http://forums.iboats.com/forum/othe...rtying-lake-minnetonka-boaters-prevent-rescue
This one still makes me sick to my stomach. Lake Minnetonka was the first lake we splashed after buying our boat, and we will never go there again. Too many jackwagons racing along with big wakes and buzzing fishing boats, a yacht that was 50 feet off our starboard side, looked right at us (made eye contact with her) and then steered slowly to port and increased throttle. I couldn't overtake, so had to cut throttle, let her pass, turn to starboard and rev up a bit and hit the wake head on. Scared our daughter so bad she hid under the passenger side console for the rest of the trip and didn't ever want to go boating again (changed her mind on the next trip), and made my elderly father nervous. Made us really nervous when the wake splashed over the bow and the splashwell trim was an inch from submerging. We almost got swamped by this lady who pretty much said, "Screw you, I'm bigger, I'm going to overtake and cut in front". The sailboats and fishing boats were perfectly behaved. Pontoons were, well, pontoons. Not rude, but not considerate, probably rentals. Lol. The speedboats, PWCs, and yachts ruined our trip by buzzing, getting too close, making sudden heading changes and crossing in front of us... We cut the day short and left, and will never return. When I found this article from 2003, it solidified it. MN has 10,000+ lakes, we'll find another one to fish. No way would I EVER risk my family's lives trying to tube or ski there.