In a word, comfort. Watch from 4:40

Seriously frank?

@@daveyxe Comfort, safety, salt-spray eye-protection, sunscreen and bug screen for eyes, nose, lips, ears and throat; eyes jumping from light-to-dark and back, vision enhancement, (e.g. light filtration and polarization, yellow lens and night goggles), in any case, millions of times routinely required, by necessity, more-than-ever because of the high speeds, varying light of all types necessarily involved, required and essential to be understood AND unique environmental necessity of such navigation without any other reliable visible reference points; not to mention brutally bad-in-every way, for unmitigated bugs and/or water reflected sunshine and glare effects on vision, skin, respiration problems that are ALL solved with helmetting. Most importantly, no "brain bucket" means, overall, and here too, nothing positive or good BUT deleterious effects TOO, on vital consciousness, any lack of which, in anyone, is mortally and unnecessarily ridiculously and USUALLY entirely D A N G E R O U S ! in things like this, e.g., motorcycles, race cars, aircraft and highspeed watercraft, most especially when seated, like nothing else, open to the elements like nothing else, here. I could go on for pages, likeso too - and will if forced.

Neither have I but wanna know what I have seen? Someone bust their face on the handlebars and fall right off their ski

@@jeffwalther3935 Talk about an exercise in prolixity! You mention comfort first. How is a helmet comfortable? The Great Lakes aren't salt water by the way. And how many bugs are flying around that far from shore? Personally, I love feeling the wind blow over my face and hair.

Just showed up out of nowhere 😃

What kind of question is that lmfao

Yuuuuup

What does that mean????

😂😂 Thank you!

Ballz made of steel!!!

Absolutely. One of my favourites was texas to Panama a few years ago. Buses and hiking no flights. Took 3 months solo

I love the adventure and the trip! Congrats! We did alone trip to Rota in the pacific a few years ago. We will do some more on our new “how to have fun outdoors” KZfaq channel! Again, awesome trip Bob! You did it!!

I know! Super risky. Imagine being broke down in the middle of the lake!

Agree. Glad you made it safely

I’ve done them in Minecraft. It’s thrilling.

Thanks for sharing your story. I was a bit worried that my trip back to Charlevoix would be like your return trip, but I was fortunate that the good weather held. Without GPS it would have been a much harder trip because I would have had only compass headings to maintain course and they are not very precise. All in all it was a very memorable trip, as I’m sure yours was!

my brother in-law and I launched my 15' aluminium sled at a marina to go about 2 miles to the mouth of nisqually river too go salmon fishing. it was rather foggy. so I hugged the shore line looking for a point where the mouth was located. there was a old crappy boat ramp a guy I knew was launching his big day cruiser for crabbing. told him where I was heading he says " got a compass" I say no. how difficult can it be. he says "good luck. I putted along real slow looking, could hardly see my brother in-law in the bow on occasions 10 ft away. after about what seemed like 2 hrs. the fog lifted enough I could see the marina we launched at. the incoming tide had pushed us all the back. I considered ourselves pretty lucky

@@harleyhawk7959 Thanks for sharing. It seems that the close calls and hair-raising events like what you described are the ones you remember for the rest of your life!

I'd be innit to winnit in a minute, if there was a cannonball race on Lake Michigan, and, if so make history and pass old (now incomparable) speed records with the greatest pleasure. May we meet on that wonderful day; - before start or after finish line, and not in between, at sea, racing (against each other, that is) at full cruise, 45+ kt.s/h, bent fer leather, bound for, or from, Chicago and Milwaukee, 90 miles as the crow sails! OR lakecrossing Milwaukee and Muskegon 120 miles, straight as an arrow or even a circuit, in the same day and/or night, rally style.

Had one of those in NZ, North to South islands and back. Around 30mls one way in your measurement. First yr about 20 skis, 2nd yr about 500 skis, 3rd yr cancelled due to to many entries!

Someone's gotta keep the coast guard busy

@@jamesmx7 Awesome comment, gave me a good laugh.

no u wouldn't lol seadoos dont run plus u aint got no money for gas

How old are you? It's that old "hit and run", "We don't need no estinkin' badges!" OR "wisdom, . . ., old persons, education, advice, warnings"; no planning or other investment that RUINS everything: freedom, driving, parenthood, flying, sailing, our country, ad infinitum. "There are old ( . . .)s and there are bold ( . . .)s, but there are no old, bold ( . . .)s." After the incident, deadmen tell no tales and None of the skudrunners say anything about "not doing the math", or their homework, so to speak and rely on "just an accident" as the universal "get out of jail-FREE" card, irresponsible, unaccountable, just like anonymous KZfaq and the internet anonymity and spontaneity.

Its an inland sea foreal!

HUGE! And Lake Superior is even bigger. Max depth of 1,333 feet, which is the lowest point below sea level on this side of the Continental Divide.

GoPro probably making it look a bit more curved

It’s usually less like five ish

Yea, I'd go out 12 miles or so and can barely make out the tops of water towers on the beach. It don't take much.

Hah! Good one! Thumbs up.

Continueing with the joke, I've a list of kickbutt names for this pioneering jet ski. As a retired, maritime historian, ex US naval officer, ex-American history teacher, . . . playin' in my own back yard, so ta speak, here's my list of names fer this historical milestone watercraft, pioneering solo adventure, relic: Taffy 3.5,(7-), Enola, Liberty Bell 8, Friendship 8, Surprise 2, GUS, MGTOW blue pill, Little Big Man 21, make NO wake, J.P. Jones, Osprey, Sea Eagle, (City of birth, manufacture, origin)-Belle, I'm A Jihn, No Red Litez 1, W.W.J.D.? 2, Molly Brown XIII, Sea Lion XXX, General Savage, Greyhound, in Deutsch?, Watership Up, PT 73.5, Hood II, QE 5, King VI, Good Guy Dick, (Bon Homme Richard), . . .

