Ronnie
Jetboaters Fleet Admiral
- Messages
- 8,525
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- 11,350
- Points
- 647
- Location
- SF Bay Area
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2010
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 24
Ever since @rjclark mentioned it I've wanted to attend this event, so I did so yesterday. First, I'm glad i did. Second, I would not so again.
Pros: The high was 95 and there were plenty of beautiful women in skimpy bikinis gyrating to music.
Cons: Lots of cops (at one point I had 6 on pwcs behind the boat, two on shore nearby giving tickets and at least one more circling the perimeter), lots of people with boats, many of which seemingly rarely boat and some drinking, all trying to occupy the same limited space. The "Sponsors" did a horrible job advertising the event and didn't even have a boat (that I could identify) on the water. Why they scheduled this for a Sunday is beyond me.
It is 50 from my launch point to Discovery Cove where the event was held, each way took 3 hours because of all the slow splines (and cops patrolling them). I left at 6:30 am and got home and semi unloaded at 11:30 pm. My friend is trying to hook up with a gorgeous "cougar" that was in the boat we rafted up to around mid day. We ended up leaving in a rush after the raft (of at least 20 boats) in front us us broke free and drifted into our bow. Our raft was literally surrounded at the bow by all the boats tied together by the raft of boats infront of us. Luckily I was able to drag the box anchor from under them, detach the lines holding me to the raft end get the hell out of there quickly.
I flew three times taking pics and video with both the vision and gopro camera. I also took toms of pics with the dslr. Someone else was flying a gen one paphantom yesterday and the cops could careless, some even waved to the camera. I saw at least one water ballon thrown at my phanton (it wasn't even close) and most people reacted positively (waved, hollered, posed, danced) when I flew by or over head. I'm still not comfortable flying over people (it just something I've always avoided doing in the past).
Again, I had a good time and am glad I went. Whenever I trip up to Sacramento I will be sure to spend at least a few hours in Discovery Cove (from what I can tell its the locals "skiers beach") but I won't make the effort just to go to Wake the World, especially if its on a Sunday again.
Pics and links to follow.
Pros: The high was 95 and there were plenty of beautiful women in skimpy bikinis gyrating to music.
Cons: Lots of cops (at one point I had 6 on pwcs behind the boat, two on shore nearby giving tickets and at least one more circling the perimeter), lots of people with boats, many of which seemingly rarely boat and some drinking, all trying to occupy the same limited space. The "Sponsors" did a horrible job advertising the event and didn't even have a boat (that I could identify) on the water. Why they scheduled this for a Sunday is beyond me.
It is 50 from my launch point to Discovery Cove where the event was held, each way took 3 hours because of all the slow splines (and cops patrolling them). I left at 6:30 am and got home and semi unloaded at 11:30 pm. My friend is trying to hook up with a gorgeous "cougar" that was in the boat we rafted up to around mid day. We ended up leaving in a rush after the raft (of at least 20 boats) in front us us broke free and drifted into our bow. Our raft was literally surrounded at the bow by all the boats tied together by the raft of boats infront of us. Luckily I was able to drag the box anchor from under them, detach the lines holding me to the raft end get the hell out of there quickly.
I flew three times taking pics and video with both the vision and gopro camera. I also took toms of pics with the dslr. Someone else was flying a gen one paphantom yesterday and the cops could careless, some even waved to the camera. I saw at least one water ballon thrown at my phanton (it wasn't even close) and most people reacted positively (waved, hollered, posed, danced) when I flew by or over head. I'm still not comfortable flying over people (it just something I've always avoided doing in the past).
Again, I had a good time and am glad I went. Whenever I trip up to Sacramento I will be sure to spend at least a few hours in Discovery Cove (from what I can tell its the locals "skiers beach") but I won't make the effort just to go to Wake the World, especially if its on a Sunday again.
Pics and links to follow.
