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    Perfect boat beaching - GIF

    Perfect boat beaching. What are they doing with those strips of wood? They make the boat slide better up the sand?




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    The wood lifts the boat above the sand, reducing friction.

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    WOW!! The boat ramp pavement dries really FAST there!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    <video controls autoplay loop>
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    Your browser does not support the video tag.
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    This is a beach launching played in reverse.

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    Great catch!

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    This is a beach launching played in reverse.
    I did not notice that till you said that.. the whole video seem odd (alot of skill and luck if were real as is), now I know why!

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    thats run in reverse!!!!!! they are launching the boat!! silly.

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    Waves also have unnatural movement...it seems..also the boat is veryyyy new one.
    Last edited by toma; Jan 23, 2019 at 02:28 AM.

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    I hear they can land the concord in reverse too......

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    Quote Originally Posted by marksbug View Post
    I hear they can land the concord in reverse too......
    Too bad they were all crashed or scraped but one.



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