What I saw took place in the late 80's and the beach happened to be fairly
skinny then, before a replenishment. Yes, it is illegal to drive on the
beach here and has been for a long time.
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.
MMC

"Capri" wrote in message
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Now I know there is a ramp to the beach there at Coconuts from the
days when the public used to be able to drive on the beach. However,
it seems to me its illegal to drive on the beach in Cocoa these days
and has been for a long time, much less try to launch a boat. the ramp
ends at the top of the beach, it doesn't extend all the way into the
water. . Anyone trying to back a trailer up on the beach into the ocean
to launch a trailer would have had a lot more to worry abt than the
tide...... like sinking down to his axle in the sand. Lets say the guy
does get his jet ski into the ocean, how the heck was he ever planning
on getting it back onto the trailer.

strange story.

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

True, but substitute pretty much any other kind of boat for "jet skis"
and the statement is just as true.

richforman

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

True, but substitute pretty much any other kind of boat for
"jet skis"
and the statement is just as true.


So you think of a cruise ship as a man made mosquito?

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

Yup, especially around the boat ramps.

SBV

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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

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

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