Wakes

Some one hinted at this earlier in this thread. . .you're making steam cand come up behind another vessel running slightly slower and throwing some decent sizes rollers. Of a few choices are

1. Go wide and around. (not always possible)
2. Try the radio (doubt anybody on Ky Lake but me has a radio on)
3. Signal with the horn . . .good luck with that.
4. Slow down and follow.
5. Hell with it, if their not paying attention to passing traffic throttle up, go around and get it over with.
 
Bobalong, yes this is what normal people would do. But if you try that with someone that has WDS (wake derangement syndrome) you will be called an idiot or worse. Because if you have WDS you live in a different world than the rest of us where everyone has perfect vision and perfect hearing and would never violate the proper passing rules even if it meant staying behind a WDS'er all day on the ICW. Because they are smarter than the rest of us.
 
Again, not everyone can control the size of their wake. Plain and simple.
 
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Originally posted by BoatCrazy

Again, not everyone can control the size of their wake. Plain and simple.

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Not everyone can or not everyone will?

Bob
 
Being in a trawler, we get passed quite a bit. I have no problems with boats that pass fast, what burns me are the boaters throwing big wakes that need to pass less than a boat length away from me when they have a river that is half a mile or more wide. This gives me no time to turn into their wake, so we go rocking and rolling. It almost seems some of them do this on purpose, I can watch them come closer as they approach. Use some common sense and we can all get along..
 
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Originally posted by ronlord

Being in a trawler, we get passed quite a bit. I have no problems with boats that pass fast, what burns me are the boaters throwing big wakes that need to pass less than a boat length away from me when they have a river that is half a mile or more wide. This gives me no time to turn into their wake, so we go rocking and rolling. It almost seems some of them do this on purpose.

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And that, my friend, is EXACTLY my issue with being waked. I don't mind a wake that I have time to deal with. But when they pass so close you can read their HIN there's no time to react. I've been dead in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay and had someone come up from behind, pass less than 50 feet from me and then proceed to cross in front of me. They had the whole bay to make a slight adjustment and pass behind me, but NO! I can remember this happening at least 3 times in the past few years. So it's sadly too common.

Another incident that sticks in my mind was the 3 aft-cabin bow-up boats headed from my port side to my starboard (my right-of-way). They were one behind the other and expected me to stop for them. I guess they thought that since they were a group they had priority. I gave them what we like to call "the aft-cabin salute" as I carefully went between two of them.

Hey, if you don't show them, how are they going to learn? :-)
 
Probably going to happen again too. There is no excuse for poor behavior on the water, the highway, and the guy in the next slip with the barking dog. If they are reasonable people a polite radio message should do the trick, if that doesn't get you an apology and nobody gets hurt then I say to hell with them and forget it. I have traveled from NY to Florida and I lot of places in between and been boating since I was a kid and 90% of the people I meet on the water are very respectful of one another. There are the extreme personalities on both ends of the wake issue and I don't much care for either type.
 
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Originally posted by BoatCrazy

Ron, so if the boat infront of my has their radio off I am not supposed to pass them? I cruise at 19knots, you know how many times I get passed, and NOT once do I get hailed? Yeah, one can blast a horn, but again, whats to say the guy is going to hear it?

Again, Ron, come boat where I boat and ull see why I have the attitude I have. I am well aware of the procedures, however people on long island dont have a clue. Come on down to the south shore and your head will spin.
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Well, you are making a great argument for mandatory boater education, testing, and licensing. If the rest of these boaters knew the "rules of the road" we would all be safer and more comfortable.

I'm ready to take the test, are you?
 
"Probably"? I think it is "guaranteed." Although there are a lot less boats on the water in this economy.

I do not let it bother me much anymore. People that ignorant will never learn and aren't worth the trouble. The same goes on the highway.
 
My biggest gripe is when I'm anchored out. Usually go to a place that is fairly popular, so there are groups of boats anchored about, many rafted up.
I will see a group of big boats rafted up and they also have a couple ski boats. The load up a ski boat, motor away from their group and then proceed to pull a tube loaded with kids around other boats anchored or rafted up. And, with pulling a tube they are turning wildly about throwing up all kinds of crazy wakes for everyone else. Then they motor slowly back to their group.
 
Ron, Ive already taken and passed the test. Ive had my boating license since I was 14 years old. Ill gladly take the course again and pass with flying colors yet again.
 
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Originally posted by In the know

If I followed your guidelines I might as well never leave my marina.

If you are anchored in the bay fishing, you are going to get waked

Drift fishing in the bay, you are going to get waked

Crossing a sailboat? Seriously? Sometimes all I do is cross sailboats - they will get waked

A boats wake is a fact of life in the open water.

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I will try to lessen the wake buy artfully threading through them, but thats the best I can do for them, I wont be slowing down....
 
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Originally posted by BoatCrazy

Again, not everyone can control the size of their wake. Plain and simple.

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That s a good one... Not very original though since it s the oldest excuse in the book

Having owned and run boats from 8' to 80', I have yet to come across a boat on which I could not control the size of the wake
 
Oh wait a minute... I get it. I have to a agree, Indeed some people are just too selfish, rude and ignorant to control The size of their wake

How true.
 
I`ve got a wake question. What part of "No wake" actually gets enforced, speed or wave size? I have this debate with my neighbors all the time. We are on the Ct River along the channe at the outside edge of a small private marina no wake zone. The courteous, law abiding "big" boats that are slowing for, and speeding up after the zone cause us to be subjected to larger wakes than normal.Most of them don`t slow down enough any way and are still throwing a 2 ft wave. I love the go fasts, they go out a little wide and blow right thru the no wake zone without hardly a ripple, but if a leo is on scene, the go fast invariably gets the ticket. I know some zones say 6 mph but these bouys are just "no wake".
 
I'd bet not many boaters even know the real definition of "No Wake" or "Minimum Wake".

Bob
 
Just playing devils advocate here but I did not think you were joking either BC.
 
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