Launching a 1972 18' lavro with a motor well inside off, a 15 to 20 foot drop off on the upper queets 14 years ago with out a rope tied off to the trailer for back up as this barge shot off the trailer and out of me and a buddies hands as the other guy was getting his waders on.Needless to say the fiber glass bottom was really really slick and fast.The boat ended up in the middle of the river and headed down stream towards a huge log jam,about ten feet from the jam was an alder about 10" round that caught the ass end of the transom and the drifter was just sitting there perfectly out of reach,my buddy shimmies out on this 10" round alder and jumps in the boat and pulls over to the jam ties it off and said lets head into aberdeen and get some new oars as the 10' counter balanced yellow sawyers didn't float as they flew out on it's desent to the river.I said to my partner fuk the boat we only paid $800.00 for it I'm not spending $300.00 on new oars and then shimming out on the jam.Well he won.By the way that ole barge is still in the back yard.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE