Lovesick Scot jailed for breaching Covid rules on jet ski odyssey 23 published : 16 Dec 2020 at 10:45 23 A photo posted on the internet of McLaughlan arriving in Ramsey harbour, Isle of Man, after a four-hour trip by jet ski across the chilly and choppy Irish Sea, before walking 24 kilometres to see his girlfriend. LONDON: A lovesick Scot 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.