Panama City Beach, Florida, northern Florida Gulf ocean swells: I don't know, this 2022 18'er SeaDoo Switch here .....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrY1A9Fhur8 ...... is like a metamophosis joining a smart phone to a pontoon boat or something, moving at 25-30mph with 170-hp jet engine with a VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER.
Notice NO ONE is wearing a pfd, there, in the Florida Gulf?
This Sept 5 People Magazine .....
http://www.people.com/third-woman-di...-lake-11804058 ..... says it was an 18' boat on Flagstaff Lake in Eustis, Maine. An 18' Sea-Doo Swift is 93.5" wide and weighs 2193-lbs for the Sport model, and 2500-2800 lbs for the other 18' models like the Cruise or Fish.
Could be it was overloaded with seven people and too many passengers forward at the bow, plus going too fast for lake condition, plus not engine trimmed too good, plus not wearing pfd's at the time? Time will tell? The stern flipped up and over the bow as it was moving forward when the bow dug in and caught the lake surface water ....... or something(?).
Three people deceased on a Maine lake boating incident is a huge loss, usually it's one person because they did not wear a pfd or a swim flotation.