Even though I'm new to boating (2nd season upcoming!) I did have a stupid human trick on the water.<br /><br />I'll admit right off. I'm not a small guy. At the time of the SHT (Stupid Human Trick) I was 275ish. <br /><br />We were at the lake on a company retreat. The boss had a couple of personal water craft (sea doo's i think). They said "Hey, Rob, why dont you take one of them out on the lake". I was like .. okay..<br /><br />So I go down and check one of em out. Weight limit: 250. Hmmmm.. 25 lbs overweight. Naah! Wont matter. No biggy.<br /><br />So I get my vest on, and get on the thing. Or, rather, I try. And try. And try. <br /><br />The problem is, you mount the thing from the back. As I tried to pull myself onto it (like they showed me), I kept pulling it up out of the water and over on top of me. <br /><br />I just thought it was me - and a lack of balance (I've since started riding motorcycles - and have good balance there!). So I kept at it. And kept at it. And finally - after about an hour, I'm on the thing. I motor out no-wake (not making a wake), and get out past the bouy. <br /><br />WOT and I'm off across the lake. Damn fun if you ask me. Then I go for a nice sweeping long turn - except the front end digs in, I go over the front of it..<br /><br />And I'm sitting in the middle of the lake of the ozarks, on a PWC that I cannot get back on to.<br /><br />One of the other guys motors over on a different PWC. He's trying to hold the thing still enough for me to drag my fat *** onto. <br /><br />He finally motors into shore, gets the boss (who owns the PWC's) and his boat. Comes out and rescues my butt. <br /><br />Aah well and good anyway. We ended up going and getting a pontoon - which they let me drive since they were laughing at me too hard still...<br /><br />My lesson here? <br /><br />Never ride something in the water that weighs less than you do!!!
<br /><br />I dont know how much it weighed .. but it kept ending over on to my head when I tried to pull myself onto it (handle on the back).<br /><br />Ryan - sit down model.<br /><br />I admit I was over the weight limit (by some 20-40 lbs) and seemed to be unstable (i.e. top heavy) due to that. ( I guess )
