Re: [Paddlewise] Local motorboater killed by jet ski

From: Jim Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:18:16 -0400
bigmac1_at_enter.net wrote:
The one thing that really scares me about being in a kayak is a kid on a 
jet ski. I try to avoid them at all costs, and don't expect to find them 
in Maine next week, but they can be a real menace.

> John MacKechnie


  Only once did I feel a bit threatened by jet skis.  I was out with my 
then 6 year old son on a large lake in an open cockpit rec boat. Three 
jet skis circled us twice in a tight pattern.  A mom, dad, and teenage 
son. I think they were curious about us more than anything and werent 
being malicious. The wakes reflecting off each other ejected my son 
right out of the boat! As always he had a PFD on.  They spun away and I 
collected my kid.  He actually enjoyed it.  Good thing kids bounce.

Jim et al
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