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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction BlocksTraffic
JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message ... HK wrote: Jere Lull wrote: On 2007-11-12 17:50:18 -0500, BAR said: When was the last a container ship or tanker slowed down to no-wake speed coming up the channel of the bay. It doesn't take long for the wake from the bib behemoths to get to either side of the bay and work the way into the exposed tributaries. On the Chesapeake, they do slow as they approach the C&D canal.... Many times, we'd sail at about their speed through the Elk with only moderate winds. A few years back, one blew through and caused serious damage, possibly a death. A friend who rides those things mentioned that the word of the litigation blasted through their community. Truth be told, few run at more than 10-15 knots in the upper Chesapeake in the first place. That's not no-wake speed, but the wake is manageable. Still, I've tracked their wakes for easily more than a mile. Wakes from large ship traffic in the mid-Bay has not been a problem for me. In fact, most of the ships I see are leaving fairly flat wakes. Even when fishing on the edges of the ship channel, it usually isn't a significant problem, in my experience. The large container ships I have seen leave a nice rolling wake. While it was not a problem (we took them at 35-45 degrees) I have never seen a trawler (or even a floating RV) leaving a wake as large. I am trying to figure out what kind of boat, a rec.boater would have that is leaving a wake larger than a container ship. Do you see many container ships on Lake Lanier? No I don't. |
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