I almost shot a guy one year at spring break with my flare gun! :220v: They were also on a rented pontoon boat and were coming through copper canyon using a garden rake to push off of other people's boats. They obviously coulnd't drive for shit because they were headed straight for me and I am in the middle of nowhere. Not another boat around. The guy went to push off my boat with the garden rake and I about came unglued. I grabbed the rake and flung it before it ever touched my boat. The guy was a thugg and was wearing a bandana and white Adidas in baggy jeans. I was PISSED!!! I cussed that guy up one side and down the other. I looked back and my buddy had unpacked and loaded the flare gun. I thought about it for a second, but I finally came to my senses and realized that I would be in a whole lot of trouble if I cooked someone from the inside out. :220v:
I also had a negative experience there similar to yours. These guys in rental boats have no clue that the gel coat is ti be treated just like the paint finish on a car. MORONS.