On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:39:53 -0500, "Scotty" wrote:

It would explain a lot of the poor seamanship displayed by
some.

BTW you *ARE* responsible for your wake.

Discomforting a sound seaworthy sailboat with a wave hardly falls into
the category of poor seamanship, common attitudes not withstanding. I
am *very* careful with my wake in narrow passages and around small low
freeboard craft. Not everyone is, but they should be.

There is a common problem with overtaking situations which some
sailboaters appear totally oblivious to. It happens a lot on the ICW
which is none too wide in many places. If a sailboat continues on at
close to hull speed while a powerboat is overtaking, there is no
choice for the powerboat other than leaving a wake. Most experienced
sailors on the ICW recognize this issue and slow down to idle speed
allowing the powerboat to reduce speed also. Those who don't get
waked by yet another "arrogant ignorant" powerboater.