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This is a case in point on how easy it is for a wake to throw someone from the boat..from todays Channnel 9 website:

OSSIPEE, N.H. -- A Massachusetts teenager was safe after an unusual boating rescue on Ossipee Lake.

The 15-year-old boy from West Newbury, Mass., flew out of his boat Monday afternoon while crossing the wake of another boat, the Marine Patrol said. After he landed in the water, his boat circled around him, coming so close that he had to dive under to avoid being run over.

Another boater, Kevin Nilamd, of Riva, Md., drove his pontoon boat between the boy and the menacing boat, impaled the boat on his pontoons and rescued the boy, the Marine Patrol said.

The teen's name was not released. No one was hurt.