His subsequent application to return was rejected but he decided to make the journey anyway.
From his home in Irvine, North Ayrshire, McLaughlan went to the Isle of Whithorn, from where he rode the jetski to the Isle of Man last Friday.
Douglas courthouse heard he expected the trip to take 40 minutes instead of nearly five hours.
After he arrived at Ramsey at around 1pm, he walked 15 miles to his girlfriend s home in Douglas.
The following afternoon, when stopped by a police officer, he gave her address as his own.
Dale McLaughlan jetskied four-and-a-half hours to visit his girlfriend (Image: NC)
A lovesick Scottish man who bought a jet-ski so he could evade lockdown measures to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man has been jailed for breaching coronavirus restrictions, reports said.
Dale McLaughlan from Ayrshire in southern Scotland met his girlfriend while working as a roofer on the island in the Irish Sea in September, the BBC reported Tuesday.
Coronavirus restrictions on the tax haven - famous for the annual Tourist Trophy motorcycle race - mean non-residents currently require special permission to land on the island.
But after returning to Scotland when his contract ended, McLaughlan was denied permission to re-enter the island, the BBC said.
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Updated: 16 Dec 2020, 21:28
A DAD who crossed the Irish sea from Scotland to the Isle of Man on a £5,000 jet ski to see his girlfriend “can’t even swim”, his family revealed today.
Lovesick Dale McLaughlan, 28, had just ten minutes of fuel left when he arrived at the island s Ramsey harbour on Friday afternoon after a bonkers 4.5 hour trip.
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McLaughlan was caged for four weeks and may miss Christmas with his kids
The Romeo roofer was jailed on Monday after he admitted arriving unlawfully in breach of Manx Covid rules in a desperate bid to see new girlfriend Jessica Radcliffe.
He will spend four weeks locked up for the stunt - and miss Christmas with his two children in Irvine, North Ayrshire.
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Lovesick Scot Who Evaded Covid Restrictions to jet-ski to Girlfriend s House Jailed for 4 Weeks
A man is seen on a jet ski in the sea off Brighton. (Image for representation)
A lovesick Scottish man who bought a jet-ski so he could evade lockdown measures to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man has been jailed for breaching coronavirus restrictions, reports said.
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A lovesick Scottish man who bought a jet-ski so he could evade lockdown measures to visit his girlfriend in the Isle of Man has been jailed for breaching coronavirus restrictions, reports said.