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Originally Posted by VitaBene
Unfortunately, it sounds like operator error. If he were obeying the 150' rule and has a standard tubing rope (50 or 60') he should not have been able to whip the tube near enough to hit an object.
I feel so bad for all involved, a mistake made in the name of having fun.
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I'd written previously about a "
tandem-tow", where two ski ropes together put the second tuber about 150' behind the boat.
It's also likely that no PWC has the power (plus mass) to "whip" the tuber off the tube; however, I have seen a tube "catch the wind", accelerate rapidly (through "whip action") and skitter the tuber (now minus the tube) across the water's surface at a
very impressive speed.
