Bad day at lake

[AdamXP800]

I was at the lake today and saw several young kids on new seadoos driving extremely wreck less, tailgating each other like 2 foot behind the other.

Then I witnessed something absolutely horrible. Here is the news caption.
Be safe everyone, please

 

[brian0516]

That's horrible. I live on cedar lake in Northwest indiana. A 900 acre lake within a hour drive of downtown Chicago. Place is a mad house on weekends. I won't even go out on holiday weekends. I'm surprised I haven't heard more tragedies like this one.

 

[AdamXP800]

When you put two 14 year olds on 70 mph seadoos with no watercraft knowledge and no supervision it's a recipe for disaster

 

[purple_people_eater]

When you out two 14 year olds on 70 mph seadoos with no watercraft knowledge and no supervision it's a recipe for disaster

the exact reason why in nc if your under 26 you have to complete a boater's safety course to operate any water craft grater than 10hp.

 

[jhjesse]

Adam,
I'm sorry you had to witness that horrible accident.
My prayers are for the young boy and His family, and for you Adam. It is never easy to get past seeing something like that.

 

[AdamXP800]

It shook me up pretty bad. My fiancé kept saying those boys are going to hurt someone or themselves. I never imagined I would witness this type of event. Thank you
I hope the boy pulls through and I'm saying some prayers for his friend that ran him over.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Hope he's okay, hard way to gain experience.

 

[rvaughn704]

My prayers go out to the family as well.
But these kinds of accidents happen way too often. And yes here in N.C you have to pass a Boaters Course if you are under 26.
But I see all the time young kids / teenagers out on the lake with Boats and Jetskis with no true adult Supervision. All too often this recipe turns into disaster.
Passing a Boaters Course doesn't compensate for Common Sense.

 

[68ragtop]

My kids are very young. Far too young to drive PWC's (ages 5 & 8) However, I let them drive with me ready to steal control in a split second. I challenge them to make all the right decisions. head checking, distances, all the safety stuff. My 8 year old is getting very, very good. I hardly ever have to say anything. She even randomly checks behind us when we are just cruising in a straight line & there's nothing ahead. My hope is that when she is old enough to take the saftey course & ride alone, she will be millenniums ahead of the game & I won't have to worry too much.

 

[TSmith]

Terrible indeed. Hope for all involved that the kids ok.

My fourteen year old just passed the course in June and has been riding by herself all summer. One of the primary reasons I bought a second ski is so I can ride with her when she's out. She's very safe and always follows the rules, never reckless. It's not her I worry about, but the other idiots on the lake! I also don't think I'll be allowing her to go out by herself with friends until she gets a lot more experience. Sometimes peer pressure can blind good sense. And just because she exercises good sense doesn't always mean her friends will.

 

[1983]

The things I saw today at Barton Creek Raleigh ughh

My prayers go out to the family as well.
But these kinds of accidents happen way too often. And yes here in N.C you have to pass a Boaters Course if you are under 26.
But I see all the time young kids / teenagers out on the lake with Boats and Jetskis with no true adult Supervision. All too often this recipe turns into disaster.
Passing a Boaters Course doesn't compensate for Common Sense.

 

[rvaughn704]

1983,
This must be a North Carolina thing. I Boat on Lake Norman and Badin Lake and alot of times I see it Alcohol is involved also.
The father/grandfather in me wants to stop them and snatch a knot in thier rear end.

 

[Spimothy Leary]

Terrible indeed. Hope for all involved that the kids ok.

My fourteen year old just passed the course in June and has been riding by herself all summer. One of the primary reasons I bought a second ski is so I can ride with her when she's out. She's very safe and always follows the rules, never reckless. It's not her I worry about, but the other idiots on the lake! I also don't think I'll be allowing her to go out by herself with friends until she gets a lot more experience. Sometimes peer pressure can blind good sense. And just because she exercises good sense doesn't always mean her friends will.

mine is 20 now, she got her permit the day she turned 14, and i had been teaching her before then. I'll let her go out any time, no questions asked, however, with that said, I have a 28 yr old cousin, that I would NOT let go out even with me riding next to him. So its all about the individual, not the age.

I was driving a boat (crookedly, but safely) at age 12. however I was probably a better captain at age 12 than I was at 19 with a couple of dad's stolen budweisers in me

 

[TSmith]

So its all about the individual, not the age.

Very True. Like I said, I trust her, I just don't necessarily trust the people around her. I've been teaching both of mine to drive the boat since before they were actually "legal" at 12 to do so. We are all learning to drive the PWC's together. My daughter takes after my wife, who wouldn't go over 30 mph if her life depended on it. My son on the other hand is likely to be a bit less cautious, but he still knows and follows the rules. We also use the occasion when we see someone acting up or driving unsafely on the water to explain "how not to do it".