@@jeffwalther3935 Wow. A lot of good candidates here, Jeff. Thank you! I hadn’t been thinking about naming it but with all these good possibilities I may have to reconsider!

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@@rodneybrocke The 'Spirit of St Louis' made such noteworthy, pioneering craft special and celebratory, worthy of note, IN AND OF THEMSELVES loaded together as such together, makin' history, as you did it, first; wonder, imagination and inspiration triggered with as little as a great name, now or soon, or none; it's up to you only, as befits the glorious tradition entirely. So enjoy yourself, this achievement with yur ol dream buddy in the garage now, or parked on the trailer, and play with what you two things shared intimately together, like nothing else, this admittedly goofy way, for more fun, now that it's yours forever, alone and no one can take it away - and it was perfect. Seymour Miles? Radio Flyer? Seabisquit?, . . .

“Man, that guys really lost”

You can’t be serious? People jet ski 55 miles from Miami to the Bahama’s all the time!

Right! One little blue and white boat out in the middle of nowhere.

Maybe it was the Edmon Fitzgerald

@@Zzus321 wrong lake

@@J_M3444 Wrong lake? That's what you think is wrong with the comment?

@@shelbyseelbach9568 lmaoooo well it’s a start…

Is he still going?

Does it have two engines with jet drives?

@@rodneybrocke yes,it is a 2017 Yamaha AR240 with twin 1.8L jet drives. Awesome boat! Does 50mph on flat water. Very roomy interior and seats 12

Wow! That sounds like a fun trip. Thanks for sharing.

Tim, how do you do with gas? Do you have extra containers? A chase boat? Anything else to know? I’m guessing you fill up in Bahamas?

Rodney, why the helmet? Is it a law, or preference

Very useful information

@@1bluensx Yes we always went as a group using our 34 foot Boston Whaler as a chase boat with a fuel station set up on board.

was it hip? Radical? Groovy?

That sounds wonderful!

The fuel burn was actually a little over 10 gallons each way. The 5-gallon jug was just to have some extra fuel in reserve. My fuel burn is about 7 MPG at 45 MPH. Thanks for sharing your story. ...Memories to last a life time.

They don’t call them Great Lakes for nothing

It’s over 300 miles long. People surf them.

Yes they are huge and 5 of them

we have a trip like this planned in July. Want to join us? Please do!

David scoot

Doozer Chuck, How did your trip turn out. Details please.

No way you could carry enough gas to get to the middle of Lake Erie .

Just googled it and the lakes only 57 miles wide so you can do what he's saying

Size does not have a direct correlation with weight/mass. :)

Definitely something to consider. This type of tripping in every way is comparable and BETTER to motorcycle and airplane camping as here you can nose into any ENTIRELY or not, secluded beach inlet and with suitable supplies party, recharge, refuel, rest and prepare for the next legs, entirely well planned better and further - for peanuts.

You wouldn't have to worry about other campers!

@@rodneybrocke ". . . (M)ore than the sum of it's parts, . . ." makes "this" single idea - a father of all invention, if you will, MGTOW. My brothers and I summed it up here with " . . . (the proverbial) 'Jetson's cars' (motorcycles or 2-pilot) as close as physics etc., will allow. . . . ." In sum, list and gather together Everything every-day humans need to maximally travel long-straight, reliable and variable as can be, narrow passage, distances, OVER WATER is, all things considered pointing obviously, straight as can be at this stunningly profoundly important invention/idea/concept. Further such are almost all off-the-shelf is easily modified-reverse-engineered, here and there, i.e., all easily-imagined and surely done too. The practical equivalent, then the Jetson motorcycles, as is the "jet-ski" to the aquatic motorcycle, are/is just within grasp! is my point(s).

@@rodneybrocke Herewith, one can instantly go "where No one goes", as well as where "no one ever has gone before" for that matter - go where THESE babies can ALSO and AS WELL as, theoretically go, while you're entirely the only person who could, ever or CAN quite get there so well too! THAT alone is stunning to consider and wonderful bargain in all of this single concept and idea too!

I camped on south manitou island a couple summers back and it was one of my favorite trips. I think the ferry to the island opens soon

I have noticed this about Lake Michigan. I live near Saginaw Bay and the water has a different look. It's more brownish green and not as clear, probably from algae growth and silt carried down from the rivers. Lake Michigan water is very clear and has a "Caribbean blue" hue. You can really see this in my North Fox Island video about 2.5 minutes in, when I fly over Fox Island looking straight down, it has that special blue color.

lol

I like his laconic delivery. Tired of overexcited youtuber videos with background music exhorting us to smash buttons.

Sorry, Dahtrucker. Sometimes my emotions get the better of me!

Have you ever looked at a map?

@@stevegantz8620 no I’ve never looked at a map. What’s that?

@@MRIPETCTSupportEngineer Something that will tell you how big they are because even a larger scale US map shows the Great Lakes!

Flathead is pretty big. I grew up on Lake Michigan and live in Montana now.

Flathead is an awesome lake i agree

I think superior's only 12-16 hours from you!

It takes talent to ride a jet ski for two whole hours!