Hi, I am Ward Kovacs from the Ocean City Beach Patrol. I am here to talk to you a little bit about personal watercraft today. I worked with the Beach Patrol here in Ocean City for 25 years. I have been a member of the rescue boat team for 20 years.

We started with the rescue boats about the same time personal watercraft started becoming popular and for the same reasons, they became popular with the general public. We saw a good use for them in making rescues. They are very fast and they are very maneuverable on the water and with the same things that make them fun to use can also make them dangerous if they are not used safely.

So many things I want to talk to you about or what to consider when you are looking into buying one, some precautions to take before you hit the water with your first personal watercraft and once you are maneuvering and once you are operating the personal watercraft, some of the steering differences between a car and a boat or a personal watercraft like this; well talk about some of the things that are particular to having a jet drive boat and some of the dangers to have a jet drive system.

Ill now talk to you a little bit about what to do after you have finished your day on the water. So, I am going to head over the docks now and Ill talk to you some more when I get over there.