PREPARING AND OPERATING YOUR JETSKI.

PRACTICAL JETSKI CARE AND OPERATIONS

3 Jetski maintenance days - 1 Spring, 2 Pre-Hols, 3 Wintering,
Do not keep old fuel. Remove fuel from your jetski tank and use it in your car.
Petrol storage safety containers (carry extra fuel outside the hull.)
Preparation for towing to holiday destination, including trailer parts.
Preparation for launching. DO NOT RUN YOUR MOTOR/PUMP DRY.
Check the controls forwards & reverse are free to move.
Fix a bow launching/mooring line and stow it, coiled safely ready for berthing or being towed.
Launch the jetski and moor it at berth fore and aft, or land it on the beach
Life jackets for Jetski must not have bulky collars. Use water Ski jackets.
Take you phone with you in a waterproof bag. You may need help.

Phone 13 14 44 for police emergency assistance. 000 ambulance does not swim.

ONE UP JETSKIING

Be sure someone knows where you are jet skiing alone, where you are launching from and MOST IMPORTANT, WHEN YOU EXPECT TO BE HOME. (Got your phone?)
Leave a note in large print held up by window, inside your driver side window, showing our name, where your a jet skiing, and when you expect to be back.

WINDOW NOTICE:- IF I AM NOT BACK BY (TIME), Phone 13 14 44 for water police or sea rescue for emergency assistance. 000 not much good. Ambulance does not swim.

Back seat Danger - wear wet-suit pants

Jetskiing with a friend

The back seat on the jetski is a dangerous place for people wearing ordinary bathers.
If they fall back into the high powered jet stream with their legs wide there will be severe injury to their genitals from the high power water jet.
Be sure the back seat person (Male or female) is wearing protective wetsuit pants.
Make sure the back seat passenger is holding tight to their safety handles or round the driver waist if there are no handles.

NOTE: All people who fall back off a boat traveling at high speed, including water skiing, should roll up into a ball with everything closed together. This is an essential skill for anyone hitting the water at speed. PRACTISE IT. In gymnastics, a "Back Flip"

Safe jetski waters and shore landing

SELECTION OF SAFE JETSKI PLAY WATERS and shore space

Check your jetski play waters for dangers.

Are there other jetskis playing there?
Are the other jetskiers driving safely?
Is there a safe beach or grass landing area for jetskis?
Is there a safe car and tailer park near? You may need your car in an emergency.

NOTE in the picture:

The seat for the small child in front of the driver.
Back seat rider arms round the driver holding on.

Stay well away from the Boat ramp. There will be other large boats moving there.

The recreational boating rules apply to jetski

WITH EXCEPTIONS:-

The only safety gear is a life jacket without a collar
Maximum distance from shore is 2 NM
City beaches speed 4Knots within 200m of shore.
The City beach zone is from south breakwater Outer Harbor to south end of Sellicks beach

Towing Knee board or water ski with a jetski

You must have two people on the jetski, Driver, and observer (facing back)
Observer must have strong hold point for both hands.
Driver and observer must set up touch signals & not rely on voice communication.

We advise new riders to ride in company with experienced jetski riders WHO HAVE good safe skills.

Watch how experienced riders drive safety and copy them.

Make mental note when you see danger.
Operating at both slow and high speeds.
Performing controlled turns and manoeuvres.
Safe stopping and approaching.
Executing an effective emergency stop.
Remember, NO POWER = NO STEERING.

Man Overboard Drill: Quickly and safely retrieving a person from the water with a jetski. - - What if they are not breathing? DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND HOW, ON A JETSKI?