Sea-Doo Switch pontoon boat-triple fatal in Maine

mofn · 09-09-2025, 07:40 AM

BillTex
Yes it’s manmade. Good book about it called The Lost Villages of Flagstaff.

LIforrelaxin · 09-09-2025, 12:03 PM

I have often wondered about how the switch was going to work out. As the PWC market has always done, sea doo was looking for a way to capitalize on a market that was not yet tapped. As I think code man comment, these things scream I am new to boating.... After seeing a few up close I just don't understand the attraction. I do think there are bodies of what where they would/could be fun. But on larger bodies of water I see them as an accident waiting to happen. I always felt like they would be way to easy to stuff into a wave....

Don't know as another person posted that they should be pulled from the market...... But I think they need to advertised differently, they are not a take the family out for an afternoon on the water, type craft.... they are a Jet ski / PWC set up for wild craziness.......

09-09-2025, 12:03 PM	#2
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,923 Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 901 Times in 531 Posts	I have often wondered about how the switch was going to work out. As the PWC market has always done, sea doo was looking for a way to capitalize on a market that was not yet tapped. As I think code man comment, these things scream I am new to boating.... After seeing a few up close I just don't understand the attraction. I do think there are bodies of what where they would/could be fun. But on larger bodies of water I see them as an accident waiting to happen. I always felt like they would be way to easy to stuff into a wave.... Don't know as another person posted that they should be pulled from the market...... But I think they need to advertised differently, they are not a take the family out for an afternoon on the water, type craft.... they are a Jet ski / PWC set up for wild craziness....... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

09-09-2025, 07:40 AM	#1
mofn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 16 Posts	BillTex Yes it’s manmade. Good book about it called The Lost Villages of Flagstaff.