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Old 07-14-2010 | 01:34 AM
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The new's reported almost all the arrests made this past weekends Aquapalooza were people on jet skis.
They would ignore the no wake zone and whne stopped were arrested for BUI..
So sometimes these morons do pay..
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Old 07-14-2010 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by On Time
We call 'em lake lice too. I have a friend also with a 42 Fountain that put a train horn on his boat just for special occsions. To watch the way they jump and whip their heads around when he blasts them is just great!

http://trainhornsdelivered.com/
Just curious where your friend mounted the horns.....they are huge .....I would love to have them on my boat, but not be visible...... Between the jet ski's and the guys who rent those tiny boats with an outboard and feel the need to drift/fish in narrow high traffic channels........I would get some use out of them for sure.....
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Old 07-14-2010 | 08:55 AM
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We have had so many close calls. Is it legal to shoot them with the kids paintball gun? Then we would all be able to tell which ones to watch out for. More paint spots = bigger dumb azz. Just an idea.
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Old 07-14-2010 | 09:54 AM
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They have become a major problem in our area as far as I am concerned. I was almost hit twice just last weekend. The wake jumping is the cause of most of the problem as they don't pay attention to the fact other boats might be passing the larger cruisers.

A couple years ago, there was a guy jumiping wakes behind a 50 foot Sea Ray. He did not realize the Cruiswer was slowing to a stop and ended up running into the back of the Sea Ray. Luckily, he was the only one injured but it could have been worse.

Seems like every year that passes there are more and more of these things on the water. The main problem is that they are more often than not "community" vehicles...meaning, normally the person that owns them is not opperating them, they just let their friends play with them so there is no expectation of responsibility.
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Old 07-14-2010 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by haulinvols
They have become a major problem in our area as far as I am concerned. I was almost hit twice just last weekend. The wake jumping is the cause of most of the problem as they don't pay attention to the fact other boats might be passing the larger cruisers.

A couple years ago, there was a guy jumiping wakes behind a 50 foot Sea Ray. He did not realize the Cruiswer was slowing to a stop and ended up running into the back of the Sea Ray. Luckily, he was the only one injured but it could have been worse.

Seems like every year that passes there are more and more of these things on the water. The main problem is that they are more often than not "community" vehicles...meaning, normally the person that owns them is not opperating them, they just let their friends play with them so there is no expectation of responsibility.

If one of them crashed into the back of my 50ft Sea Ray, well, you can rest assured that if the accident DIDN'T kill him, I would!

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Old 07-14-2010 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by n20michael
I also noticed it wasnt JUST performance boaters that hated them, bass fishermen, commercial captains, Hell, even sailboats [not sure if they are rainbow colored or not! ha ha] hated them. I think they remind people of the "organ donors" on sport bikes who rip up and down the highways at 170MPH weaving in and out of traffic, usuallly during long weekend rush hour.

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In a lot of cases they ARE the same a$$ hole that is on one wheel in rush hour. I had one of thoses sport bike A Holes almost take me out in Daytona on the Express Way. I was on my 9' Big Bear Chopper and he changed lanes at twice the speed I was traveling and almost cliped my front wheel. Little Bastards. And yes I have almost struck numerous "lake lice" with both my old Baja and my Velocity. I find it hard to feel sorry for the little pricks when I see them laying by the roadside (sportbikes) or when I see them take a hard wipeout on the lake (jetski).
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Old 07-14-2010 | 06:27 PM
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2:34 is great. Would be great for a boat

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/36100/horn_blasters/
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Old 07-14-2010 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by NWPC
We have had so many close calls. Is it legal to shoot them with the kids paintball gun? Then we would all be able to tell which ones to watch out for. More paint spots = bigger dumb azz. Just an idea.
Please understand that of course I wouldn't do the following or recommend the following: Paint ball guns would leave evidence, however if they are really too close a handle of ice cubes strategically propelled in their "general" direction can make an impression and melt immediately after impact.

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Old 07-14-2010 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Here's Johnny
Just curious where your friend mounted the horns.....they are huge .....I would love to have them on my boat, but not be visible...... Between the jet ski's and the guys who rent those tiny boats with an outboard and feel the need to drift/fish in narrow high traffic channels........I would get some use out of them for sure.....
That video is great!! Kinda like the jet ski fux we tag when they get too close. My friend mounted the horns behind the vents at the back of his boat. They point out to the side and are not visible from the outside.

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Old 07-17-2010 | 01:48 PM
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We nearly had one center-punch our 35 Fountain while we were anchored on the lake. He came past us, did a 360 spin out and punched it. Unfortunately he was pointed right at our boat when he punched it. In addition to me yelling a few choice words, he got hit with a good handful of unnecessary boat items that were within my reach! For that matter, he was almost within my reach, too!

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