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Jet Ski overheating problem
Fortunately, these days I live in a place where jetskis are banned.
Long may it stay that way. Guess why they got banned? Noisy offensive buzzing insects driven by morons who broke every rule in the book Okay, fine, but do me a favor, suppose this hypothetically: What if, in recognition of existing problems, and in an effort to get into your town's good graces, and most importantly, to be allowed onto your beautiful waterways (where we pay the same taxes to support launch ramps and other boating-related services as do other boaters), the pwc-owning community and industry (not that powerful a lobbying bloc, there are only four manufacturers), took certain steps, for instance.... Suppose they/we actively and successfully supported and promoted mandatory education and licensing requirements for pwc operators, and as a result, pwc-related accident and injury statistics dropped for multiple years in a row, as has happened in states where such laws have been enacted over the past five or six years, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut; and also, young or new pwc owners and operators were, increasingly, demonstrably and enforceably, at least acquainted with the basics of boating safety, courtesy and regulations before they could legally operate a vehicle...(unlike with any other kind of boats, I might add parenthetically) Now, suppose further, bear with me here, that in addition, for more than five years, the entire industry had been on a continuous and highly effective campaign to make their 'skis dramatically quieter, cleaner-running, vastly more fuel-efficient and with provably far-reduced pollution and impact on wildlife and the environment (in the end comparing at the very least favorably in those areas with pretty much all other new power boats in the market). Let's say the new 'skis were found to be 75% quieter than those from five years ago, with (obviously) the ratio of these newer, clean./quiet models to older/louder/dirtier boats out on the water, inevitably increased year by year, obviously that trend stretching into the future... Now, do you think it would be reasonable to ask those in your community, those who'd voted for the pwc bans in the first place, especially those with an interest in boating in general, to be informed and aware of, and to acknowledge, these developments, and in fact to reevaluate their impressions of pwc's and their riders, with these changes in mind, after a number of years? Would you yourself be willing to do that? To update your level of knowledge in the topic even though it may not seem to affect you personally (you never plan to buy a pwc), and to take the banned community's responses and efforts to improve their reputation and the entire situation, into account....would you ever be willing to reconsider and revisit the issue in the name of simple fairness, even regularly, every five years; would you be able to have your notions on the matter changed over time by new information? OR, would you stubbornly cling to your original perceptions and notions about pwc's, refusing to be swayed by or bothered with ongoing changes such as these, in your attitudes and policies toward the machines and their riders.....always basing your final evaluation on the older, original data on the basis of which you first formed your impressions years ago? Would you in fact, in your mind, even possibly, tend to unfairly prejudge and stereotype pwc's and the majority of their riders based on conditions you observed anecdotally before any of these changes (in statistics; in technology; in law; in a large percentage of the riders themselves) had come about? Rhetorical questions obviously. Just take a look at yourself, man, and your attitude. Remember we are all in this together when you talk about bans. There are plenty of people who would love to see all power boats banned from our waterways entirely....they are the ones who at FIRST seemed to be succeeding with national park bans enacted back in the late '90s, until science and reality bore out the fact that pwc's were not intrinsically different from any other power boats, the results of the parks' own studies causing these bans to be rolled back in the last couple years, one after another....do you think the environmental extremists who initiated these laws would have stopped at pwc's? I just know I share a love of the water, and a great number of responsibilities and concerns, with everybody on this newsgroup, and every other boater and pwc enthusiast out on the water. Here's another question: out of pwc's versus boaters at large, which group more often has a beer in the hand of every person you seem to see on a vessel underway? How about this: which group has a greater percentage of always having life vests on? There is stupidity, irresposnbility, and dangerous, illegal behavior perpretrated by boaters of ALL STRIPES on all sizes and shapes of boats, but it is WRONG and UNFAIR to prejudicially make statements painting all those boaters with the same brush based on the behavior of the idiotic ones. It is just wrong. And "banning" any type of vehicle based on the illegal behavior of whatever percentage of its users, is even more wrong....you just might not know it yet if hasn't affected you personaly with your "choice of toy." richforman |
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Jet Ski overheating problem
In article . com,
