Not sure about SC anymore as I haven't lived there for several years but, many states ( and I think SC is still one) have a law which states that you must be seated a certain number of inches below the gunwales of the boat when it is under power.

There are safety issues surrounding that law. I've been in a situation where someone was idling across and didn't realize that I was being towed. The guy in the front of the other boat saw me waving and hollering and it was too late. The guy idling the boat turned just in time but still bumper us pretty good and the guy in the front did a one and a half through my windshield.

Think about it guys, put the personality issues out the window and look at it objectively.

Mike