I have worn one when running hard in the ocean,but Sunday running in the Hudson both my son and I wore them.
I new there was going to be a lot of debris with the rain we had.Plus my boat doesn't deflect wind as well as others.
It was windy both ways but more so coming back and I was able to see so much more clearly with out the wind slamming into my goggles.It is something I will probably do more often especially on long runs,things happen and every piece of safety equipment you have on increases your chance of survival.

That was classic when that second one hit the reporter

Couple months back I was tearing a$$ back to the dock and encountered a low flying crane, that things wingspan was at least 4 ft and it had to weight 20 lbs or so, I centered that thing so perfectly it could have never been repeated again. There was beak and guts all over the front of my scarab, I watched it the whole way thinking that there is no way we will hit that damn thing, we sure enough did and if you have never heard a crane "scream" its a terrifying sound.....Needless to say if I hadn't ducked as quickly as I did I am confident my neck would have been broken, scared the hell outta me and my girlfriend.....needless to say that crane will never make the mistake of flying that low again.....I learned to never play chicken with waterfoul as well.

When the water is really rough I have worn mine. and when it starts to get cold I wear one I tend to drag my boat out in the winter sometimes and go for a cruise and the helment helps with not getting so cold.

James

I wore a full face helmet 2 years ago in the fall running the local river, it was fairly rough out, cold and I was pushing the envelope around 100 mph. It gives you a completely different perception, in my case there was no deafening roar from the wind buffeting my ears and the scream of the engine wasn't as bad, it was like there was real clarity. I was cruising at 80-85 and it seemed ALOT slower than it normally would and 95 seemed like 70or 80, I took them with me a few times since but have yet to wear them again, Smitty

Seems a contradiction,
On one hand its "just a poker run, not a race, just for fun"
on the other hand its " helmets,lifelines,intercoms and running 90mph,100mph and beyond"
on publicly accesed/open waterways..

Sounds like racing to me, but what the heck do i know?

Enjoy while you can, at the rate the speeds/hp are increasing on these "runs"
it isnt long before big brother steps in and shuts us all down..

I love speed but personally I think that kind of continous speed/hp/hardware should be left for the open ocean.. But Again what do I know..
:)

(dont mind my late night babble, been drinkin.. lol )

While I will agree with some of what you posted in the event of any incident during a poker run it will not even make the news if no one gets killed.Every piece of saftety equipment you use increases your chance of survival.You will also be suprised on how much better you can see with a full face helmet on especially going into the wind.

great when you get caught in rain

I have seen you on the river with the helmets on before (at least your boat). You freaking blew past me and my friend racing down the Livingston in our 21' Scarabs (one red/black and the other white). We were heading north and you were heading south. You then turned around and came up in between us then circled us again. All while we were running flat out! Back then I thought 60+mph was pretty fast until that day..... After that we tucked our tails between our legs and headed back to the docks. :( . This was quite a few years ago............

I have had the boat 14 seasons and named it "Let It Ride". It has been an 80+ boat since 2000. Knocked on 90's door this year and low 90's this coming season. The OE should cruise nicely at 90.

Yeah it isn't often you see a Baja of that size running that fast with 3 guys wearing black helmets. That is why I remember it so vividly. I am guessing when you blew past us it was at least 9 years ago.