wrote: Okay, fine, but do me a favor, suppose this hypothetically: Sure thing... What if, in recognition of existing problems, and in an effort to get into your town's good graces, and most importantly, to be allowed onto your ... took certain steps, for instance.... Step one... Suppose they/we actively and successfully supported and promoted mandatory education and licensing requirements for pwc operators, and as a ... operate a vehicle...(unlike with any other kind of boats, I might add parenthetically) Good start. Now, suppose further, bear with me here, that in addition, for more than five years, the entire industry had been on a continuous and highly effective campaign to make their 'skis dramatically quieter, ... by year, obviously that trend stretching into the future... Another good start. Now, do you think it would be reasonable to ask those in your community, those who'd voted for the pwc bans in the first place, especially those with an interest in boating in general, to be informed and aware of, and to acknowledge, these developments, and in fact to reevaluate their impressions of pwc's and their riders, with these changes in mind, after a number of years? No problem. Would you yourself be willing to do that? To update your level of Sure thing. OR, would you stubbornly cling to your original perceptions and notions ... Rhetorical questions obviously. Just take a look at yourself, man, and your attitude. I have no problem doing all of that... as soon as we can completely get rid of the assholes I was originally talking about... the noisy, polluting, obnoxious ones that predominate the sport. Remember we are all in this together when you talk about bans. There are plenty of people who would love to see all power boats banned from Actually, am in favor of bans in certain places. In others, I have no problem with engines. Where I live, all gas/diesels are banned, and it's great. Other places where I sail, everyone is welcome. I just know I share a love of the water, and a great number of responsibilities and concerns, with everybody on this newsgroup, and every other boater and pwc enthusiast out on the water. Here's I have no doubt about you. I do have doubts about many pwc entusiasts. They seem to be there for the machismo. One finds them on land also, mostly on the freeways, going 95. another question: out of pwc's versus boaters at large, which group more often has a beer in the hand of every person you seem to see on a vessel underway? How about this: which group has a greater percentage They just drink before they leave the ramp? Who knows? They have to wear a vest because it's the law. A large percentage of sailors wear them because it's smart. Some don't, but most do, at least where I sail. They're not required to by law. of always having life vests on? There is stupidity, irresposnbility, and dangerous, illegal behavior perpretrated by boaters of ALL STRIPES on all sizes and shapes of boats, but it is WRONG and UNFAIR to prejudicially make statements painting all those boaters with the same brush based on the behavior of the idiotic ones. It is just wrong. I agree. However, I don't want noisy, polluting machines buzzing around me, and there are a large percentage of pwc'ers who fit the bill on that. And "banning" any type of vehicle based on the illegal behavior of whatever percentage of its users, is even more wrong....you just might not know it yet if hasn't affected you personaly with your "choice of toy." They're not banned exclusively on that basis. They're banned for all the other reasons I mentioned. Being a jerk isn't illegal. How about this hypothetical... would you be willing to completely ban those who continue to drive the noisy, polluting machines that dominate the current situation? I think that would be a reasonable compromise. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Jet Ski overheating problem
How about this hypothetical... would you be willing to completely ban
those who continue to drive the noisy, polluting machines that dominate the current situation? I think that would be a reasonable compromise. This is a little ambiguous....as far as the machines themselves, this is more of a regulation on the manufacturers than on the owners/riders. I support environmental regulations that require improved greenliness and fuel efficiency of new boats being manufactured and sold, but of course traditionally this doesn't mean that the older boats that were manufactured, sold and purchased legally before such requirements were enacted, suddenly have their access rights taken away. This way, the trend is towards ever cleaner, less-polluting, more-fuel-efficient and less-noisy boats out on the water. No, I don't think it would be fair to retroactively ban boats that had previously been bought - although, my main thing is always, don't single out pwc's; if you did the same thing to noisy, polluting, dirty boats of all shapes and sizes, then I at least couldn't cry discrimination against pwc's. 'Course, then that would mean the whole boating community would all be joined together in their outrage, instead of different segments of us bickering among ourselves here, and we'd probably have enough strength to prevent such a blatantly unfair thing from happening. (When the enviro-extremists start with a much easier target, pwc'ers alone, an easier target because so many people have long-ago-formed prejudiced stereotyped outdated impressions of us and our boats, we're a much tinier and less powerful group...although we have still been winning against them when the scientific evidence inevitably comes in.) Now, when you say, "ban those who continue to drive"....I and every other intelligent, responsible, law-abiding, clear-thinking pwc'er and boater, think that laws against irresponsible, dangerous behavior on the water should be strictly enforced, violators punished, and who knows, possibly after enough trespasses, their boating privileges revoked just like can happen on land. (Of course, unfairly, it's only we pwc'ers who now require any kind of license at all to operate our boats at all, and then only in some states...it's a good idea, but common sense tells me the same should be required for any boat of any shape or size.) I'm probably biased because I'm a boater, but I think society should allocate