Good effort Derek,we could rename this post good deeds on PWC's
I should also mention so those knockers may have a little more appreciation for us jetski fishos, an incident I had the opportuntity to help with, a couple in distress on the water.
The weekend of the Nauti Girls fish comp 2008 at Bowentown my son and I were on the ski enjoying the good life of fishing.We had the Trevs on the bite with some good sizes being landed while fishing at nicknamed Lead Point towards the entrance of the Waihi bar.
While reeling in a Trev,we could faintly here a guy yelling out to anyone,amongst all the boats fishing in the vicinity.Once comprehending where it was coming from,which was a fisherman on the rocks telling anyone to rescue the couple in panic on a inflatable Li-Lo raft.We spotted them barely hanging on either side in the water with no chance keeping with the rapid current drifting to the main beach swells of the bar.
We quickly ditched the fishing and went to their rescue while the many other boats chose not to be involved
We were not the closest to the incident and probably the least equipped yet it was a great feeling to be there for someone in need.
Once attaching the Li-Lo to the back of our ski,we had to pull the adult male on to the back of the ski while in 18 metres of water,it is amazing how stable the Yamaha ski was for it not to be tipped.While all this was occurring finally a guy with a young family rescued the lady in his small inflatable
This couple were totally exhausted and no further energy to prevent further trouble.The whole incident started at Shelley Beach in knee deep water and before they knew it they were over their head and could not keep up with the current.YES they were tourists
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At least no one was hurt and my son learn't a valuable lesson about the sea.I wasn't so fortunate to get some cold ones for our efforts,but it was good feeling to be of help on the water with our PWC as they have a reputation of being a menace rather than help.