Quote Originally Posted by iclypso View Post
Anecdotally, that is the biggest danger since you don't have the stern tie-downs on yet. That being said, I've never heard a firsthand (or even secondhand) account of a boat slipping off. It's always a friend-of-a-friend's-friend.
I have seen it in person 3 times at Oceanside. It is NOT a pretty sight. One of the times it was a friend of mine, and it was the first trip an a brand new boat. I was about ten feet away wen the boat hitthe deck and it scared the s**t out of me. Believe it or not the tow bill for the two trucks it took to get the boat back on the trailer was more than repairing the damage to the boat.