On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:13:56 -0800, JR North
wrote:

Sounds like some PWC idiot got his first boat. Ya shudda got his hull#
and reported him. No R/M for the throttle or shifter , I bet....

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It's hard to say. The apparent skipper certainly appeared old enough
to know better and the boat in question was 45+ feet. It is a virtual
certainty that there were no remote engine controls, sometimes in the
aft cockpit, but I've never seen them on the foredeck.

I could perhaps see some rationale if someone is single handing the
boat and is in open water, but not in a 200 ft wide channel with lots
of traffic.