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Originally Posted by SteveA
I'm sticking with the Captain Bonehead theory. The guy that swamped me was not paying any attention to anything other than where he wanted to go..
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This captures the heart of the growing problem: Bonehead + attitude. When I was little I remember plenty of boneheads on the lake. We used to rescue them from the rocks and usually we'd feel bad for them because they usually seemed like generally nice people. The thing is in the last 5 years we've noticed an attitude from them - like "Who put those rocks in MY way during MY vacation?" It's left us on several occasions wishing these people would get swallowed by Winni the Lake Monster.
We always used to be able to swim near the dock without thinking about getting hit by boats but lately we've had several boats & PWC's pass 20 feet from the dock going at plane or faster. Shouting out to them and waving at them to slow down usually results in a less-than-friendly glare with body language that says "What's your problem?" It doesn't seem to matter the age of the operator - we've gotten the same responses from teens on PWCs as well as from 30 and 40-somethings with young kids in their boats.