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Riders of "personal watercraft" are far more likely to get hurt than conventional pleasure boaters, and a report issued last week helps explain why. Jet skiers, notably hourly renters, often get little instruction. They don't learn, for example, to keep a steady speed when turning, so they skid into an obstruction...
WATERWORLD WOE Since 1990, while the number of personal watercraft in use has tripled, related injuries have quadrupled...
Should your outdoor adventure require watercraft, Mad River Canoe of Waitsfield, Vermont, manufactures a series of boats with aluminum-tubing frames and polyvinyl chloride skins that actually fold up into a backpack. Bon voyage, portage...
...laws and negative publicity have prompted the watercraft industry to expand its safety campaign. Industry spokesmen maintain that the machines are safe but that they are too often used irresponsibly. "Many people who are buying personal watercraft are buying their first boat," says Catherine Martin, spokeswoman for the International Jet Ski Boating Association. "They'll break some of the laws that other boaters are aware of without even knowing that they're alienating anybody...
This spring the Personal Watercraft Industry Association started distributing safety videos, posters and user instructions to dealerships. The association has also drawn up its own suggested regulations, which include a minimum age of 14 for riders of privately owned vessels and 16 for rentals. "The reason it's been a zoo out there is because there has not been any regulation or guidance," says Roger Hagie, chairman of the P.W.I.A...