Ramp Run

The ramp, in the right order.

44 steps for outboard, two or more aboard. Tick them off on your phone or print the sheet.

Boat
Crew
Trailer brakes
Ramp
Live well
Ballast tanks
Part of the day
  1. 01

    At home

    Hitch up

    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • Ramp Day good practice
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
  2. 02

    Staging lane

    Get ready

    • Ramp Day good practice
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • Ramp Day good practice
  3. 03

    On the ramp

    Launch

    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • Ramp Day good practice
  4. 04

    On the ramp

    Retrieve

    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
  5. 05

    Pull-out area

    Clean, drain, dry

    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • Ohio Clean Marinas, Clean Drain Dry
    • Ohio Clean Marinas, Clean Drain Dry
    • Ohio Clean Marinas, Clean Drain Dry
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
  6. 06

    On the road

    Tow it home

    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing
    • NC DEQ, Safe Trailering & Towing

Add your own steps (up to 12 per rig, for that one trailer latch or the marina's gate code) with the Ramp Pass: $1.95 a month or $19.50 a year, free during preview. Save a rig in the Rig Book first.

Sources: NC DEQ Division of Marine Fisheries, "Safe Trailering & Towing" (staff training); Ohio Clean Marinas (ODNR Division of Parks and Watercraft, Ohio Coastal Management, Ohio Sea Grant), "Clean, Drain, Dry". Steps tagged "Ramp Day good practice" are this site's own advice. Follow the posted rules at the ramp you use.

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