Yup, especially around the boat ramps.

SBV

wrote in message
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Ha ha, (wise guy!), after I posted I realized that the
"mosquito" part
of the original statement, doesn't apply to every other kind of
boat
(including 4-stroke pwc's like mine and the vast majority of
them being
sold now - much quieter than most other powerboats out on the
water)....obviously though, I was referring to the fact that
you'll see
all kinds of "comical/stupid/tragic" hijinks involving any kind
of
recreational boat you can think of.

richforman

Good one!
We used to sit out on the deck there before "Grills" was built, "Shuckers"
the sandwich shop above the boat shop had a Tiki hut that sold Red Stripe
back then, and watch the "weekend ramp antics"! Always good for a chuckle.
"Capri" wrote in message
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Why would anyone make up a story about jet skis? Anyone that spends
any time
at all will see something comical/stupid/tragic connected to these
man made
mosquitos.

Didn't mean to make it sound like you were making it up. I've seen some
pretty strange things happen around boat ramps. Maybe this guy thought
that it was a boat ramp and just not a ramp to the beach. If so he
must have a few too many or some peculiar drugs or as Uncle Harry use
to say, he just may have been a couple of slices of bread short of a
sandwich.

One of the Best jet ski/Ramp fiascoes I ever saw happened at Canaveral
Inlet. There is a ramp right next to the restaurant (Grills?) so it
gets a lot of viewer attention. Anyway, this yahoo comes backing down
the ramp with his jet ski on a small trailer. He put on his brakes and
the jet skid slid right off and floated about 20' out into the canal.
It wasn't even tied to the trailer. fortunately there were other boats
which retrieved his jet ski for him but he sure got a standing ovation
from the crowd on the deck of the restaurant.

I