Rich, I haven't see you post in a long time. We moved from Long Island
last year and live in Arizona now. Nice to see you're still here. Seems
like rec.sport.jetski has died off. I ran into Laszlo here last week.



Jonathon, you are absolutely correct, the guy you saw was an asshole
and was rewarded with a ticket for speeding in a 5MPH zone. He deserved
it.

DSK, it's your words I'm quoting here - "there is no intrinsic love of
nature involved. Not at all." And how exactly would you know that? How
do you know what I like?

Well DSK, How many tons of fiberglass surround you when you boat? How
far are you from the water physically when you're at the helm? When
boating, you can't get much closer to nature than when you're on a
jetski. Can you take your boat into the shallow salt marshes and
checkout nature with your boat? Rich knows how much life exists in Long
Islands salt marshes. My kids have spent many hours back there
exploring, learning and respecting nature from their jetskis.
What's wrong with going fast? Your boat doesn't go fast? If it's a
power boat, did you order the smallest possible engine with it? You're
a nature lover, so have you traded in your power boat for a sail boat?
Less emissions. If you have a sail boat, do you use the least amount of
sail to maintain headway? Remember? you dont like speed.
Dave, I agree with you, jetskiers have the same rights as boaters do on
the water. They pay fees and taxes just like boaters do.

So you think jetskiers aren't courteous. Dave made some good points
about wakes. When boater's see a jetskier who's flipped his ski over
and fallen off, what do you guys do? Do you stop to see if they're ok?
Do you even slow down so they don't get hit with your wake as they are
trying to reboard a bobbing 800 lb. jetski? Meanwhile, if you saw a
boat in trouble with people in the water with PFD's on, you'd race over
to help. If they get hurt reboarding because of your wake, would you
care? Or would you go faster to kick up a bigger wake? Guess what,
because I am a jetskier as well as a boater, I slow down and have
stopped when I see people having trouble reboarding. Even though the
law states that you are responsible for your wake, do you slow down?
Anyone remember last month's ferry wake incident in Lake George? Not
many people thought that wake was funny.

Meanwhile, the outrage here is for a barking dog, not a potential
injury to a jetskier in the water. Now feel free to tell me who is
"immature", "careless", and "mindless" "dick head". (DSK's and Barb's
words, not mine)

I didn't accumilate 600 trouble free hours on my jetski by riding crazy
and abusing it. I have travelled the entire southshore of Long Island,
fron NY harbor to Montalk point with my jetski as well as my boat.
Blanket statements concerning the entire jetski community based on the
actions of the few are irresponsible and ignorant.

John