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so, my sweety decided to let me go what we call boat camping on sat. night. my boat's just a nineteen foot w/hardtop. she's not big on boat camping anymore, so it was something special for me to do on fathers day.
we had to dodge mild rain prior to going out. wanted to go out about 6, but left about 5 trying to beat a small shower. got out on the water while only getting sprinkled on. while on the lake, we got sprinkled on some more. enough so that my carpet got a little damp where the hardtop don't cover. then the sun came out. had about an hour of light left so was great to see the sun. we were just cruising the lake, floating around enjoying the nice eve. it was very nice out. mid 70's.
so, while were floating there. i was sitting in the starboard side aft facing seat, just under the hardtop and here comes this seadoo pwc coming right at me from the aft, port side. i mean right at me, on plane. about the last second prior to impacting me. they turned and soaked us with their spray. ya could here them cackling and thinking that was real funny. they soaked the whole inside starboard side of the inside of my boat. water all the way to the dash. inside my hardtop. so as soon as they soaked us, they went to the next boat. a pontoon full of people. they did the same thing to them. the skipper of that boat was outright soaking wet they got him so good. then off to the next boat. another speedboat of fishermen. i don't know whether they got him or not. they didn't seem as mad as me and the pontoon boat fella. when they tried to soak the last speedboat. they fell off there seadoo. obviously not skilled pwc skippers. not good.
so me and the pontoon boat guy chased them down and gave them an earful of what we thought about their crummy behavior. while there hearing us yell at them, they get on the seadoo and drive off. the pontoon guy followed them right back to the marina. he called the state patrol.
it turned out to be two teenage girls on the pwc. after they got to the marina, they went right back to their camp site. i guess the father of the girls told the state patrol that his girls would never do something like that. + that if you go to the lake, you should expect to get wet.
when the pontoon boat guy came back out on the lake he contacted us and gave us the state patrol man's cell phone number. we did call and corroberate his story. not the girls father who said they'd never do something like that.
i don't know what happened to the girls. but i sure hope they got at least a earful from the state patrol. actually hope they got more than that. like a fine for the owner of the pwc would have been in order.
this was highly inappropriate, dangerous, behavior of these girls. i figured the pwc. was a second from impacting me. certainly not 2 sec. from impact. it was very close.
my boat finally dried out after staying out overnight. and all morning on the lake. then the trip home mostly dried it out in side. it took all day yesterday for my gear to dry out. i only had one set of cloths with me, so ended up sleeping in wet/damp cloths.
moral of the story is. ya can get into trouble even when your just floating in the middle of the lake peaceably. i was not wearing a pfd nor was my sweety. if we'd have had impact it would have been bad and i would not have had time to get my pfd
i was stunned that anyone would be so rude and dangerous to someone they don't know. hope i don't see them idiots out there again. if i do. i'm going to the other side of the lake. away from them !
sorry, no pics. it happened to fast.
we had to dodge mild rain prior to going out. wanted to go out about 6, but left about 5 trying to beat a small shower. got out on the water while only getting sprinkled on. while on the lake, we got sprinkled on some more. enough so that my carpet got a little damp where the hardtop don't cover. then the sun came out. had about an hour of light left so was great to see the sun. we were just cruising the lake, floating around enjoying the nice eve. it was very nice out. mid 70's.
so, while were floating there. i was sitting in the starboard side aft facing seat, just under the hardtop and here comes this seadoo pwc coming right at me from the aft, port side. i mean right at me, on plane. about the last second prior to impacting me. they turned and soaked us with their spray. ya could here them cackling and thinking that was real funny. they soaked the whole inside starboard side of the inside of my boat. water all the way to the dash. inside my hardtop. so as soon as they soaked us, they went to the next boat. a pontoon full of people. they did the same thing to them. the skipper of that boat was outright soaking wet they got him so good. then off to the next boat. another speedboat of fishermen. i don't know whether they got him or not. they didn't seem as mad as me and the pontoon boat fella. when they tried to soak the last speedboat. they fell off there seadoo. obviously not skilled pwc skippers. not good.
so me and the pontoon boat guy chased them down and gave them an earful of what we thought about their crummy behavior. while there hearing us yell at them, they get on the seadoo and drive off. the pontoon guy followed them right back to the marina. he called the state patrol.
it turned out to be two teenage girls on the pwc. after they got to the marina, they went right back to their camp site. i guess the father of the girls told the state patrol that his girls would never do something like that. + that if you go to the lake, you should expect to get wet.
when the pontoon boat guy came back out on the lake he contacted us and gave us the state patrol man's cell phone number. we did call and corroberate his story. not the girls father who said they'd never do something like that.
i don't know what happened to the girls. but i sure hope they got at least a earful from the state patrol. actually hope they got more than that. like a fine for the owner of the pwc would have been in order.
this was highly inappropriate, dangerous, behavior of these girls. i figured the pwc. was a second from impacting me. certainly not 2 sec. from impact. it was very close.
my boat finally dried out after staying out overnight. and all morning on the lake. then the trip home mostly dried it out in side. it took all day yesterday for my gear to dry out. i only had one set of cloths with me, so ended up sleeping in wet/damp cloths.
moral of the story is. ya can get into trouble even when your just floating in the middle of the lake peaceably. i was not wearing a pfd nor was my sweety. if we'd have had impact it would have been bad and i would not have had time to get my pfd
i was stunned that anyone would be so rude and dangerous to someone they don't know. hope i don't see them idiots out there again. if i do. i'm going to the other side of the lake. away from them !
sorry, no pics. it happened to fast.