Oh joy

[Aquaboy]

Experience Suffolk rivers like never before as jet ski business launches

 

[oilybilge]

"Riders will also be accompanied by a qualified Royal Yacht Association Level 2 instructor when out on the rivers."

That's something at least.

 

[WoodyP]

Deep joy. Peace and quiet lost and gone.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Will they keep within 6 kts ?

 

[MikeBz]

“…to explore the water in a fun, environmentally friendly way.” Maybe with sails then?

 

[Richborough]

I live on the river stour. You cannot trust them. Just last week 6 were out of control. And one had a very small child with them.

 

[johnalison]

I live on the river stour. You cannot trust them. Just last week 6 were out of control. And one had a very small child with them.

That’s the problem. We are forever being told about how terribly responsible some of them are, but this is little consolation when others feel encouraged to create mayhem and disturb those out for quiet enjoyment over a large area, or the unfortunate residents who bought property nearby when such things had not been invented.

 

[Wansworth]

The same ilk who pootled pass my boat on the river Arun second fastest river ,kids without LJ on the front adults in the cockpit having a good time

 

[Bouba]

The same ilk who pootled pass my boat on the river Arun second fastest river ,kids without LJ on the front adults in the cockpit having a good time

You see that on the Mediterranean….it is definitely one of the things that annoys me…one unexpected wake and…well, it could lead to another unexpected wake

 

[RivalRedwing]

“…to explore the water in a fun, environmentally friendly way.” Maybe with sails then?

I do struggle with the concept of environmentally friendly jet skis

 

[Sailing steve]

I do struggle with the concept of environmentally friendly jet skis

I struggle with the concept of jets kis altogether.

 

[johnalison]

I struggle with the concept of jets kis altogether.

Not that I would ever wish to go on a Mediterranean or Caribbean beach holiday, but the ads for them always appear to show people having 'fun' on jet-skis, but never the reactions of other holidaymakers.

 

[ex-Gladys]

Environmentally friendly=electric?

 

[Bouba]

Environmentally friendly=electric?

I have seen electric jet skis and they do have a lot of poke.....in France, many of the big lakes don’t always petrol engines

 

[Habebty]

I was out for a sail Weds and saw a well behaved procession line astern of jet skis coming out of the Orwell (looked like 6 knots). Whilst I don’t like the bloody things, at least the hooning about bit was way out towards the Cork yacht beacon. Nice change from the idiots that occasionally turn up from the Clacton area. Curiously, the Harwich Harbour Guide states that jet skiing is prohibited in the harbour, so I guess this group have negotiated an exemption due to the qualified instructor accompanied group?

 

[dunedin]

Environmentally friendly=electric?

I wondered that, which might make sense - but the waterspout coming up suggests big standard ICE engines.
In which case pure unfounded hype

 

[Bouba]

I wondered that, which might make sense - but the waterspout coming up suggests big standard ICE engines.
In which case pure unfounded hype

Say you had two people going somewhere on a superyacht.....it’s environmentally friendly if they went by jet ski instead

 

[MikeBz]

Say you had two people going somewhere on a superyacht.....it’s environmentally friendly if they went by jet ski instead

And there’s the difference between “environmentally friendly” and “less worse”.

 

[Greemble]

And there’s the difference between “environmentally friendly” and “less worse”.

“environmentally friendlier”, perhaps?

 

[Gustywinds]

“environmentally friendlier”, perhaps?

Environmentally bigly (with covfefe)