What Happened at Crab Island?

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Ah yes. Two very likely scenarios.

I didn't see an image of a boat running over a smilie, or two boats colliding with smilie drivers.

Perhaps you should spend your Memorial Day creating one? :floor:

We saw all the commotion too. It looked as if all the emergency vehicles went to the same location (the west end of the Destin Bridge). Several emergency vehicles and an ambulance later left with its sirens on.

Right around the same time the Marine Patrol came storming up on some guy who had been hanging around Crab Island on his waverunner. I had noticed him casually meandering in and out of all the boat traffic several times but didn't think much about it. When the MP sped up on him they grabbed him by the shirt and yanked him into their boat and then took him and his waverunner off. People around us were saying stuff about him selling drugs. It was probably just drunken gossip but it was quite an arrest nonetheless! A scene straight out of "COPS😀estin"!! :roll:

A scene straight out of "COPS😀estin"!! :roll:

That would be a show worth watching...........Oh wait, too many of my friends would be featured, bad idea.

I was at Crab island around 11ish? All was per normal. What time did this incident occur?

Timmy, I'm not sure if it is still being aired, but a local tv channel out of PC or PCB, once had a show titled, "Busted in the Panhandle" and it was on once per week, and you can imagine that PCB was where most of the action took place. The show was based on "COPS" and that might be why I haven't seen it on the air for the last year or so. Instead of having a music theme song of "Bad Boys," they played "Shakedown," by Bob Seger et al., which was on the Beverly Hills Cop, II soundtrack.

Timmy, I'm not sure if it is still being aired, but a local tv channel out of PC or PCB, once had a show titled, "Busted in the Panhandle" and it was on once per week, and you can imagine that PCB was where most of the action took place. The show was based on "COPS" and that might be why I haven't seen it on the air for the last year or so. Instead of having a music theme song of "Bad Boys," they played "Shakedown," by Bob Seger et al., which was on the Beverly Hills Cop, II soundtrack.

Now I know why you are getting rid of your tv in June. 😀

My guess based on what I saw was that a waverunner was operating too close to the beach and hit someone. We saw law enforcement questioning waverunners over there around 2pm, then saw 2 patrol boats take off at high speed w/ lights flashing when we were entering the harbor, and later saw they had a guy in handcuffs.

My guess based on what I saw was that a waverunner was operating too close to the beach and hit someone. We saw law enforcement questioning waverunners over there around 2pm, then saw 2 patrol boats take off at high speed w/ lights flashing when we were entering the harbor, and later saw they had a guy in handcuffs.

Yet another example of why personal watercraft should be outlawed. And I am semi-serious here. Why is it these craft always tend to be operated by people with very little conscience or sense of responsibility? Bunch of redneck mulletheads who can't afford a real boat. :bang:

Rant complete.

I was almost run over by a motorboat the other week during a regatta (a 25' sailboat is not exactly low on the horizon w/ 2 sails up) and later witnessed 8 "cigarette" boats racing each other. Idiocy and unsafe operating are not limited to jetskis, but they do seem to be the poster children for them.

COPS actually was down in Destin to film a while back during spring break, and ended up stopping filming early because they weren't getting any good action. Apparently they didn't realize Destin draws a different crowd and Panama City Beach over spring break.

Yet another example of why personal watercraft should be outlawed. And I am semi-serious here. Why is it these craft always tend to be operated by people with very little conscience or sense of responsibility? Bunch of redneck mulletheads who can't afford a real boat. :bang:

Rant complete.

Not everyone who rides waverunners are redneck mulletheads. My husband and I ride them out in the gulf. Of course, we do not rent them and take them out ourselves. We just do the guided tours. But we always see people out on the waverunners running parallel to the beach, and we've never seen
anyone hit by a waverunner. And besides, some people may prefer a waverunner over a boat. It may not always be that they can afford a waverunner and cannot afford a boat, both are expensive. In our case, we couldn't afford either one. :blush:

The last time I priced some PWC's at the bike shop on hwy 331 in Freeport, they were a strong $10K to $14K so I don't agree with the statement about the buyers not being able to afford a real boat.

The last time I priced some PWC's at the bike shop on hwy 331 in Freeport, they were a strong $10K to $14K so I don't agree with the statement about the buyers not being able to afford a real boat.

True. But you must admit, a certain "type" of individual seems to be attracted to waverunners. An over-generalization on my part? Maybe. But I call em like I see em.

I can't say, as I don't know many jet ski owners, and don't see many operators of jet skis around here. I've never been craziness enough to go to Crab Island either, but I would venture to guess that there is not a lot of difference in the color of the necks of the people on the boats vs the people on the jetskis.

The last time I priced some PWC's at the bike shop on hwy 331 in Freeport, they were a strong $10K to $14K so I don't agree with the statement about the buyers not being able to afford a real boat.

Very true, since their other watercraft are probably big stinkin' loud airboats, and they are big $$$ too.:roll: Sorry, generalization.

Don't you just hate a redneck with money, JB? :floor: Who knew that there were rednecks in Italy?

Is that the Italian flag? :floor: