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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Sun Jul 03 2005 - 07:18:11 EDT
Joe,
I have always considered myself a courteous boater, but I have found that
those who post no-wake signs, as well as some who just delight in "enforcing"
them, have widely differing opinions of what constitutes a wake. Furthermore, I
strongly suspect that these signs were necessitated by wakes from the same
folks who travel at high speed and not those of "trawlers."
Seahorse has a sailboat hull, so, below 7 knots in deep water, the wake is
less than one foot and does not break, nor does it trouble any but the
smallest rowboats docked along the shore. When bottom shoals, the wake will break at
7 knots, and I slow until it doesn't. That's the criteria I use. I don't
find many shore-dwellers signaling me to slow unless the wake waves break, so
that's the criteria I use.
Regards,
John
"Seahorse"
"If I knew I'd live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."
- Mickey Mantle
Joe writes:
We are cruising the Gulf ICW between South Padre Island and Corpus Christi
on Lagona Madre. Many bay houses - most unoccupied without boats in 2-3ft of
water. . No NO WAKE signs.
We throw a pretty big wake over 7kts. (Carver 440 - cruises at 18kts).
I have been passing at idle speed.
Other boaters have been running wide open.
Anyone with experience or thoughts on this issue?
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