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jrc · 05-23-2010, 05:43 PM

First, remember that it's still May, a lot of people need a few weeks on the lake to shake off the cobwebs. Be extra vigilant.

I has a interesting run in with a stand-up jet ski today that reminder me that point of view is important. I was on plane around 30mph nears Governors Island. I saw him off my starboard side on a collision course. I'm the burdened boat, so I turn to pass well behind him. He turns sharply to put us back towards collision, I turn away, he turns again! Then I figure it out, he's trying to jump my wake. A month from now I would have figure this out sooner.

05-23-2010, 05:43 PM	#11
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	First, remember that it's still May, a lot of people need a few weeks on the lake to shake off the cobwebs. Be extra vigilant. I has a interesting run in with a stand-up jet ski today that reminder me that point of view is important. I was on plane around 30mph nears Governors Island. I saw him off my starboard side on a collision course. I'm the burdened boat, so I turn to pass well behind him. He turns sharply to put us back towards collision, I turn away, he turns again! Then I figure it out, he's trying to jump my wake. A month from now I would have figure this out sooner.