"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:12:42 -0500, HK wrote:

I have seen plenty of powerboaters who do not give a tinker's dam about
their wakes. I've seen it in the ICW, and I see it out on Chesapeake
Bay, and I have seen it on the Patuxent River and its tributaries.

Why should anyone worry about their wake on Chesapeake Bay? It's open
water. The freighters don't worry about their wake, the Coast Guard
doesn't, The US Navy does not, tug boats don't. Wakes happen. On a
windy day the naturally occurring waves are 3 to 4 feet out there.

Not sure about the Chesapeake, but out here they certainly do care about
their wake. In the bay, frieghters have stand-on status, the Coasties
definitely slow down and know the rules when they pass another boat, and tug
boats when not engaged in operations, are courteous to a fault. Wakes happen
anyway, but not huge ones by arrogant Coasties or tugs.

Your transom is too low. Get over it, get a bigger boat, or don't go
out where the big boys play.



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