On Dec 6, 10:17 pm, Marty wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Richard Casady" wrote:

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.

Can't comment on any of the above; however, the bow wave generated by
a 1,000 ft ore boat, loaded out at 60,000 tons of iron ore, can be
felt for miles.

One of the reasons these boats travel in the middle of the lake.

Huh? I live at junction of the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario, (just
east of Carlton Island on Wolfe Island if want to check it out), I can
assure you that they travel pretty damn close to the shore here!

Cheers
Marty

I know your area - couldn't do it this past summer, but in each of the
previous two summers, my wife and I trailered the waverunner up to
stay in the 1,000 Islands area (a really nice fancy hotel/marina in A-
bay in '05, a cheap motel with a dock in Clayton in '06) for a week
and go riding and exploring the whole area pretty much every day.
She ended up getting some nice pictures of the Tibbetts Point
lighthouse which were decent sellers on her ebay photo store. Lots of
great memories and photos of Boldt and Singer castles, the
International Rift, the seemingly millions of beautiful boater-
friendly state parks all around, the boating museum, and the rest of
it, love it up there, certainly boating/pwc'ing paradise.

richforman