We had an awesome 4th. The municipality that normally puts on a fireworks show cancelled because of Covid. However, the neighborhood across the cove and two of our neighbors dropped some big dollars on fireworks and basically had a duelling fireworks show we watched from our dock.
yeah fuck going out on the lake in the heat of the day. I get it for people that don’t go up there often, it’s something new and they want it now now NOW!! But they’re also counting on me to drive, which means I make the rules. We’re not staying out all day and getting dehydrated and dealing with a sunburn that takes a week to heal from. People who haven’t spent much time on the water, don’t appreciate how much it reflects the sun. What’s that? You can’t drive because you started pounding beers at 10 am? Shit luck. Oh, you don’t know how to drive a boat of that size anyway? Well fuck you, until you learn, stop bitching to me about what you’re wanting me to do. I’m gonna go inside and nap during the heat with my boys and we’ll be back out later.
The second I saw a photo of your backyard view in BC I would have traded it for my soul in the spot. And I HATE rain, that’s how serious I am.
And please.... LEARN how to properly pilot the goddamn thing if you do, will you? There is absolutely no shame in learning how to drive something as a grown adult. It saves lives. My philosophy of buying a boat is: if you don’t live less than a ten minute drive from the water, and the boat itself isn’t your number one hobby... it isn’t worth owning. They are a money pit unless you are absolutely mentally and financially serious about owning one. They’re like a tattoo that attracts zebra mussels. If I lived on the water I would be perfectly happy with some cheap and simple little hand-piloted outboard boat to zip around in. No $25,000 plus SeaDoo testicle-rocket to decapitate lake swimmers with, the 20’s to late 30’s “boat culture” people around here are so goddamn reckless and are always partying WAY too hard to be driving such powerful devices.
Having lived in Vancouver during the Symphony of Fire international fireworks competitions, the number of boating deaths has always shocked me. People rent boats and then go out, at night, during the busiest nights ever. Worst was when a boat got cut in half by cruising, at speed, between a tug and a barge. The tow line cut the boat in half and killed half on board.
Stupid recklessness is so common on water. Like so: ....people like this have NO FUCKING BUSINESS owning a vehicle so big, powerful and dangerous. In broad goddamn daylight.
I’ve lived near (as in I can see it from my living room) a very large lake for the last 20 years. I have a license and have lots of experience boating, but I’m not dropping 30k on a boat and another 10K annually on docking fees, insurance, winterizing, etc. I rent a few times a year, and occasionally go out on someone else’s boat. That’s plenty for me. And with all of the money I save I can not buy air conditioning.
I feel boats are a lot like motorcycles. Some people just live for them. I've had a motorcycle and while I enjoyed riding, it's not a lifestyle to me. I've known people who've had boats and use them couple times a year. Good friend of mine bought a boat and she's on it ~10 times a month. I had an employee who years ago got in a very bad motorcycle accident, spent 3 weeks in a coma, multiple broken bones etc. As soon as he could afford another bike, he got one.
And that’s what happens you you drive over someone else’s wake. Because Newton’s Law. Because you are Kay’d the fuck O’d. As soon as guys get chicks in their boat, this macho-motorhead attitude takes hold. “I’ll SCARE her into fucking me!”
I’ve probably watched it two hundred times. Despite the fact that factually, it is horrible, just like witnessing testicular trauma you can’t stop laughing and/or watching. It’s almost fascinating to see someone bail in the most perfectly wrong way that you would ever not want to bail His form...absolutely beautiful. I’ve seen bowling pins fall with more looseness to them. A perfect zero out of ten. He may as well as jumped off a fourth floor balcony while shackled.
I love watching that. The dude driving the boat has a super-serious look on his face like he’s some badass threading a spaceship through an asteroid belt. You know, instead of showing these hot chicks that he doesn’t know how to drive a boat.
The original video is so awesome. They set this recording up so it would look like some Miami Vice go-fast bullshit. The icing on the cake is around 1:30 when pink bikini chick breaks her nail and acts like she got the scimitar for stealing. A few seconds later Murphy’s Law takes over as captain: He will NEVER be piloting a Cigarette. There will be blood on that day.
That’s what I just did but it’s sounds like I’m the crazy ass who wants to be on the water in the middle of the day, which I can do now because it’s my fucking boat. Also don’t have to worry about docking fees, I can have it launched and cruising in 10 minutes, 15 if the launch is busy. And I am well under the cut off for having to take the bullshit boaters safety course. Really good boat insurance is 335 a year for me, boat and trailer.