On tonight’s episode of “Moronic Miami boaters”

I experienced the same more times than I care to remember sailing and coming in / out of ports in Greece and Turkey. Plastered skippers in Turkey is a big problem but one night coming around the heads into the harbor for Yalakavak marina it went one better. As usual coming into any port in Med I'm lit up like Sydney Harbor bridge on NY but had to give way hard to a big Turk MY coming head on to me doing about 12kts and same time avoid underwater shelf on my port, as the MY passed me I couldn't see anyone at the helm.

It isn't only in Miami, when I lived in San Diego I had an episode with 2 kids on jet skis doing the same thing while I was kayaking. They almost over turned my kayak and that of another man right behind me. They were laughing and drinking beer while doing this. I have come to dislike people on jet skis.

IMO, it's a lack of enforcement problem. I spend half the year on the Great Lakes (Mostly Ohio & Michigan) and the other half of the year in Florida. The difference in law enforcement strategy couldn't be more stark between the two. For instance, we watched the boats in downtown Miami a few weeks ago and were simply amazed at how frequently people - including young kids - were sitting on the bow with their legs hanging over the side while the boat was underway...right past Miami-Dade police, who were nonplussed about it. If that was attempted in Ohio and witnessed by authorities, a citation would be coming along with anything else they could find during their boat inspection...and they would definitely find something else. Also, 'No-wake' zones in Florida seem like more of a casual suggestion than a strictly enforced limit.

When I lived in south Florida, and whenever we return on our boat, I was/am constantly amazed that there are not a dozen boating fatalities every weekend. Maybe, God is just amused by idiots and wants to keep them around for laughs.

I have to ask I could not tell from the video, did the "capt" give you a friendly hello wave, ie, was he totally clueless?

I hope they find those jet skiers and convict them of a serious felony. That was rough to watch.

Division of Parks for the City.

....come to discover that it's Parks staff running their own private charters...