A good friend of mine has a son that does king mackeral fishing tournaments. While moving his boat from Jacksonville, NC to Morehead City for a tournament, he was south of South Port in the narrow ICW. A couple of kids on jet skis came out to "play" in the wake. They were very annoying, and ignored being asked to stop. There was a video camera on board, and the operator had the presence of mind to ask someone to start recording the antics. While being video taped, one of the jet skis zipped past on the starboard side of the overtaken vessel. The turn was misjudged or operator error, and the jet ski hit the bow of the overtaken boat. The result was a fatality and a resulting law suit.
It was a very long process, but luckily the defendant was a good lawyer who was one of the top of his class at Duke University. The complainants claimed a crossing situation. Of course it was actually overtaking, and the video proved it. Had it not been for the video the case could have been lost. Also, negligent homicide could have been charged.
When this situation comes up, I just stop dead in the water until they go away. I do not want the expense and trouble of paying someone for their own stupidity.
By the way the boat operator lost his taste for boating.