What's with the white rental speedboats ??

[Rob]

Wow! Just read the thread on TA... Jojo, sorry to read about their reaction to your post, but am not really surprised. There is unfortunately much wrong info on TA. After all, the top 3 "night life" picks for Negril on TA are not even operating at night. LOL!

Anyways, a poster claims to have seen some info about speed boats from Jamwest. I spoke with Jamwest this morning and they have NO speed boats at all. We are heading out to Island Lux and will check with them about their speed boats, how it works when you rent one and who is allowed to operate them. From what I have seen, the boats at Island Lux are all branded with the red and white Island Lux logos. We will report back and let everyone know what we have found out.

We are also checking with the Negril Police. We should be hearing something from the Marine Patrol and will also report back when we hear more. As of this writing, there are a couple different possibilities, but both are pure speculation. If either pan out, we will let you know.

Reading between the lines on the TA thread, the best I can say is that a few people saw something and made some assumptions from what they witnessed. Now places that cannot possibly have any connection are being blamed for the situation that may or may not exist.

Please keep checking back as we learn more today!

[jamaicajeanne]

Thanks Rob!
Hey Jojo, I loved your response when the OP was nasty.....If you need someone to share that investigative trip with you, count me in!!!...we do not live that far from each other and we certainly agreed on our thoughts regarding Nathansberg!

[MikeyNYC]

Rob, as always, thanks for all your leg work to keep things copacetic.

[Irine]

Hey Rob

I saw these boats several times between feb 24th and march 10. They are 14-15 feet long, two seater's max and would be too small to come from MoBay. I was curious about them myself. In the evening I wouyld see them headed towards the AI end of the beach. Maybe someone in Bloody Bay has them as an AI perk?

Wow! Just read the thread on TA... Jojo, sorry to read about their reaction to your post, but am not really surprised. There is unfortunately much wrong info on TA. After all, the top 3 "night life" picks for Negril on TA are not even operating at night. LOL!

Anyways, a poster claims to have seen some info about speed boats from Jamwest. I spoke with Jamwest this morning and they have NO speed boats at all. We are heading out to Island Lux and will check with them about their speed boats, how it works when you rent one and who is allowed to operate them. From what I have seen, the boats at Island Lux are all branded with the red and white Island Lux logos. We will report back and let everyone know what we have found out.

We are also checking with the Negril Police. We should be hearing something from the Marine Patrol and will also report back when we hear more. As of this writing, there are a couple different possibilities, but both are pure speculation. If either pan out, we will let you know.

Reading between the lines on the TA thread, the best I can say is that a few people saw something and made some assumptions from what they witnessed. Now places that cannot possibly have any connection are being blamed for the situation that may or may not exist.

Please keep checking back as we learn more today!

[Irine]

These are them. Sunwing I think. Big new AI??

Hey Rob

I saw these boats several times between feb 24th and march 10. They are 14-15 feet long, two seater's max and would be too small to come from MoBay. I was curious about them myself. In the evening I wouyld see them headed towards the AI end of the beach. Maybe someone in Bloody Bay has them as an AI perk?

[Borntobeach]

We saw 5 white boats following each other last week...not sure they were speed boats...not close to the swimmers or speeding

[jamaicajeanne]

If you go the the website for Island Lux, they are indeed advertising speed boats.

[jojo p]

Jeanne...hey...it's you....lol. Yes, we seem to agree with advice to the '' colorful'' characters over there .....hahaha
Thanks for posting that pic Irene, that is obviously what they were talking about........that picture makes my stomach sink...folks driving close, not paying attention to where they are going...

Rob, thanks for all you are doing to nip this in the bud before another tragedy.

[Odinson]

Oh boy. Here comes trouble, here comes the danger. They do look like fun but please stay away from shore and look out for the guy in the water waving his arms frantically at you while his wife hightails it to the ladder.

[Rob]

I am posting this from Island Lux. Their boats here are not white and the most they have rented in one day so far has been two. Here is a picture taken moments ago:



As you can see, there is no way that you can mistake them for the white, two seater boat in the picture in a previous post. Island Lux most certainly has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. Both Jamwest and Island Lux have been falsely accused on TripAdvisor.

The picture of the white boat posted above does match the descriptions and is very similar to what we just saw here at Island Lux. The manager was explaining to us that all Island Lux boats can only be rented with a licensed captain at the helm. They have no two seater boats.

About twenty minutes ago we saw three boats speeding way out near the reef heading towards the HiLo area of the West End. The boats we saw go by just a few minutes ago were traveling in a straight line, steady but would be a stretch to call them "speeding". From an inside the boat perspective, less than 10 mph. But they were traveling between the Island Lux moored boats and the bouy lines. Way too close unless you are observing a "no wake" speed.

They did indeed continue north into Bloody Bay, but it was impossible to tell where they went from there.

It is clear though that no one is renting them on the Negril beach. They are coming from Bloody Bay or beyond.

The mystery of their origin continues...