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I travel between Florida and Michigan and when in Florida I use a boat ramp at Punta Rassa at the foot of the causeway to Sanibel Island. Because I usually fish alone during the week when there is not much of a crowd at the ramp, I always wait till I can get the exreme left hand lane so when I back down I can release the winch hook and let the boat go back till it sits in the water between the guide posts. Then I take the line and step up onto the dock and walk the boat back away from the ramp. When coming back in I try to get the same spot so that when I get the boat on the trailer I can jump off onto the dock then walk around and hook up the winch, hoping the boat doesn't slide back into the water. I'm trying to figure a way to put a walkway on the side of the trailer so I can get off over the side instead of having to jump over to the dock. That way I can keep a hand on the boat to keep it from sliding back on the trailer. I'm 70 this year and it's getting harder to do that jump. So anyway, that's what i'm doing. Thinking.