i am a school teacher and my family and i spend most of our time at cave run lake during weekdays in the summer. we took my bro in law and his girlfriend out on saturday. a little more crowded than usual, rougher water, but no big deal.
so we kill the engine in a large cove with several other boats for lunch. we're enjoying ourselves when i notice an 18 ft runabout is coming pretty hard in our direction. i figure he'll correct as we are stationary, but he doesn't he's coming at what appears to be wot and only 100 ft away and closing. i jump up and flip on the horn and wave my hands. he doesn't slow down but does a hard turn where the back of his boat seems to drift and passes us within 20 ft. he proceeds to stand up with his arms up as if to say "what?" he tenders up to a houseboat further in the cove.
we have a great day of tubing and skiing. my wife drives the boat for the first time and does a wonderful job. we're heading back to the marina when i notice 2 guys on jet skis zipping around pretty hard and pretty erratic. not too big of a deal. but then, the first comes barrelling at us, missing our boat by maybe 20 ft (magic number, i guess) and jumps my wake. his buddy does the same. i give a yell to no avail. so then, the 2nd guy comes back to take another jump on our wake. i'm pissed. i kill the engine and walk to the stern while making a large "cut it" sign. he frowns, gets close, and stares at me. i yell, "you're done, go!" or something to that extent. he gives me another dirty look and rides off.
weekend boating. geez.
i turned 30 2 months ago and i think i'm officially old. i get pissed off by these people running too fast and complain when i don't think things are safe enough. garbage!
on a bright note, i successfully skiied (sp?) for the first time in my life.
so we kill the engine in a large cove with several other boats for lunch. we're enjoying ourselves when i notice an 18 ft runabout is coming pretty hard in our direction. i figure he'll correct as we are stationary, but he doesn't he's coming at what appears to be wot and only 100 ft away and closing. i jump up and flip on the horn and wave my hands. he doesn't slow down but does a hard turn where the back of his boat seems to drift and passes us within 20 ft. he proceeds to stand up with his arms up as if to say "what?" he tenders up to a houseboat further in the cove.
we have a great day of tubing and skiing. my wife drives the boat for the first time and does a wonderful job. we're heading back to the marina when i notice 2 guys on jet skis zipping around pretty hard and pretty erratic. not too big of a deal. but then, the first comes barrelling at us, missing our boat by maybe 20 ft (magic number, i guess) and jumps my wake. his buddy does the same. i give a yell to no avail. so then, the 2nd guy comes back to take another jump on our wake. i'm pissed. i kill the engine and walk to the stern while making a large "cut it" sign. he frowns, gets close, and stares at me. i yell, "you're done, go!" or something to that extent. he gives me another dirty look and rides off.
weekend boating. geez.
i turned 30 2 months ago and i think i'm officially old. i get pissed off by these people running too fast and complain when i don't think things are safe enough. garbage!
on a bright note, i successfully skiied (sp?) for the first time in my life.
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