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Default Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:10:53 -0500, "Eisboch"
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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.


Part of the sub wave/wake problem out of New London is very narrow
entrance to LIS through The Race.

There's not a lot of room there and if you are in the right spot
before the subs reach the sub bouy to get down and get gone, you are
going to be affected by the bow wave/wake.