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Originally Posted by MaidenCove07
I'm delighted to share my fabulous lake emergency/kindness story with you all!
Friday, Maiden Cove and her mate ventured off from the Weirs on the Jet Ski for a wonderful lunch in Alton and a jaunt to Wolfeboro.
I need to explain here that I never had a boat and have been reading all the boating threads for quite some time. It is great fun and I have learned/guessed at a lot, but I am sometimes (mostly, really) lurking around a foreign language. I ride the Mount! So here goes: is a Jet Ski like what we use to call a Ski-Doo? Is it bigger? If you jaunt over to Wolfeboro from the Weirs, do you cross the Broads on it, or get there by staying close to the shores? Once when I lived up there I went out into the Broads on a pretty good-sized sailboat, and felt very small! Hope I don't get drummed out of the Forum for this question...I am having too much fun! BTW, it certainly is a wonderful kindness story!
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Winndixie, this isn't a dumb question. A "Ski-doo" refers to a snowmobile made by Bombardier. A Sea doo is a PWC made by the same company. You can see what they look like here:
http://www.brp.com/en-US/Products/Se...raft/Showroom/
To answer you question about the Broads, I have no problem crossing the lake from one side to the other through the middle of Broads with my Sea Doo. The only concern becomes the weather, it can get pretty choppy out there so I avoid the Broads with my Sea Doo if it is too windy (which makes the waves that can be as large as 3 or 4 feet). I have been caught in 2 to 3 foot chop many times as the weather can change quickly. I never felt unsafe, but it can be uncomfortable, bumpy and wet. I generally try to avoid it because it beats you up physically. I haven't been caught in squall on my Sea Doo (pwc) yet, and I hope to never have this happen to me. The nice thing about a PWC is they are highly maneuverable, fast and can run in shallow water, finding cover is easier than a boat.