Don't know who's worst...

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Pontoons or PWC's???

I didn't get any vids or pics although I should have.

The kid on a sea-doo jig-jagging all over the river cutting behind every boat jumping the wakes, until he gets to one boat that's pulling a kid on a tube. I guess he realized at the last second and just barely avoided the tube...

Then there was the small bowrider (16-17 footer) with two full size women sitting in the front. There couldn't have been no more than 8 or 10" of freeboard at the bow but there must have been a good foot and a half at the rear:facepalm:

And I couldn't even count all the overloaded pontoons. Many had all the people siting in the front, the front of the toons practically submerged, and one small pontoon (maybe an 18ft with 20" logs??) had at least a dozen adults and several kids aboard, nobody wearing life-vests, and both toons completely submerged from tip to tail.

On long weekends my boat stays tied to the dock and I sit there sippin a cold one and wave to all the boats that go past.
 

V153

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

Oh I dunno. Call me crazy but being a big fan of chaos, mayhem & destruction. I enjoy being in the midst of it. Beats TV ...
 

LippCJ7

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

Oh I dunno. Call me crazy but being a big fan of chaos, mayhem & destruction. I enjoy being in the midst of it. Beats TV ...
if its anything like Chatfield in Denver, it kinda reminds me of NASCAR!! LOL
 

Triton II

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

Some people are just idiots, whether they don't care or don't know that what they're doing is either dangerous or illegal or both, I'm not sure... but this was a seadoo towing a wakeboarder through our local anchorage (6 kt limit and no towing allowed) last Sunday. :facepalm:

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Our maritime regulations state that when towing a skier, wakeboarder or tube a PWC has to be at least 60 metres (200ft) from other vessels or people in the water. After flashing through the area where I was anchored the idiots then ran along the beach in about 3 feet of water. :eek:

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And yes, the pix above and the one below showing rego number have been forwarded to the authorities! :)

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CV16

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

I'll be in the water later today. But I'll be in Lake Michigan where I can go to my own open water. Plenty there to get away from all the yahoo's. And if'n it's too rough for my boat, I'll just take dads!!
 

Home Cookin'

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

well, it's not the type of boat, it's the owners who are the problem. (I started to say "captains" but really, they aren't, any more than a guy who owns a boat is a boater)

I enjoy the small amount of mayhem we have around here and the occassional diversion of watching the idiots. But we have lots of open space and lots of real boaters, so the morons are not a real problem.
 

Scott Danforth

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

a bag of popcorn and a beverage just to watch the boat ramps. guaranteed to see a "domestic at the dock" from some of the boaters as the local LEO puts it.
 

iCam

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

if its anything like Chatfield in Denver, it kinda reminds me of NASCAR!! LOL
Chatfield is 100 times better than Cherry Creek. I only use either one early in the AM. Once the jet skiers get out there, someone is sent to the hospital. Its a free for all. No one pays attention to any of the rules. I saw a guy last week that was going about 40 in his speed boat in a no wake zone. He must of missed the submerged log by 5-10'. Saving him would be easy, water is only 3' at best there.

Watching the ramps are fun too. Maybe I'll bring the kids down today and get some video for you all to enjoy?!?
 

JB

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

SHAZAM!! More reasons why I carefully avoid any place that has too many humans.:p
 

Tim Frank

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

SHAZAM!! More reasons why I carefully avoid any place that has too many humans.:p

Oh. I had thought it was just that as you get older, you get more grumpy and crotchety.....and less tolerant of stupidity.....that's my excuse. :)
 

Home Cookin'

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

humans aren't the problem, it' stupid humans. I just gpt back from 5 hours on the water. Lots of boats. No idiots. Although a big barge had to move some channel fishers out the way.
 

oldjeep

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Re: Don't know who's worst...

Wish I'd taken a camera along today on Minnetonka. 24ish ft pontoon with 30 or so people on it, looked like it was sinking. Jetski decided to jump the wake of the boat I was following and landed close enough to my boat to hear me "talk" to him.

Other than that it was actually a good day on the lake and launch.
 
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