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madrasahs · 08-23-2004, 06:36 PM

Sunday was bright, sunny, and a bit cool. It was the craziest weekend-day of the season, though.

Today, on the other hand, was A Perfect Day -- with very few boats.

One 28-footer was followed by a Jet-Ski, and they stopped about 600 feet off my dock. The Jet-Ski operator jumped off his Jet-Ski and into his skis -- leaving the Jet-Ski abandoned and riderless in the middle for about 30 minutes while he skied! (Is this "dropping a 'Ski"?)

I know it's illegal to "cast-off another's boat" but what about casting off your own boat? (Well, sort-of boat).

Sunday, it would have been clobbered for sure. I saw one really close call -- with screams -- on Sunday.

A white-over-blue, ~25-foot Cobalt, whose middle-aged operator was wearing a bright red shirt, and was returning to fallen -- and screaming -- teen wakeboarder in the path of two side-by-side racing...um...whachamacallit boats. Nearest operator raised his arm to indicate he saw the wakeboarder, but still passed him one boat length away. Things were quiet on the Colbalt for a time, but they resumed wakeboarding. Whatta ya goin' to do?

08-23-2004, 06:36 PM	#5
madrasahs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 381 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Nutty Sunday Sunday was bright, sunny, and a bit cool. It was the craziest weekend-day of the season, though. Today, on the other hand, was A Perfect Day -- with very few boats. One 28-footer was followed by a Jet-Ski, and they stopped about 600 feet off my dock. The Jet-Ski operator jumped off his Jet-Ski and into his skis -- leaving the Jet-Ski abandoned and riderless in the middle for about 30 minutes while he skied! (Is this "dropping a 'Ski"?) I know it's illegal to "cast-off another's boat" but what about casting off your own boat? (Well, sort-of boat). Sunday, it would have been clobbered for sure. I saw one really close call -- with screams -- on Sunday. A white-over-blue, ~25-foot Cobalt, whose middle-aged operator was wearing a bright red shirt, and was returning to fallen -- and screaming -- teen wakeboarder in the path of two side-by-side racing...um...whachamacallit boats. Nearest operator raised his arm to indicate he saw the wakeboarder, but still passed him one boat length away. Things were quiet on the Colbalt for a time, but they resumed wakeboarding. Whatta ya goin' to do?