as a high priority the enforcement of marine law. So sure, bust and, if they do it enough times, "ban" every boater who's drunk or drinking on the water, every cigarette boat guy zooming dangerously among boat traffic at unsafe speeds, and every pwc'er that violates the rules about how close to other boaters or swimmers or the shore they can be operating. As it is, a lot of pwc'ers feel discriminated by marine law enforcers who seem predisposed to enforce against us disproportionately, harrassing us with frequent spot checks and seemingly arbirtary pullovers, while a lot of other obviously dangerous illegal boating stuff is happening all around us....but I'm sure that's just paranoia....not the result of people's personal prejudices, irrational dislike and (in some cases, maybe) jealousy of us with our machines and how much fun we're having. Anyway...sorry....is that what you meant? richforman |
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I just know I share a love of the water, and a great number of
responsibilities and concerns, with everybody on this newsgroup, and every other boater and pwc enthusiast out on the water. Here's I have no doubt about you. I do have doubts about many pwc entusiasts. They seem to be there for the machismo Right, but what about boaters on power boats of other shapes and sizes? Are they so much better - do you have so far fewer doubts about them? Do you think any of them, non-pwc-power boaters, have a macho inclination, that they like speed, showing off, bringing attention to themselves, and drinking beer while boating? I'd say the percentage is roughly the same in my observation.....maybe worse in one camp on some scores, the other on others....(like maybe novice pwc'ers are more likely to zip too near other boats or through a no-wake zone, where I'd say even non-novice larger-boaters seem more likely to be drinking constantly while boating....of course maybe that's just an unfair stereotyping image on my part based on what seem to be a great frequency of incidents that I have observed anecdotally, and maybe I should go slow on thinking that those traits or behavior will apply to all power-boaters or to the majority of them). richforman |
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In article . com,
wrote: How about this hypothetical... would you be willing to completely ban those who continue to drive the noisy, polluting machines that dominate the current situation? I think that would be a reasonable compromise. This is a little ambiguous....as far as the machines themselves, this is more of a regulation on the manufacturers than on the owners/riders. I So that's a no? In fact, if an older car is polluting excessively, one can report it (out here anyway). They get a fix-it notice in the mail. It's not enforceable, but it puts them on notice that if a cop sees it, he might get a real fix-it ticket. don't single out pwc's; if you did the same thing to noisy, polluting, dirty boats of all shapes and sizes, then I at least couldn't cry discrimination against pwc's. 'Course, then that would mean the whole I'm not specifically singling out pwcs, except that they're a huge cause of the problem. You don't get very many sailboats buzzing anchorages with noisy engines and endangering lives in the process. I've already said when someone is running their engine excessively, I usually say something. That's not easy to do when a pwc zips by. boating community would all be joined together in their outrage, instead of different segments of us bickering among ourselves here, and I don't think you'll find much disagreement in the sailing community about the annoynance of pwcs. have long-ago-formed prejudiced stereotyped outdated impressions of us and our boats, we're a much tinier and less powerful group...although we have still been winning against them when the scientific evidence inevitably comes in.) And, as I've said, it's not outdated. It's nice that the industry has finally fixed the problem (supposedly) for new vehicles. They haven't and can't do much for the old ones that still dominate the scene. Now, when you say, "ban those who continue to drive"....I and every ... sniped to save space -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Jet Ski overheating problem
In article . com,
wrote: I have no doubt about you. I do have doubts about many pwc entusiasts. They seem to be there for the machismo Right, but what about boaters on power boats of other shapes and sizes? Are they so much better - do you have so far fewer doubts about them? Do you think any of them, non-pwc-power boaters, have a macho inclination, that they like speed, showing off, bringing attention to themselves, and drinking beer while boating? I'd say the percentage is roughly the same in my observation.....maybe worse in one camp on some scores, the other on others....(like maybe novice pwc'ers are more likely to zip too near other boats or through a no-wake zone, where I'd say even non-novice larger-boaters seem more likely to be drinking constantly while boating....of course maybe that's just an unfair stereotyping image on my part based on what seem to be a great frequency of incidents that I have observed anecdotally, and maybe I should go slow on thinking that those traits or behavior will apply to all power-boaters or to the majority of them). I have some doubts, but the percentages are still better than with pwcs. So, yes. Drinking beer while boating better not be seen by local law enforcement. The legal limit is 0.08, and even if you have just one, it's for sure going to result in a USCG boarding if they even have a suspicion that you're inebriated. Calling into question the alcohol issue is a red herring. That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about excessive speed and pollution in quiet anchorages. Sure, we get some powerboats (e.g., cigar boats) that zoom around, but not in an anchorage, because they know better. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"ladysailor" wrote in message ups.com... You're right, I take off my hat and gloves when I'm being harassed by obnoxious morons and turn straight away into a ****ed off sailor. Probably like a lot if sailors, you turn when ever you want, and then yell at a power boat for impeding you. |
