Thread: dead engines, kayaks, and powerboaters
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Default dead engines, kayaks, and powerboaters
On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:55:54 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

Nonsense. Have you ever seen the wake from a freighter or fast tug
boat? If so you'll never complain about sportfish or motoryachts.

I believe that aircraft carriers have the biggest wakes. What with 300
000 HP. Freighters, and tankers only come in HP under 100 000, all
single screw diesels, although many are bigger than a flattop. A
submarine at full power on the surface will also move lots of water.

One of the biggest wakes I've ever seen was from a submarine on the
surface near the eastern end of Long Island Sound. Probably the
second biggest was from a tugboat trying to get somewhere in a hurry.
His wake was still breaking several miles away.