"HK" wrote in message
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When you have powerboaters like Wayne B., who says,
"That said, wakes happen. Get over it, buy a bigger boat, or stay away
from where the big boys play," then you don't have to wonder whether
there are ill-mannered guys out there who don't give a damn about the
havoc their wakes cause."

I have seen plenty of powerboaters who do not give a tinker's dam about
their wakes. I've seen it in the ICW, and I see it out on Chesapeake Bay,
and I have seen it on the Patuxent River and its tributaries.

Isn't that the point Wayne is making? If there are boats, there will be
wakes, big and small.
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. I don't stand up, waving my
one fingered hand, shouting curses at the distant or not so distant boat.

Wayne's comment is not arrogance. It's realism.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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When you have powerboaters like Wayne B., who says,
"That said, wakes happen. Get over it, buy a bigger boat, or stay away
from where the big boys play," then you don't have to wonder whether
there are ill-mannered guys out there who don't give a damn about the
havoc their wakes cause."

I have seen plenty of powerboaters who do not give a tinker's dam about
their wakes. I've seen it in the ICW, and I see it out on Chesapeake Bay,
and I have seen it on the Patuxent River and its tributaries.

Isn't that the point Wayne is making? If there are boats, there will be
wakes, big and small.
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. I don't stand up, waving my
one fingered hand, shouting curses at the distant or not so distant boat.

Wayne's comment is not arrogance. It's realism.

Eisboch



Observant, considerate boaters whose craft throw up big wakes slow down
when they find themselves among other boaters so their wakes flatten out
and don't create a serious problem. Arrogant boaters don't slow down.

"HK" wrote in message
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Observant, considerate boaters whose craft throw up big wakes slow down
when they find themselves among other boaters so their wakes flatten out
and don't create a serious problem. Arrogant boaters don't slow down.

I certainly agree with that.

Eisboch

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:51:08 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

Wayne's comment is not arrogance. It's realism.

Thank you.

There are a lot of wake whiners out there. :-)

"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

"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

Somebody wrote:

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

A couple of things:

1) You have never been on Lake Erie when a 1,000 ft ore boat with 60,000
tons of ore on board, travelling at 25 knots goes down the lake on the
assigned mid lake course.

You know by the bow wave they leave as they pass you 4-5 miles away.

2) You obviously have you head where the moon doesn't shine.

Lew

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

Eisboch


Agreed.

"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

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:10:04 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

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

Eisboch

I knew that. :-)