Click jetski to see regulations. Largay, a grandfather and owner of Cape Cod Powersports, is at the helm as we skip across Lake Wequaquet. His shoreside lecture emphasized safety and convenience of personal watercraft - widely known by Kawasaki's trade name, Jet Ski. Even so, the smile on his face as we skip over the lake's surface showed he loves the speed built into these small powerful craft. A pump gulps water, blasting it out a nozzle at the stern, propelling us forward.
Acceleration is effortless.
The water looks as forgiving as concrete, but the feeling of crossing from shore to shore in under a minute makes the experience of riding a personal watercraft feel almost like futuristic travel. At nearly 60 mph, we are at the outer limits of fun. Dennis Murley hates Jet Skis. An Audubon naturalist, Murley spends his days showing children and adults the wonders of the natural world. It is a quiet, contemplative job, with hours of patient observation of the lives of turtles, insects and birds.