Updated 3.15pm with new video
Two videos emerged this afternoon showing two speed boats potentially breaking the law... or at best taking unnecessary risks.
In the first clip a speed boat is seen being driven too close to swimmers in St Julian's this morning, in what is a regular breach of the law, according to the person who shot the clip.
The law for boat handling specifically states such vessels are not to get closer than 300 metres from a sandy coast and 200 metres from a rocky coast and the speed is not to exceed five knots.
"This is what happened around 10 times just this morning and many other times throughout summer. We have filmed this a number of the times until we became sick watching this day-in, day-out," a reader told timesofmalta.com.
The speed boat also travelled at high speed very close to the Westin reef club swimming zone.
Tourists and locals swim along the coast and also at times off the Westin Dragonara reef club. Such incidents happen regularly in other locations in Malta, said the reader who wished to remain anonymous.
"Motorboat operators tend to think that the sea outside of swimming zones is entirely theirs and they have no need to exercise caution. This is stupid, inconsiderate and mostly incorrect. I have no interest in legal measures to be taken against the company or individual operating the boat. My interest is to ensure that no one loses life or limb and therefore this attitude needs to stop."
But the operator called timesofmalta.com this afternoon insisting the vessel was being driven within the law.
"I have the readings to prove that the boat was being driven outside the designated swimming zone and beyond the 200-metre limit," Angelo Agius said.
In another video sent to this website this afternoon, another speedboat is seen circling two tourist boats at speed, posing potential danger to those on board, especially because of the wake caused.
"Many speed boat owners think they own the sea... they don't realise that the sea is extensive and they don't have to be close to other boats especially at such speeds!," said a boat occupant who sent in the clip.
The law states that vessels are required to maintain a safe speed at all times according to the prevailing circumstances and conditions. This means that if you are navigating close to other vessels or in areas of poor visibility or heavy marine traffic then the speed should be much less then 10 knots so that you have full control of the situation.