Rhode Island Run

“Darling, I don’t know why I go to extremes” – Billy Joel  Rhode Island run (6/22/13, 7:41:51AM) at EveryTrail EveryTrail – Just like my snowmobile, I love to ride my jetski, – from sun up to sun down. I never get enough, and when people ride with me they sometimes get caught in the crossfire. […]

Planning and enjoying extended PWC Rides

When I was asked about how I plan for a long jetski ride (or any ride for that matter) I immediately thought of something my very good friend, Sam, used to say to me; “Man Plans and God Laughs.” I think that the best planning you can do for a trip is to plan for […]

December 9, 2012

Personal Water Craft Trip around Long Island by Jetski PWC

Saturday July 23. Forecast was looking good for our trip around LI. We met at Frank and Dicks in Babylon and were off by 7:30. We had 9 skis – Barry, Jason, Geoff, Yamadude Joe, Sarah, Nizam, George, Howie and Will.  Unfortunately one guy had an engine light come on before we left so he […]

July 31, 2012

Block Island Jetski Trip by Personal Water Craft PWC

  4am, Saturday morning, June 23…raining. Wasn’t sure if anybody else was still going to show up at Orient Point for a planned trip to Block but my experience with the weather is that unless it is absolutely miserable (everyone’s definition is different) pay it no mind. I was surprised to see all 6 skis […]

June 27, 2012

Upper Hudson River

August 22 I haven’t done the upper Hudson River in many years so today I decided to trailer to Cold Spring and begin my trip there to the Federal Locks in Troy rather then do the LI Sound and Lower Hudson again and run out of time. It’s about a 2 hour car ride from […]

August 26, 2011

Connecticut River – “It’s Part of the Adventure…”

Saturday, August 20 I do a lot of trips solo so when a trip is planned with other people I keep in mind that I have to be flexible and just take the day as it comes. The trips wind up being a lot of fun and interesting, as this trip was to become. Awhile […]

August 24, 2011

Hudson River Revisited – The Anniversary Week Finale

Sunday, July 24 All week my wife and I were talking about the Hudson trip as she had never done it on a PWC. As we cruised around all week I was prepping her that it might not be as calm as she liked, but she was excited and enthusiastic to do it and I […]

August 1, 2011