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Jet Ski overheating problem
don't single out pwc's; if you did the same thing to noisy, polluting,
dirty boats of all shapes and sizes, then I at least couldn't cry discrimination against pwc's. I'm not specifically singling out pwcs, except that they're a huge cause of the problem. You don't get very many sailboats buzzing anchorages with noisy engines and endangering lives in the process We seem to be talking past each other on this point: you keep bringing up sailboats and I keep saying I"m talking about pwc's and other power boats. In fact I've already conceded that sail boaters probably cause fewer problems and in general behave better. I'm making the point that pwc's and their operators are not very different from any other kind of POWER BOATS. All right, sail boats have engines so maybe they're power boats, but you know what I mean. NOT SAIL BOATS! richforman |
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Jet Ski overheating problem
Bill McKee wrote:
Probably like a lot if sailors, you turn when ever you want, and then yell at a power boat for impeding you. Probably like a lot of motorboaters, you have no clue what's involved in sailing, and think that all boats can be driven like a car. DSK |
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Jet Ski overheating problem
Calling into question the alcohol issue is a red herring. That's not
what we're talking about. We're talking about excessive speed and pollution in quiet anchorages. Why do you get to dictate what we're talking about; why does the bad behavior you're willing to talk about only includes excessive speed and pollution? Both of which are perpetrated by every other shape and size of power boats besides pwc's. I am talking about singling out pwc's among boaters at large (not sailboats) as being uniquely predisposed to annoying, stupid, dangerous, illegal behavior; and also about extending the incidences of such behavior that one has observed, to make generalizations about entire segments of the boating community. Doing so (singling out pwc's, etc.) is just incorrect, inaccurate, unfair, insulting to me and my many responsible, safe, educated boating friends who sometimes ride pwc's, and is also apparently indicative of blinders that stop somebody frrom acknowledging the too-large percentages (but still probably, hopefully, not a MAJORITY) of all segments of the power-boating community who are guilty of these things...not just pwc'ers. You say you're not addressing me individually, but I'm not just speaking in defense of myself, also of ALL the dozens of regular pwc'ers who I know, talk to and ride with, over the last eight years or so....we all follow the rules, mind our own business, are out to have a safe good time, know our stuff out on the water, and do things with our crafts way beyond your stereotyped outdated impressions of what people do on pwc's. ALL of them. Don't you know any pwc'ers personally? If so, do they all conform to your impressions about how most of us supposedly behave? Or are you so hardened in your prejudice that yuo wouldn't even deign to associate with a pwc rider? It's ONLY the Newbies who do the stupid stuff, I did it when I started out, but you learn the ropes quickly enough. TO say that the fact that a person is on a pwc tells you all this about his personality (I don't know if it was you who said that, it was said earlier in this thread), that they're egoticstical, rude, show-offs, unconcerned with others, speed junkies, is just outrageous and stupid to boot. IN fact, I'd say the only thing you could deduce about somebody who has a pwc vs. someone with a bigger boat is that the pwc guy probably has a little less money. They're extremely affordable to own and operate, that's the only reason I have a pwc but not a bigger boat, it's not because of any particular facet of my personality, except that I LOVE BEING ON THE WATER, presumably just like YOU and every other person on this newsgroup. Sure, we get some powerboats (e.g., cigar boats) that zoom around, but not in an anchorage, because they know better. Now you're just showing your die-hard, inflexible, anti-pwc prejudice loud and clear. You and I kmow that you see not just some but tons of non-pwc power boats, especially cigarette boaters, who drive at excessive speeds, are not courteous to other boaters or seem oblivious to the rules of the road, and who DRINK WHILE BOATING CONSTANTLY....almost EVERYBODY out on the water, EXCEPT pwc'ers, it sometimes seems to me. (I'm not sure why that is, some of the pwc'ers I know do drink on land but abstain when they're riding....maybe there's something about the extra exposed situation on a pwc, interacting closely and directly with the waves etc., that makes an experienced operator who knows where he is and what's going on, feel more involved, less invulnerable, and take the situation more seriously, than a lot of guys on bigger boats, where the more enclosed or relaxed feeling makes them feel like they're partying at their house....I'm just guessing....all I know is that drinking seems much more prevalent on non-pwc boats.) By the way....are you saying above that you don't think there are many, many boaters in your area who are drinking while they're boating and go untouched by law enforcement? That it's all sober out there on the bowriders, yachts, cigarette boats, fishing boats? That I'd have to see to believe. richforman |
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