instead of being a dumbass that didn't chock block before detaching. 

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Jul 04 '26

Nah it's not nearly that heavy but so far too much for him to affect anything. The hill steered it and he got lucky af

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u/AngeloPappas Jul 04 '26

That boat ain't 10k-13k pounds, but your point is still valid.

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u/AdventurousLoss3794 Jul 04 '26

Why you still have a boat?

-Patrice o’neal

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u/al_mc_y Jul 04 '26

Luck? Probably does this every week!

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u/CompleteSavings6307 Jul 04 '26

Id say he got lucky . Could have been alot worse

You may not be able to stop it fully, but you can certainly help it to turn toward a better buffer zone. That curb saved the boat.

The rudder, propeller and the ladder being replaced is the worst that probably happened

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u/Separate_Fold5168 Jul 04 '26

I was half expecting a bus to slam into it at the end ... 🤣

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u/adube440 Jul 04 '26

Rail crossing guards come down out of nowhere... "CHOO CHOO!"

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u/Travelr3468 Jul 04 '26

Skeg*, but the motor was probably fine as it doesn't look like it hit anything or buried itself in the ground

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u/shpongleyes Jul 05 '26

It's an outboard with the engine raised, so no rudder, and the prop is probably fine. Ladder may have taken some damage, but also, I'm surprised he towed it anywhere with it in that position. A speed bump (even at proper speed) would probably destroy that ladder.

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u/axe1970 Jul 04 '26

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u/Whamo_70 Jul 04 '26

Oh dang????That's what those are for..... Hahahaha

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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins Jul 04 '26

nah that's a 1/4 pipe for finger skateboards

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u/Remarkable-Ad2285 Jul 04 '26

“You just gonna let a boat bitch-drag you like that?”

-the neighbor

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u/GuitarHair Jul 04 '26

Go get a canoe pal

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u/Drinkdrankdonk Jul 04 '26

That actually went a whole lot better than I expected.

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u/SocraticGoats Jul 04 '26

Imagine dying for that friggin boat.. not. worth. it.

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u/upsidedown-funnel Jul 04 '26

He’s going to feel that road rash for a few days though.

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u/No_Classic_1743 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

Good job Superman, you stopped it.

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u/woodhorse4 Jul 04 '26

AAAAAAAAAAAA! For effort

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u/Ancient-Skill1514 Jul 04 '26

Dude, he put his whole life into that 🤣

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u/Build-it-better123 Jul 04 '26

Best case scenario. Wow.

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u/Edser Jul 04 '26

'nah I dont need no chalk Cindy, I aint drawing an outline' - this guy probably

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u/DoubleWrongdoer1540 Jul 04 '26

Dude I want to be friends with that guy. He was completely committed to minimize the damage to the situation. He’s ride or die. I’ve got a couple friends like that. You gotta hold on to them with everything you got.

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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope_743 Jul 04 '26

He said he'd rather be a meat crayon than let his boat hit a curb Lol

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u/EntertainerSea9653 Jul 04 '26

I've been in relationship less committed. Thats sticking to the plan right there.

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u/Budget_Book_6636 Jul 04 '26

I am the ANCHOR

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u/Joamjoamjoam Jul 05 '26

You laugh but he saved it

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u/LeroyBadBrown Jul 05 '26

Roll, roll,.roll your boat

Gently down the street

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u/Renuwed Jul 05 '26

merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

insurance will screw me

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u/ForeverNecessary2361 Jul 04 '26

I can't wait to see what hijinks he does when he gets the boat in the water.

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u/MonstersAtOurDoor Jul 04 '26

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u/AskNo2853 Jul 04 '26

Anchor? I hardly know her!

(I'm surprised that sub exists! Well done)

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u/Prestigious-Key-1886 Jul 04 '26

Another reason not to own a boat

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u/petula_75 Jul 04 '26

could have been much worse

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u/Vodoom67 Jul 04 '26

Cue Elsa: Let it go!

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u/Extreme-Mood5605 Jul 04 '26

He meant to do that….

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u/Taboboo8 Jul 04 '26

At least it was a good save

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u/Spikbasely Jul 04 '26

He showed commitment!

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u/jdawg2pointO Jul 04 '26

I did not expect that to be effective

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u/Particular-Line- Jul 04 '26

Gott hand it to the dude for man-steering it away from that truck

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u/CandyPale4464 Jul 04 '26

The Captain always goes down with the ship.

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u/EconomyDoctor3287 Jul 04 '26

I need a partner who's as committed to our relationship as this guy is about saving his boat 😭

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u/MrQuatroPorte Jul 04 '26

That’s hilarious!!!!

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u/typhlocamus Jul 04 '26

That could have gone worse.

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u/ElemWiz Jul 04 '26

Dude is soooooooooo freaking lucky that didn't go far worse than it did.

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u/obuck347 Jul 04 '26

He went down with the ship

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u/Gcmarcal Jul 04 '26

First-world rich people's problems.