 

[suke]

1983,
This must be a North Carolina thing. I Boat on Lake Norman and Badin Lake and alot of times I see it Alcohol is involved also.
The father/grandfather in me wants to stop them and snatch a knot in thier rear end.

I'm glad Jordan lake is a dry lake. I believe my local lake is too. People are dumb enough on their own.

 

[TSmith]

I'm glad Jordan lake is a dry lake. I believe my local lake is too. People are dumb enough on their own.

I boat on a supposed "dry" lake as well, surrounded by dry counties. That doesn't mean its not being consumed, just that it's travelled a little farther prior to the consumption. If NC lakes, and others across the country, are anything like ours, there's far too few enforcement officers for the number of boaters out there. I think this incident however, just sounds likes kids being stupid, which can result in serious consequences regardless of whether alcohol is involved or not.

 

[AdamXP800]

I boat on a supposed "dry" lake as well, surrounded by dry counties. That doesn't mean its not being consumed, just that it's travelled a little farther prior to the consumption. If NC lakes, and others across the country, are anything like ours, there's far too few enforcement officers for the number of boaters out there. I think this incident however, just sounds likes kids being stupid, which can result in serious consequences regardless of whether alcohol is involved or not.

I agree with this post 100%. Well said

 

[suke]

I boat on a supposed "dry" lake as well, surrounded by dry counties. That doesn't mean its not being consumed, just that it's travelled a little farther prior to the consumption. If NC lakes, and others across the country, are anything like ours, there's far too few enforcement officers for the number of boaters out there. I think this incident however, just sounds likes kids being stupid, which can result in serious consequences regardless of whether alcohol is involved or not.

They have a ton of water cops out there. Saw one when we were at Jordan had someone pulled and every weekend day I've been to my local lake I've seen sheriff boats patrolling.

 

[Spimothy Leary]

I boat on a supposed "dry" lake as well, surrounded by dry counties. That doesn't mean its not being consumed, just that it's travelled a little farther prior to the consumption. If NC lakes, and others across the country, are anything like ours, there's far too few enforcement officers for the number of boaters out there. I think this incident however, just sounds likes kids being stupid, which can result in serious consequences regardless of whether alcohol is involved or not.

agree, although we see LEO on a hit or miss type situation, some day's I see 3 or 4 other days I don't see a single one. We did 62 miles saturday, and we only saw two boats (just people) the entire run, but sometimes we do the same run and there are two FWC boats out there.

side note: since i've said my two pennies before on the subject, situations like this are why my fellow riders and I keep a very safe distance between each other when riding, we try to keep at least 50 yards between ski's when riding in single file and 15 yards when riding side by side.

I was with a "noob" last month and I was running around some crab traps like a slalom course and Doug was about 30 feet behind me following my trail around the bouy's, the second I noticed him behind me I pulled out of the run and slowed down, asked him to not "ride my azz", because if I hit a turn too fast and get tossed, I don't want to get run over. It made sense to him after I mentioned it, but it honestly didn't occur to him prior to that (why I don't know lol)

If you have two kids out there: the idea of riding right behind someone doesn't feel unsafe, until its too dam late.

 

[1983]

What kills me the most is common sense and courtesy for other boaters. I saw a red tahoe and trailer sitting in 1 of the 4 slots to drop your boat in for over 45 mins. Just sitting there. Locked, windows up no one to be found. Must have been out of gas or something but cmon people really?

Kids can't back trailer of their jet ski, 10 attempts later its in the water. Yet they tether it to dock right where their trailer was instead of walking it to end of dock. So now a boat is coming down the ramp, and cant get in water cause kid is playing on his phone waiting for his buddy to park trailer.

Wives screaming :cuss: at husbands as they drive the boat in after he put the trailer in the water thats always good entertainment :lol:

Rob

1983,
This must be a North Carolina thing. I Boat on Lake Norman and Badin Lake and alot of times I see it Alcohol is involved also.
The father/grandfather in me wants to stop them and snatch a knot in thier rear end.

 

[KyleB]

mine is 20 now, she got her permit the day she turned 14, and i had been teaching her before then. I'll let her go out any time, no questions asked, however, with that said, I have a 28 yr old cousin, that I would NOT let go out even with me riding next to him. So its all about the individual, not the age.

I was driving a boat (crookedly, but safely) at age 12. however I was probably a better captain at age 12 than I was at 19 with a couple of dad's stolen budweisers in me

I agree. I have 3 boys one is 27 and the other 2 are twins 16. I would never let my 27 YO out in the boats or on a ski by himself. On the other hand I trust my 16 year olds completely. I've always told them that I trust them until they give me a reason not too. I hope and pray the kid will be ok. :cheers: