Eisboch wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial
fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on
the event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub
captain, an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's
driving a bait boat now.
I doubt that. The subs that use to base at Mare Island always had CG
escorts. And the bow wave exceeds anything else that I have ever
witnessed as to wakes. And I fish near a couple of the offshore
channels to SF bay.

Subs are always escorted out of near harbor areas and an exclusion zone
for other boat traffic is strictly enforced.

Eisboch

Which doesn't prevent a bow wave from capsizing nearby boats.

I am not claiming it didn't happen. I am just saying that every precaution
is taken that it won't.
What was the size of the commercial fishing boat, anyway?

Eisboch




Hell, it was when I lived in the Jax area...I don't remember, but it
must have been one of those small shrimp net draggers on the St. Marys
River.