"Calif Bill" wrote ...
But you do not have to have full throttle to steer.

No, but you pretty much need to have at least enough throttle as it would
have taken to maintain your current speed...

Do not have to jump wakes 25' behind the boat.

I think you're thinking about jet skis, not jet boats... I have a jet
boat... Same as a prop boat, but just safer when someone is in the water at
the stern...

But I am also for giving out tickets for unsafe operation, and if the
operator is under 21 they also have to take a safety & operation class.

rant
Here in Houston, the local water donut patrol likes to give out tickets for
supposedly making a wake in a no wake zone... I got one last year with
trying to diagnose a problem with my engine and there was no way that I was
making a wake... He had said that it wasn't that big of a deal, it would
only cost a couple of bucks... It ended up costing over $250... ****ing
uniformed robbers... If I had known it was going to be so much, I would have
told him he could have stuck that damn ticket up his ass... There is no way
you can fight those tickets either... It's completely your word against his
lying sack-of-**** word... I *always* slow down for no-wake zones! Any
other robber I could just go ahead and shoot the son-of-a-bitch if he was
trying to steal $250 from me...
/rant

In article , "Grumman-581"
writes:

Well, Frank, trust me -- a jet boat is even less of a rudder.

Oh, I certainly believe you!

Frank Bell

"FRANKWBELL" wrote ...
Oh, I certainly believe you!

It's kind of interesting when you first start driving one... At speed, they
track very tightly... Very maneuverable... At a slow (no wake) speed, they
feel slugish...

"Grumman581" wrote in message ...
"Calif Bill" wrote ...
But you do not have to have full throttle to steer.

No, but you pretty much need to have at least enough throttle as it would
have taken to maintain your current speed...

My Sea-Doo jet boat (a twin engine jet with gunwales, and a steering
wheel instead of handlebars - for those that refuse to call it a real
boat) gives me little steering trouble at low speed, or when slowing
from high speed with closed throttles. As soon as you learn "thrust
is required to steer" you learn to provide small bursts of power to
maintain or command a change in heading.

I have more positive and responsive steering control in my jet boat at
very low speed than I do in my 36' cruiser - which is of course
equipped with rudders.