Re: this is what happens when you're an idiot
Incidents like that are why I always carry a cell phone in the boat. I don't ever hesitate to call the cops on idiots like those guys, whether it's me or someone else they're endangering.
Where I am, on the popular lakes, there's always a sheriff's boat somewhere on the lake on weekends. Typically, the offending boater is intoxicated, besides endangering other boaters. Expensive ticket.
Grounded as these idiots were, they're easy for the patrol boat to find. I'd just stay around, nearby, until they got there, then laugh by butt off while they were talking to the cop.