Re: [Paddlewise] An idea for dealing with careless JetSkis/Boats

|I was once on a club trip when some power boat came a little close and
|throw up a large wake.  A woman in the group gave them the finger.  I
|read her the riot act for she had most certainly endangered us all.
|What if the operator had had a few too many beers and, in a form of road
|rage, decided to run over a few of us.  Absolutely under no
|circumstances do anything to provoke anyone who has more power than you
|and anything with a motor is more powerful than your kayak.  Your most
|powerful form of redress and retaliation is your brain.  Take note of
|the offending vessel's color and description and name.  Use your marine
|radio to report it or later do so from a pay phone.  In time repeat
|offenders will get caught and get grounded.

|ralph diaz

Wow, two people from UpNorth I have to agree to in one day!  8-)  Whats
happening to the world!  8-)

When I had my close encounter with the boater from NY, I had was steaming but I
was literally shaking my head and just going to go on by.  The operator opened
his mouth and said something to me so I gave him both barrels.  Verbally that
is.  If he had reacted in any aggressive manner or if I had thought he was under
the influence I would have pulled around the point and landed my kayak and found
a ranger to handle things.  As it was, he understood his mistake and I continued
on my 20 mile trip.  I was very very very observant of all boat traffic for the
rest of the day.  Especially for a white runabout with NY registration with two
couples on board!  8-)

While I hate jetskis with a passion, I did have two jetskis actually slow down
to wake speed well away from my wife and I once upon a time.  It was a
deliberate act of kindness on their part and we both could not believe it.  I
wanted to thank them but by the time we come to our senses as to what they had
done the jetskis had passed as by!

To point a paintball gun or lord help you shoot at someone is asking for lots of
trouble.  At a minimum it is going to be assault.  You state laws are going to
very in severity.  Since paintball guns are  g u n s,  the pointed at person may
assume the worse and shoot before you do with something that packs more sting
than a paintball.  Even throwing something at a jetskier is assault.  At least
in North Carolina and Florida.

Later...
DanIsHopingToFinishHouseChoresSoHeCanGoYaking....



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