"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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From behind us came three big cruisers, each around 30', making about 20+
knots it seemed. They passed us close on the port side, maybe 200'. They
were lined up one directly behind the other and they were close enough
together that all three had passed before the wakes reached us.

First, a few clarifications.

1. 30 feet is not a "big cruiser". At 20 knots, the boats should have been
well
up on plane and creating perhaps a 2-foot wake, certainly under 3-feet at
the
most.

Unless they were Bayliner Motoryachts! I have never seen such large wakes
form boats of this size (30-40 ft). There are other culprits of course ,
but the Bayliners are bad...they seem to plow through the water and never
really come on plane! And no.. this is NOT a troll!

Larry