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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:54:08 -0500, "Scotty"
wrote:

Acording to someone on this group, it's his God given
right
to wake a smaller boat and you should just deal with
it, or
get off ''his'' waters.

Not sure if he falls under #1 or # 2.

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No whine before its time.

One man's ripple is another man's tsunami. "Waking a
smaller boat"
implies an intentional malicious action, and I don't
think much, if
any, of that goes on. I'd be the first to call someone
to task if I
suspected it.

That said, wakes happen. Get over it, buy a bigger
boat, or stay away
from where the big boys play.



Geez...what an arrogant ass you are.

After a couple of days I realized that when others don't
respect them
and give you a one-finger salute instead ..... wake 'em!
:-)


Ahhh, another one.

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"otnmbrd" wrote in message
.70...
Was delivering a 110' boat to Fla., running down the
ditch..... was an open
stretch, nothing in sight ahead, just the occasional side
channel, doin
about 10K.
All of a sudden, looked up one of those side channels and
noticed a
fisherman in a small flat bottom boat.... Oh
Sh&t!!.....pulled em back but
knew it was too late!
As we went by, we could see that we'd sucked every last
drop of water out
of that side channel and this "Goodoleboy" was high and
dry in the mud with
his lower jaw hangin about down to his kneecaps.
Bout this time the water rushed back in to fill the void
and all we saw was
assholes, elbows, and fishing poles flying in all kinds of
directions......
Few minutes later we were overtaken by this "gentleman"
from the South who
had many choice words to say about our "Yankee"
heritage.....worst part was
that his anger became all the more incensed by the fact
that we were all
ready in a total fit of laughter and the more he yelled
the worse our fit
became!!!
To this day, I'm not sure how we kept that boat in the
channel till he
finally gave up the chase!


Well, at least you tried.

SBV

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"Eisboch" wrote in message news:L-

In my limited experience traveling the ICW I saw no
"intentional" waking
of a slower or smaller vessel by the larger boats, with
one exception. A
large sportsfish blew by us and others at full speed,
ignoring all speed
zones. I heard on the radio that he was coming and to
watch out. He was
caught further down the ICW about an hour later.


So, with your admitted ''limited experience'' , you admit to
witnessing a stinkpotter waking other boats.

Just think how many you'd see if you had some experience.


To be truthful, I saw more sailboat operators running on
their engine,
ignoring the "rules of the road".



Wake them !!!



I see more crazy powerboat operation in a single weekend
at the entrance to
Scituate harbor during the summer than anything I
witnessed on the ICW and
the biggest offenders are in smaller, outboard or I/O
powered boats.


You shulda waked them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote

I've often been out on my little 13' Whaler navigating
over a big (to it)
wake from a passing large boat a mile away.

''a mile away''? Now you're just being stupid.


SBV

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Wayne's comment is pure arrogance.

Eisboch


Agreed.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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There are plenty of places on the Bay where very small
boats congregate.
You probably don't notice them. There are guys out there
in rowboats,
kayaks, canoes, not in the middle of the bay, but not far
offshore, near
inlets, creeks, et cetera. Most boaters slow down anytime
they get near
these guys, so they don't cause them problems. The
arrogant ass boaters,
of course, don't.

I *always* slow down for rowboats, kayaks and canoes, even
when they
are where they don't belong. Everyone else is a judgement
call. I
don't believe we have ever endangered anyone with our wake
but there
are lots of "wake whiners" out there who expect flat water
where ever
they go. Some of them are in large sailboats which is
kind of
comical.


arrogant, pompous, asshole named Wayne.

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
The only time any real sailboat is bothered by a wake is when it's
motoring along in a channel.

I'm mostly bothered when I'm parked. Hard to "stay away from where the big
boys play" when they play in my back yard.
http://blizzard.zmm.com/whips/movie.wmv
(Strictly speaking, if it that's as bad as it ever got, I'd have no
complaints. I don't have any video of my nemesis in the big blue SeaRay
plowing by.)

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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:21:27 -0500, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

I'm mostly bothered when I'm parked. Hard to "stay away from where the big
boys play" when they play in my back yard.
http://blizzard.zmm.com/whips/movie.wmv
(Strictly speaking, if it that's as bad as it ever got, I'd have no
complaints. I don't have any video of my nemesis in the big blue SeaRay
plowing by.)

Ouch. Nice location but you're in a difficult situation there with
wakes. There are some alternatives to the mooring whips which I've
seen used elsewhere and would be more effective:

- A boat lift, also keeps the bottom clean and makes the boat easier
to work on.

- An anchor to the channel side with a bow and stern bridle, allowing
you to pull the boat further away from the dock.

- A mooring with or without a "haul out" system. A mooring is
essentially a big anchor with chain and a floating ball on the
surface. Unless you rig a "haul out" system you will need to take a
dinghy out to the boat. A "haul out" is essentially a continuous
pulley system like an old fashioned clothes line that allows you to
retrieve the boat from shore.

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote

I've often been out on my little 13' Whaler navigating
over a big (to it)
wake from a passing large boat a mile away.

''a mile away''? Now you're just being stupid.


SBV

Why is that stupid? It's absolutely true.

Eisboch

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Wayne's comment is pure arrogance.

Eisboch


Agreed.

Please be careful with your attributes. I didn't say that.

Eisboch