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1. Learning About PWC Personal Watercraft Driving As previously noted, many of the high-performance design characteristics that make PWC appealing to ride also make them relatively dangerous and difficult to control. For example, PWC can accelerate rapidly and can travel across the water at very high speeds. They can also turn abruptly and weave through heavily congested boat traffic. Despite this maneuverability, […]...
2. PWC Characteristics, Know Your Watercraft As previously noted, many of the high-performance design characteristics that make PWC appealing to ride also make them relatively dangerous and difficult to control. For example, PWC can accelerate rapidly and can travel across the water at very high speeds. They can also turn abruptly and weave through heavily congested boat traffic. Despite this maneuverability, […]...
3. Operating Characteristics of Personal Watercraft As with most types of boats, the speed and performance of PWC have increased over the years: 16 models introduced in the 1998 model year have engines with 100 hp or more.19 By comparison, Kawasaki’s early Jet Ski, introduced in 1974, had an output of 32 hp. PWC Insurance Quotes — Click Here! Faster models […]...
4. PWC riders are often singled out because of the manner in which they operate their watercraft PWC riders are often singled out because of the manner in which they operate their craft. For example, some riders travel at excessive or inappropriate speeds and many tend to ride in groups, with multiple riders on each craft. PWC operators can also perform stunts such as racing, spinning, spraying, wave jumping and weaving through […]...
5. PWC have extensive shallow-water capabilities that enable them to access sensitive aquatic and near-shore habitats PWC have extensive shallow-water capabilities that enable them to access sensitive aquatic and near-shore habitats. This generates concern because most PWC use occurs during the spring and summer months and coincides with critical wildlife phases such as spawning, mating and nesting (Bluewater Network 1998; Martin 1999; NPCA 1999). Therefore, PWC have the potential to cause […]...
6. How to get a personal watercraft insurance quote online Rating agencies are available online and are a valuable resource to help motorists make a well informed decision before choosing a company. These agencies use certain tiers which they place insurers in based on their financial stability; for example, one agency uses letter grades similar to school grading. If a carrier receives an “A” then […]...
7. Save Insurance PWC Money When Driving Safely In contrast to recreational boating issues that are linked to an increasing number or diversity of vessels on the water (i.e., overcrowding and multiple-use conflicts), safety issues rarely correlate to overall boating levels. In fact, research shows that most boating-related accidents, injuries and fatalities are linked to irresponsible and inappropriate vessel use rather than to […]...
8. Several operating characteristics distinguish PWC Several operating characteristics distinguish PWC. It is expected that PWC operators will fall overboard as a normal part of operation. For this reason, most models have safety lanyards or “kill switches” that are connected to the operator’s wrist to ensure that the vessel stops when the operator falls off. It is also expected that PWC […]...
9. Implied Consent While Driving a Personal Watercraft Implied Consent While Driving a Personal Watercraft...
10. Personal Watercraft: The Purpose and Use of a Lanyard Personal Watercraft: The Purpose and Use of a Lanyard...
11. Personal watercraft have no braking mechanism; they coast to a stop and, while coasting, there is no turning ability As stated in the owner’s safety manual of one PWC manufacturer, “Remember, releasing the throttle completely eliminates the ability to steer the watercraft.”  This operating characteristic is likely to be counterintuitive to novice operators, particularly in situations of potential collision. When a new rider realizes there is danger of hitting another vessel or object, the […]...
12. PWC Water Quality Impacts Insurance Rates There is some concern regarding the release of oil by recreational motorboats, particularly with older vessels that drain excessive fuel from the crankcase directly into the water. However, vessels manufactured since 1972 usually have scavenging devices that recycle the lost fuel and reduce oil throughput. Therefore, with regard to boating-related emissions, most researchers are concerned […]...
13. PWC Compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act rules In compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act rules, the marine manufacturing industry is addressing many of the concerns surrounding 2-stroke engines by developing cleaner, more efficient models and by improving the performance of traditional engine components. For example, the industry is redesigning piston-top deflectors (to reduce raw fuel throughput) and enhancing […]...
14. Personal Watercraft Speed Limit on the Waterways Speed is limited by law for certain conditions and areas. The maximum speed for motorboats within 100 feet of a bather (but not a water skier) and within 200 feet of a bathing beach, swimming float, diving platform or life line, passenger landing being used, or landing where boats are tied up is five miles […]...
15. PWC Reckless Driving, PWC Insurance Rates Could Go Up No person shall operate any vessel or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device in a reckless or negligent manner so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person. Examples of such operation include, but are not limited to: 1. Riding on the bow, gunwale, or transom of a vessel under […]...