Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:08:57 -0500, "Leanne" wrote:

Wait until one of these clowns rolls you beam ends and see happy you are.
They know what they are doing when they will not even turn around on the
bridge while I was sounding shorts blasts of the air horns.

Some people roll me, and some get rolled by me. It's part of boating
and being on the water. I am constantly amazed at the hue and cry
raised by large seaworthy sailboats when they encounter a wake. It is
not written in stone anywhere that the water will always be flat.

Spoken like a true powerboater. While that may make sense to you,
sailors can generally say, "I get rolled often by irresponsible
powerboaters, and I've never rolled anyone."

FWIW, since I got my catamaran, I haven't been bothered much by wakes -
in fact on the ICW I frequently told following PB's to come through at
full throttle because the wake doesn't affect me. However, on numerous
occasions I've been blasted by large wakes - over three feet - from
sport fisherman doing 20+ knots in a no wake zone. When you're on a
smaller boat, this can be dangerous.

A few days ago, someone from my winter marina was going through (almost
empty) Boston Harbor and got stopped by the State Police for a large
wake. Where are they in the Summer when its actually a problem!