Boat Rental Requirements

SAMIAM · 05-28-2015, 08:33 AM

Last year we were approached by a 24' rental pontoon that was being operated by 8 or 10 Asian guys doing around 25mph,all in long slacks and white shirts.Obviously a business or religeous group on an outing.Looks like they'd had a few because several of them were laughing and walking rapidly from side to side causing the boat to rock.Innocent fun except they were heading for us and I had a skier in the water ready to go.
I didn't want to risk pulling the skier and chancing that she'd fall with the boat so close, so I quickly circled to block the approach of the other boat.
They passed within 30' of us and didn't have a clue that they had done anything wrong.
Just curious about any restrictions in place to sort out inexperienced rental customers.

05-28-2015, 08:33 AM	#1
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,836 Thanks: 326 Thanked 1,626 Times in 562 Posts	Boat Rental Requirements Last year we were approached by a 24' rental pontoon that was being operated by 8 or 10 Asian guys doing around 25mph,all in long slacks and white shirts.Obviously a business or religeous group on an outing.Looks like they'd had a few because several of them were laughing and walking rapidly from side to side causing the boat to rock.Innocent fun except they were heading for us and I had a skier in the water ready to go. I didn't want to risk pulling the skier and chancing that she'd fall with the boat so close, so I quickly circled to block the approach of the other boat. They passed within 30' of us and didn't have a clue that they had done anything wrong. Just curious about any restrictions in place to sort out inexperienced rental customers.