I hear the friggin Jet ski rentals are back! Is that true?
Sure was quite without them!!
I hear the friggin Jet ski rentals are back! Is that true?
Sure was quite without them!!
I was just there, and saw not a single jetski in ten days. I believe you have been misinformed
There are no jetski rentals in Negril. Private owners can bring their own, but in the last year I have seen a grand total of two being used one weekend...
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No jet skis sighted the past 5 days on the beach.
Regards,
Bob
Are they jet ski's banned?
No, the ban was lifted along time ago. But there are legal requirements that have to be met (official launching zones, transfers to and from these zones, special insurance, licensing and inspections, etc) that legal operators decided it was not in their best financial interest to pursue. Their profit margin was not great enough in Negril to make it worthwhile.
There are a few operators running elsewhere on the island, but in Negril, the operators decided it was best not to operate...
The private jetskis I saw during one particular weekend were brought by their owners from Kingston to use on their weekend getaway in Negril.
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There are discussions on finding ONE spot for them to rent out of, but JUST discussions still....they will need to be licensed and insured to even touch the water.
After several years vacationing in Negril, we didn't go last year partly because I had various safety concerns. While the hassling was up the last couple of years, we could deal with that. The increasing (in my perception, anyway) reports of theft and robberies were a concern. But the jet skis were the deal breaker. My wife is a beach person and her idea of a vacation is to alternate long swims with naps on the beach while I go fetch lunch etc. I swim fine, just don't love it the way she does, so she'd be in the water alone, and I found myself pacing when she was swimming because of the jet skis zipping around her. Not a relaxing vacation! Sometimes it would be a Jamaican trying to rent her one even while she was swimming, sometimes it was tourists who didn't appear to know what they were doing, and sometimes just either Jamaicans or tourists who I thought were being jerks. The discussions here in the spring about the increased police presence on the beach and the news about the jet skis going away have induced us to return this February.
wrtiii, Like your wife, my ''sweet place''i in Negril is the ocean...swimming, floating, walking....The one thing that took me away from the pure enjoyment,and serenity of the water was the jet skis.
I use to love to swim out to the floating dock out of Alfreds, and lay out there, very surreal....but had to stop because I had to dodge the jetskis.
I couldn't swim outside my resort in peace because of them whooshing up and yelling, 'do you want to ride jetski?"
I know a boardie that was on the beach the afternoon the tourist from the U.S. was hit and killed buy a guy on a jetski.
Medical attention was slow getting there, and there were tourists that were attending to this man....it didn't matter how long it took for medical
attention to get there, as the man died almost immediately from the blunt force trauma.
I can't imagine the pure horror that that mans family went through. One second, there dad and husband was swimming along in the water, and bam, the next, hes gone.
I often wonder just how difficult it was for that family, not only through the unbelievable expense it must of cost them to transport their loved one all the way back home, but the heartbreak
they endured.
If you rent a car, or scooter, most are aware that the traffic is crazy there, and do so at your own risk.
You shouldn't have to ''swim in the beach outside your resort,' at your own risk........
While jetskis may be appropriate for some vacation spots, IMO, there's no place for them in Negril! Good riddens!!!!
Personally, I'm looking forward to a jet ski free beach in a few weeks.
I also heard that the snorkeling is better than ever since the jet skis have vacated the area.
Johio
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