Wakes
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Just joined the topic and read page 1 and the last post on page 3... Do people actually read the whole wake and portable generator threads ughhhh.... Forget popcorn you need a weeks worth of meals to get through these things...
I hate to state the obvious, but asking on a web forum will get you nowhere. Every legal no wake zone is enforced by one or more law enforcement agencies.
If you really want to know the answer to your question, I suggest that you find out what agency is responsible for enforcing this no wake zone and ask in writing or by email so you will have a documented official answer.
Does anyone really every have anything new to add to these? I did go back and read page 2. Its the same stuff just different people giving different examples. We have this thread every year.
I did get a 2nd laugh out of pascal's vid when Trick or Treat says: "My wife wants to know how big your Johnson is" and pascal just shrugs it off... Again this too has been posted B4.
I did get a 2nd laugh out of pascal's vid when Trick or Treat says: "My wife wants to know how big your Johnson is" and pascal just shrugs it off... Again this too has been posted B4.
"Again, not everyone can control the size of their wake. Plain and simple."
Maybe I was wrong about Pascal getting it.
My above comment is simply stating, that uneducated boaters are not aware how to level the boat out, via speed, trim tabs, i-os etc. Which would make them unable to control the size of their wake.
Maybe I was wrong about Pascal getting it.
My above comment is simply stating, that uneducated boaters are not aware how to level the boat out, via speed, trim tabs, i-os etc. Which would make them unable to control the size of their wake.
Most of the time I have been waked or seen others get waked, it wasn't because the boater was unaware of how to control their wake, it was because they are unaware of what is going on around them, i.e., they do not see that boats are rafted up or beached. Or, they are just plain jerks,
I posted last year about this very thing at the mouth of CT river. We were leaving Saybrook Point Marina and it was clearly marked no wake all the way to the mouth. So me, my wife and two kids in our little Larson Cabrio 310 are going no wake speed. This yacht easily over 100ft left just a minute or two after us. Literally being our 3rd time out on the boat, I stayed in the middle of channel and went at no wake speeds... which was fine for Mr. 100+foot right up until the narrowest point at the very mouth where he felt the need to pass me on my starboard and come within a frighteningly close distance to the bow of my boat. His speed, excessive at that point, created a wake so large my boat turned 90 degrees to port and then back and I had no steerage whatsoever. My kids thought it was great, my wife was terrified and I was pissed/shocked. No big deal now, but I would have loved for an LEO to have seen that clown pull that.
--Rick
Pascal gets it. EVERYONE can control their wake, if they know how (and care). If they don't, it's time they learned or got off the water.
As far as "no wake" is concerned, hell my KAYAK leaves a wake; but needless to say it's not objectionable.
As far as "no wake" is concerned, hell my KAYAK leaves a wake; but needless to say it's not objectionable.
I think an issue here is that BC, at least as he describes it, boats in a small area rife with idiots and bad boaters. So he projects that onto the entire universe. Like I said, he should get out more often. There is a much larger world out there where his and his cohorts style just isn't gonna fly.
Actually George I am not projecting it onto the entire universe. Again, Ive stated WHERE I BOAT. In fact, Ive invited YOU to come boat on the south shore of long island, so you can better understand what I am referencing.
Again, whats wrong with my style of boating? My boats do not throw a large wake. I am operating my boat in every legal possible way. I am often in the State boat channel, where it is ILLEGAL to anchor. Why should I slow down to accommodate those breaking the law?
With my schedule the last few years, I havent been able to "get out much" Now that I am retired, I plan on taking more boat trips, and once I clear Long Island, I will boat how boaters are supposed to boat.
But George, thanks for the cheap shot! Mature buddy
Again, whats wrong with my style of boating? My boats do not throw a large wake. I am operating my boat in every legal possible way. I am often in the State boat channel, where it is ILLEGAL to anchor. Why should I slow down to accommodate those breaking the law?
With my schedule the last few years, I havent been able to "get out much" Now that I am retired, I plan on taking more boat trips, and once I clear Long Island, I will boat how boaters are supposed to boat.
But George, thanks for the cheap shot! Mature buddy
It doesn't help unless you practice what you have learned.
Seriously, you imply that you know the rules of the road but everyone else does not so you've decided to ignore them as well. The post I believe you were responding to suggested that everyone be educated, tested, and licensed.
Once the other boaters begin operating according to the rules, you will not feel so out of place doing it yourself.
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Yeah because licensing works so well for automobiles (insert eye roll).
I bet you never drive over the speed limit either and come to a complete stop at stop signs.
I bet you never drive over the speed limit either and come to a complete stop at stop signs.
Ron, again, what LAWS am I breaking? Absolutely ZERO.
am I anchored in the channel? NO
am I throwing a wake in a no wake zone? NO
am I going faster then 5mph in a 5mph zone? NO
Again, when I cruise in the searay I get passed constantly, do they hail me? Oh wait that must be my problem because I didnt hail them saying its ok to pass. I should take the initiative apparently. Do I bitch when I get passed and have to deal with the other boats wake? Nope. I deal with it.
The first video that Pascal shared, was not at cruising speed. I dont know if he slowed down specifically for the trawler or were they in a slow zone. Im not familiar with where Pascal was.
am I anchored in the channel? NO
am I throwing a wake in a no wake zone? NO
am I going faster then 5mph in a 5mph zone? NO
Again, when I cruise in the searay I get passed constantly, do they hail me? Oh wait that must be my problem because I didnt hail them saying its ok to pass. I should take the initiative apparently. Do I bitch when I get passed and have to deal with the other boats wake? Nope. I deal with it.
The first video that Pascal shared, was not at cruising speed. I dont know if he slowed down specifically for the trawler or were they in a slow zone. Im not familiar with where Pascal was.