Watersports blog

The “Rachel’s Law” is scheduled to take effect by the end of July as opposed to earlier reports that it was already enacted by July 10.

The said law now increases the minimum age of jet ski users alone from 14 to 16 years. This law was enacted in light of a tragic incident which took place two years ago.

Fifteen-year old Rachel Rutherford was riding a jet ski on Lake Hamilton in 2007 with friends when one of the watercraft accidentally hit her on the leg. This caused severe bleeding which eventually led to her death. This led to the discussion of the aforementioned law.

The change of the date is reportedly due to the adjournment of the 2009 legislative session. The final session adjournment was last May 1 and a law becomes effective only on the 91st day after the adjournment of the legislative session if no emergency clause was set.

According to the law, users under the age of 16 can only operate the jet ski if they are accompanied by a person at least 18 years of age or someone with a valid boating education certification.

A jet sky in simple is the brand name for PWC or personal watercraft manufacturer such as Kawasaki Heavy Industry Ltd Company. This brand name has actually become a well known trademark when it comes to any type of watercraft for personal use. These jet skies can also be referred to versions of the personal watercrafts with pivoting handle poles that are called as Jet Ski stand-ups. The jet ski had become the most common or primary term used for these stand-ups as during the year 1973 the Kawasaki company had a limited production of these stand-up models which were in fact more preferred by the inventor of Jet Skis. The company then started a mass production of their stand-up Jet Ski models and they designed the JS400 that included two stroke 400 cc engine with hulls according to their previous lesser release models. These became very successful in the markets of jet skies during the 1990s and the company enlarged the markets of jet skies with their introduction of two person models that included the lean-in sports style handling with a much powerful 650cc engine. There were even four stroke engines during the late 1990s which included supercharges to offer output of nearly 250 horsepowe