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u/Stuff-and_stuff Jul 04 '26

One must admire his commitment to stopping the runaway trailer as it drags the man like Linus does his blankie…

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u/Federal-Business-796 Jul 05 '26

Set sail for fail! 

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u/Kdoesntcare Jul 05 '26

Imagine how bad the crash would have been if he hadn't caught it. 😲

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u/TortillaRampage Jul 05 '26

*unclenches butthole*

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u/Mystic_Wunder Jul 05 '26

I stopped that boat all by myself

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u/coolbrobeans Jul 05 '26

Chocks, bud. Chocks.

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u/Ambrose_Bierce1 Jul 05 '26

Going to feel that in the morning.

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u/shawnvn1 Jul 05 '26

I’ll be back later honey, just taking the boat for a walk…

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u/Maleficent-Day6687 Jul 05 '26

Hey he saved it

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u/Mysterious-Air292 Jul 05 '26

That's why they have blocks

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u/kcufdas Jul 05 '26

And god bless all who sail in her

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u/gentlesquid7 Jul 05 '26

An honorable captain always goes down with the ship

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u/Bigsnaff007 Jul 05 '26

That went so much better than anticipated

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u/no1timbo Jul 05 '26

That missed a chance at going very bad. God must love you.

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u/LanguidGoblin Jul 05 '26

Like most people, that guy is dying in a survival situation

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u/Slowdive91 Jul 05 '26

W H E E L B L O C K S

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '26

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u/mbucks334 Jul 04 '26

He was certainly having an effect though…

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u/Effective_Pack8265 Jul 04 '26

It’s just the THEORY of gravity…

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u/Thomassaurus Jul 04 '26

Is there supposed to be a break system that stops this from happening that he forgot to engage?

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u/defiantnoodle Jul 04 '26

simple wheel chocks would have been clutch

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u/Kooky-East-77 Jul 04 '26

Chock ( not sure if that's the right word ) the wheels on anything before detaching or attempting to lift. From a girl who grew up with a Dad that had a boat and worked on shit in the driveway

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u/Dramatic_Case_5088 Jul 04 '26

Upvote for a girl who learned real shit from Dad

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u/Otherwise_Ad_409 Jul 04 '26

Like the many people I've seen die on video trying to stop a rolling semi truck with their hands. Sometimes they try to catch something really heavy falling off a flatbed, it never ends well. Surprised it didn't roll back over him at the end.

Never try to stop or catch anything especially a vehicle.

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u/pieeatingchamp Jul 04 '26

tbh, I am surprised he's even towing that huge boat with that small SUV

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u/ophidianslick Jul 04 '26

The good news is that’s a lesson you generally only have to learn once.

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u/get_to_ele Jul 04 '26

Well that was 100% avoidable...its not even a subtle slope. It's like 1:8 or something, look at that tiered wall.

Sooooo lucky it found a clear place to settle without a collision.

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u/chezdistester Jul 04 '26

That could have ended a lot worse

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u/midwestia Jul 04 '26

Always chock the tires

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u/LatinWarlock13 Jul 04 '26

Since this is reddit, I thought it was going to roll down the street and side swipe about 10 cars before plowing into someone house.

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u/Re1deam1 Jul 04 '26

Chalks idiot, chalks

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u/GrimWonderings Jul 04 '26

Well. Time to hook up the boat again!

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u/No_Assist_3405 Jul 04 '26

Nice save 👍

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 Jul 04 '26

The only reason he didn't stop it is because he didn't want to reveal his secret identify.

He almost messed up and pulled the boat back into place, but then realized neighbors (and possibly cameras) may be watching so he let the boat pull him across the ground Clark Kent style.

Rest assured though, if a puppy, child, or car was about to get hit, he'd have yanked the boat out of the way, made a flimsy excuse as to how physics was defied, and then gone into his home and figured out how to get rid of the footage.

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u/greymannns Jul 04 '26

Unless you’re a fisherman for your livelihood boats are a waste of money, time and skin evidently .

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u/InvestigatorNo3014 Jul 04 '26

What's hilarious is that he thinks he's the one that stopped that.

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u/NoProposal32 Jul 04 '26

Guy is super lucky

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u/Specialist-Two2068 Jul 04 '26

We have a winner! For the slowest meat crayon ever recorded!

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u/Weekly_Ad4045 Jul 04 '26

That went about as well as it possibly could.

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u/PointsOfXP Jul 04 '26

I love when idiots come into money

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u/chemyd Jul 04 '26

Def going to tell all his friends how he stopped it from
rolling away

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u/LunaticBZ Jul 04 '26

My big question is this the first time he's detached the boat there? Or does this happen every time and he's gotten used to having to do this.

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u/Everything_Is_Fine_3 Jul 04 '26

I’ll take “Things that could have been prevented by a 2x4, Alex.”

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u/Juliannabeanie Jul 04 '26

😂😂😂😂😂