Ok guys, get those flame throwers ready! I voted no, because in addition to being a faithful kayaker, I also am a part owner of a jet ski! (Gasp!) All jet skiers aren't obnoxious. Yes, a ski makes an annoying whiny noise. But all skiers aren't irresponsible eighteen year old speed freaks. I am 35 and the guy I share the ski with is about 45. We both ski responsibly. If I am overtaking a canoe, kayak or fisherman, I get to the other side of the river and slow down to a crawl as to not make a wake or disturb the fish. If you want to ban all motors (even those on sailboats), I have no problem. However, many motorboats and even obnoxious sailers fail to yield the right of way to paddle craft. Additionally, many motorboats have louder motors than jetskis. For example, get behind a boat with dual 200 hp motors, and tell me what you hear, or behind a REALLY lound jet boat! Heck, even a "normal" motorboat with a 150 hp motor makes more noise than a jetski. A jetski just has a higher, more mosquito-type noise. Again, there are many obnoxious non-jetskiing boaters, and many responsible jetskiers. Let's try not to have any knee-jerk discrimination here. Every boater should be judged on his own actions. If a boater is particularly obnoxious, the response should be to call the marine police and have him (or her) ticketed. As a jet skier I have come to the assistance of paddlers in need of help. Jet skiers are often used in rescue operations by beach lifeguards. Lets try to judge others as we would like to be judged ourselves. - Scott Ives *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 14 1998 - 09:26:41 PDT
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