Waterski school owner accused of harassing canoeist

SCOTIA — The owner of a water-skiing school was arrested Friday after police said he used his boat
to try to force a woman in a canoe away from a stretch of the Mohawk River.
Village police said Joseph P. Serth, 48, of Pattersonville, owner of the Camp Mohawk Valley Ski School,
intentionally flooded the woman's canoe at 5 p.m. on July 31 by driving his boat close to her canoe
and creating a large wake.
Serth then turned his boat and quickly drove toward the 51-year-old woman before making a sharp
turn next to her canoe, splashing water onto her and the canoe, police said.
The woman told police that Serth had previously told her that she doesn't belong on the river when
he's on it.
Serth was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree harassment, reckless
operation of a vessel and reckless operation/speed on the canal system.
He was arraigned in Scotia Village Court and was released on $500 bail.
His boating privileges on the river were suspended until his next court appearance Sept. 13.


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Some of the kayakers and canoeists know nothing about the rules of navigation. I own both. I also had many of them cross my lines when I was fishing coming as close as 10 feet from my fishing boat on the Mohawk. They seem to think they have the utter right of way where ever and when ever- something that greenie entitlement does to the brain, I imagine.

now what...hostility everywhere  .......what a society......now we have     water rage......fishing rage........RAGE RAGE RAGE...

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now what...hostility everywhere  .......what a society......now we have     water rage......fishing rage........RAGE RAGE RAGE...

I blame the machine!

the man has not been convicted yet