I was on the jetski
I had the pleasure of being on that jetski that day. I was coming around Governor's Island into the Governor's Bridge Channel when the camp boat was about to exit the no-wake zone - although it happened fast, it appeared that a combination of overloading (for the conditions present) and exceptionally large waves were to blame for the accident. Large waves simply toppled over the bow and brought it down. After shuttling the kids to a nearby dock I was able to grab a ski line attached to the boat and held it back from hitting nearby docks with the jetski. Once the Marine Patrol had arrived we were able to transfer the tow to the MP boat...we tried finding a mooring ball to attach it to, but no dice...we tried to beach it across the channel on the shallow part, no dice...we finally beached it to the right of the bridge (laconia side) on a private beach. I don't want to comment on what the campers did right, and what the campers did wrong, I'll just say it was a bad set of circumstances, and I'm glad nobody was hurt. I've been on the lake for over 20 years and I've never seen something like that happen before.
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