Parker.....Dangerous 60 MPH plus Boats WTF

Was in Parker this weekend for the Canyon Lake end of year event, got there Thursday late and had a great day on the water Friday, glassy and nobody around. This was my first time to the Parker strip, so I was surprised from the conditions that first day. Yes I know it is offseason and a weekday afternoon.

Well once the weekend came it was a different story. What is the deal with letting people go 60, 70, 80 plus MPH in that narrow body of water?!?! I couldn't freakin believe it. We almost saw a guy on a stand up PWC get run over by a 35 ft tunnel hull that had to be going 70 plus.

It was late on Saturday, with the glare in full effect, we were cruising back from the dam area were we went to find some calm conditions "it was very windy" anyway about 3 miles down river from the dam we come across what I guess was a beginner jet skier, who was on his stomach going slow right in the middle of the channel, I could barely see him, but I was going 25 MPH and being very careful while heading into the glare, well we get by him about 300 yards and around the turn comes these two boats, racing and going very very fast. The tunnel hull was heading right for the jet skier, I swear we watched in horror as the boat missed this guy by maybe 3 feet!!!! He never saw him. We were all sick to our stomach thinking what we almost witnessed.

On two other occasions we had these boats pass and cut us off at very high rates of speed. Had one miss our wakeboarder by 30 feet and then cut in and miss our boat by 10 feet. We saw one guy going 70 about 30 feet from peoples docks, then barely missing a tuber that was being pulled.

IT IS FREAKIN OUT OF CONTROL!!! and this was on a off weekend in October, I can't imagine what it's like in the summer time.

Now I am not a fan of increased regulation, speed limits or hassles by Sheriffs or boat patrols. But how the hell they leave the Parker Strip as a no speed limit area I don't know. I felt like I was on edge all weekend out there. Just a month back there was three young adults killed when they turned and cut off a V-Drive race boat. Just insane!! There is no margin for error out there!