Skysurfer2010
Jetboaters Commander
- Messages
- 429
- Reaction score
- 161
- Points
- 177
- Location
- Philly
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2020
- Boat Model
- 242 Limited S E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
I had to work yesterday morning but I got done early and headed to the marina. I called a few friends, loaded the cooler, and headed out to a cove (Dredge Harbor for the locals in the know). A few minutes later a close friend and his crew showed up with their 28' maxum cabin cruiser and sea doo GTX (pwc) and we rafted up planning to stay for the day.
A few hours pass and everyone is taking runs on the pwc. Even though I've owned many in the past and they don't excite me much anymore I opted to go out with a friend on it. As soon as we leave the cove I spot a small fishing boat on the rocks with their outboard cover off the engine and they're flagging us down. My one friend who really doesn't know much about boating said "screw that" and I said "it's the law and it's good karma lets go see what they need." It was a group of 5 college students and they ended up needing a tow. I told them we'd tow them into the cove we came out of and drop them off at the docks and they were very grateful.
So I hook them up with a tow line. While helping them they said they were stuck there for an hour and tried waving multiple people down. Nobody stopped. They we super grateful and I explained to them how this tow was going to work and what I expected of them and what not to do. We were on our way quickly and moved at barely above idle partly due to the tow rope not being as long as I would have liked.
The cove is extremely shallow and has a narrow channel entrance. We were 3/4 of the way in when a 34'+ sailboat under power came up on our ass very quickly. They had about 8 people on board *cough*yuppies*cough* and the wife I assume came to the bow and started freaking out. She started yelling at us and I couldn't hear what she was saying due to the distance of being on the tow ski. The college kids looked spooked and I asked what they were yelling. They told me they were telling us to move out of their way because they couldn't pass us and were going to run aground! I couldn't believe it and my temper flew. We were going to veer off the channel anyway at this time to head towards a dock so we did this at that time. As the sailboat came parallel to me the wife at the front looks at me and started flailing her arms. To which I told her she and her crew were number one via hand signals (good ol Jersey salute) and might have said a few more words to the affect that she isn't too smart if she's yelling at someone under tow. Ok, maybe it wasn't said so politely.
I couldn't believe someone would get pissed at someone being towed in because they couldn't control the speed of their vessel! I was very tempted to go find their dock after dropping off the college kids but decided nothing good would come of it. Damn yuppies!
A few hours pass and everyone is taking runs on the pwc. Even though I've owned many in the past and they don't excite me much anymore I opted to go out with a friend on it. As soon as we leave the cove I spot a small fishing boat on the rocks with their outboard cover off the engine and they're flagging us down. My one friend who really doesn't know much about boating said "screw that" and I said "it's the law and it's good karma lets go see what they need." It was a group of 5 college students and they ended up needing a tow. I told them we'd tow them into the cove we came out of and drop them off at the docks and they were very grateful.
So I hook them up with a tow line. While helping them they said they were stuck there for an hour and tried waving multiple people down. Nobody stopped. They we super grateful and I explained to them how this tow was going to work and what I expected of them and what not to do. We were on our way quickly and moved at barely above idle partly due to the tow rope not being as long as I would have liked.
The cove is extremely shallow and has a narrow channel entrance. We were 3/4 of the way in when a 34'+ sailboat under power came up on our ass very quickly. They had about 8 people on board *cough*yuppies*cough* and the wife I assume came to the bow and started freaking out. She started yelling at us and I couldn't hear what she was saying due to the distance of being on the tow ski. The college kids looked spooked and I asked what they were yelling. They told me they were telling us to move out of their way because they couldn't pass us and were going to run aground! I couldn't believe it and my temper flew. We were going to veer off the channel anyway at this time to head towards a dock so we did this at that time. As the sailboat came parallel to me the wife at the front looks at me and started flailing her arms. To which I told her she and her crew were number one via hand signals (good ol Jersey salute) and might have said a few more words to the affect that she isn't too smart if she's yelling at someone under tow. Ok, maybe it wasn't said so politely.
I couldn't believe someone would get pissed at someone being towed in because they couldn't control the speed of their vessel! I was very tempted to go find their dock after dropping off the college kids but decided nothing good would come of it. Damn yuppies!