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What is interesting is that this person was trying to do it legally, with a licence, RYA qualified leader and presumably insurance but has been denied, but people could hire out jet skis away from the water without control?

There may be an argument to allow licenced jet skis but off the beach in a set area away from main swimming areas, so controlled - not in the river

Maybe a designated section or sections of beach for all the wizzy sports - jet ski's, kitesurfers, wingfoilers, electric foilers

£175 for 90 mins - were there many takers?
 
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What is interesting is that this person was trying to do it legally, with a licence, RYA qualified leader and presumably insurance but has been denied, but people could hire out jet skis away from the water without control?

There may be an argument to allow licenced jet skis but off the beach in a set area away from main swimming areas, so controlled - not in the river

Maybe a designated section or sections of beach for all the wizzy sports - jet ski's, kitesurfers, wingfoilers, electric foilers

£175 for 90 mins - were there many takers?
I just looked up electric foilers.
Think I might give them a miss at around
£5k .
 

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- Edit - I was first thinking of rowing boats being like at Thorpeness but rowing skiffs or coastal rowing boats could be attractive - maybe there should be an 8 knot speed limit on the whole of the Deben now, with power boats being encouraged to go out to sea
 
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I have got a better idea. Lets ban everything that any of us does not like....... That would work
 

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Terrible News. The water is there for all to enjoy.
I totally agree regarding enjoyment for all. However, I don’t think the presence of any number of yachts, walkers, bird watchers, canoeists, anglers, picnickers, swimmers, or the very wildlife most of them go there to see and hear would spoil that enjoyment for a jet skier. On the contrary - they generally seem to prefer an audience. The reverse is quite different of course, hence my own feelings on the matter - just one jet ski in an otherwise peaceful area of outstanding natural beauty will destroy that enjoyment for all others.
It would be rather like having a designated track for scramble bikes in Rendlesham Forest - something nobody other than some scramblers themselves would consider appropriate.
Incidentally, I personally witnessed these very people blasting around in circles last summer, just downriver from The Rocks, in a speed-restricted area, close to several anchored yachts at Hemley.
It’s incredible that even supposed pwc professionals, hoping to gain acceptance, and whilst actually supervising novices, are simply incapable of behaving in a sociable or responsible manner.
 

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Utter nonsense of course. It is one of those meaningless phrases hauled out by those who care nothing about other people’s need for peaceful recreation or the preservation of the environment.
You have just described yourself there. Very well done as always
 

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I totally agree regarding enjoyment for all. However, I don’t think the presence of any number of yachts, walkers, bird watchers, canoeists, anglers, picnickers, swimmers, or the very wildlife most of them go there to see and hear would spoil that enjoyment for a jet skier. On the contrary - they generally seem to prefer an audience. The reverse is quite different of course, hence my own feelings on the matter - just one jet ski in an otherwise peaceful area of outstanding natural beauty will destroy that enjoyment for all others.
It would be rather like having a designated track for scramble bikes in Rendlesham Forest - something nobody other than some scramblers themselves would consider appropriate.
Incidentally, I personally witnessed these very people blasting around in circles last summer, just downriver from The Rocks, in a speed-restricted area, close to several anchored yachts at Hemley.
It’s incredible that even supposed pwc professionals, hoping to gain acceptance, and whilst actually supervising novices, are simply incapable of behaving in a sociable or responsible manner.
You make many assumptions about what others enjoy. Perhaps have a little rethink
 

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- Edit - I was first thinking of rowing boats being like at Thorpeness but rowing skiffs or coastal rowing boats could be attractive - maybe there should be an 8 knot speed limit on the whole of the Deben now, with power boats being encouraged to go out to sea
I think the existing speed limits on the Deben are reasonable but I have not seen any evidence of them being enforced.
 

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You have just described yourself there. Very well done as always
I am grateful for the compliment. Perhaps it is just the way I’ve been brought up, but I would rather be thought of as someone who respects others’ needs for privacy and quiet and with due regard for the natural world than someone who sees the world as their personal playground and to hell with everyone and everything else.
 

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I think the existing speed limits on the Deben are reasonable but I have not seen any evidence of them being enforced.
Sadly true. And don’t these people know it!
More than twenty years ago I had to attend a business meeting in Bristol. One of the delightful people I had to spend time with lit up with enthusiasm when I told him I was from Woodbridge as he owned some type of speedboat or rib.
‘Oh yeah, I often take it up there for a week with the kids in the summer. It’s not like down here - you can do what the f**k you want; there’s no one to stop you.”
 

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You make many assumptions about what others enjoy. Perhaps have a little rethink
Over the past eleven years (I retired this year) I have travelled up and down the Deben approximately three and a half thousand times.
Not including time at home (I live aboard for about eight months a year) I have spent around six thousand hours on the river and interacted with around twenty five thousand people.
Being a very keen walker and wildlife enthusiast I spend much of my leisure time near the river, regularly conversing with fellow walkers, dog walkers, holidaying visitors etc.
Not one person I have ever spoken to has expressed anything even remotely positive regarding pwc or speedboats etc.
Please don’t accuse me of making assumptions.
 

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BigPlumbs is buying a paddleboard in Motorboat Forum and encouraging others to join him so we will be looking forward to seeing him paddleboarding next year,

I assume though that he would consider himself to be a responsible powerboater who likes to use the river in the way that is permitted, as others do in their different ways. The bylaws make interesting reading.
 
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- Edit - I was first thinking of rowing boats being like at Thorpeness but rowing skiffs or coastal rowing boats could be attractive - maybe there should be an 8 knot speed limit on the whole of the Deben now, with power boats being encouraged to go out to sea
Are you being serious ?
 
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