Jetski Ban

Only saw 2 jetskis yesterday (together, at the same time & place) & the marine patrol was on them in a heartbeat. Obviously not everyone got the news on the ban or chose to risk ignoring it.

More info. Everyone has a different piece of information because they saw a piece of what happened. It literally is like putting a lot of puzzle pieces together. Kind of reminds me of a lesson I used when I was teaching. I'd hold up a magazine & one side of the room would see the cover, the other side saw the back. They both saw the same thing but what they saw was different depending on their perspective, POV, how much attention they were paying, etc. That said...

My sources are not idle beach chat (saw that implied elsewhere) but from tourists who were there & involved. I'm not one to put info out there unless I'm sure it's reliable. The person who told me about the jetski driver helping someone moments before... traveling w/ one of the women who was doing CPR & was right there. I had also met - prior to the incident - the young woman who was translating for the wife; continued to talk w/ her until she left. Only yesterday afternoon did I learn the jetski driver was cited for bad behavior on a jetski recently & that he's older older than I was previously told. So... scared, OK but be a man & stay. A young guy running away, I get. A grown man... not cool. It turns out BEFORE he helped the other jetski he had been trying to sell rides to the man who was killed & his wife & they told him no. Even though they were snorkeling, he should have still been aware that they were there. (An aside... I totally agree NOBODY in the water should be solicited for jetski rides... beach only.)

Talking yesterday w/ one of the other women who performed CPR, she was pretty sure the blow to the head caused a severe neck injury that would have caused death if drowning didn't. Seems he was in the water for a while before anyone went to pull him in. His wife had just gone up to order lunch & while she was gone he was hit. Someone eventually went out to get him & a boat pitched just as they were almost to shore. Only when he was on shore did someone remove his snorkel mask. So... not beach chat, speculation, rumor, just bits & pieces of facts when I get them.

Don't know what else I'll hear over time but I only consider first hand info reliable. Even if this guy wasn't hotdogging at the time, he easily could have been since it seems to be the norm for him, probably for most of the jetski guys.

Rough seas tore the swim marker line loose @ the Beach Club yesterday... collapsed to almost half size but got fixed quickly.

it a wonder how anyone can make a living with these things..they hardly last the season and sit idle 9 months of the slow season...

You just have to keep them tuned up and out of the cold weather. They can last several years if took care of properly.

Am curious whether the jet ski's are still banned. Wouldn't mind them if they'd only go slow before they hit open water.

Other than the 2 the first day of the ban, no jetskis out there. Nice & peaceful! Marine authority out on patrol.

Yesterday afternoon I saw a glass bottom boat bringing a boat load of passengers to shore. There was a couple swimming outside of the ropes, pretty much situated in the direct path the boat would have taken to get to shore. The boat guide was standing at the front of the boat blowing a very loud whistle to alert the swimmers of his approach. I liked the whistle touch!

Saw 2 jetskis again yesterday & wondered what that was about. Everyone knows about the ban by now. Looked like tourists & at least one of the 2 (again, together at the same time & area) got too close to swim areas. I could see that, even from a distance.