That's what I mean. My trawler throws a pretty nice "swell" at 8 knots,
maybe a foot or more. But there's no white water, except right where the bow
is plowing through. I'll see what happens when I get to FL. The more I read
about it, the more I want to get through there as fast as possible. Seems
like they are getting really unfriendly to boaters, and the manatee issue is
mostly political, best as I can tell. But since when did environmentalists
need science?

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
BTW, what exactly is "no wake". Sorry, but EVERY boat underway makes a
wake.
This leaves the interpretation up to the local yokel cops, who are mostly
intent on generating revenue from boaters.


You're right that every cop becomes the judge of whether or not your
vessel is
creating a wake. It's impossible to haul the wake into court for evidence,
so
it boils down to "He said vs. He said."

One standard that I have encountered seems to make a ton of sense: If the
bow
wave is breaking, the boat is creating a wake.

A ripple is not a wake......unless the local cop has not been "awake" and
needs
an easy ticket for the afternoon. :-)

I agree. Ban 'motor boats' and the problem will be solved.

Wayne.B wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:33:20 GMT, "Capt. Frank Hopkins"
wrote:
I for one resent being denied the use of large portions
of "my" river by a group of people that 1. doesn't live here. 2. Doesn't
have a clue as to the true census of Manatees. 3. Are playing on
sympathy instead of fact. 4. Is founded by Jimmy Buffet who lives in New
York.
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There probably are a few genuine manatee lovers out there but I've
become increasingly convinced that a lot of the manatee protection
groups are being clothed and fed by home owners who live on or near
the shore, and are fed up with being buzzed by jet skiis and the
straight pipe speed boat set. Both of these groups sound a lot more
acceptable to the neighbors when running at idle speed. Notice that
there is no exception in the manatee speed zone regs for jet boats
which arguably could do little to harm a manatee at any speed.

You have been subjected to too many earthquakes and have shaken baby
syndrome.

Don White wrote:

I agree. Ban 'motor boats' and the problem will be solved.

Wayne.B wrote in message
...

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:33:20 GMT, "Capt. Frank Hopkins"
wrote:

I for one resent being denied the use of large portions
of "my" river by a group of people that 1. doesn't live here. 2. Doesn't
have a clue as to the true census of Manatees. 3. Are playing on
sympathy instead of fact. 4. Is founded by Jimmy Buffet who lives in New
York.

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There probably are a few genuine manatee lovers out there but I've
become increasingly convinced that a lot of the manatee protection
groups are being clothed and fed by home owners who live on or near
the shore, and are fed up with being buzzed by jet skiis and the
straight pipe speed boat set. Both of these groups sound a lot more
acceptable to the neighbors when running at idle speed. Notice that
there is no exception in the manatee speed zone regs for jet boats
which arguably could do little to harm a manatee at any speed.

Is founded by Jimmy Buffet who lives in New
York.

Not so. He lives in Palm Beach.

NUKE THE MANATEES!

"F330 GT" wrote in message
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Is founded by Jimmy Buffet who lives in New
York.

Not so. He lives in Palm Beach.

In article 5Nzvb.3546$dO2.633@lakeread03,
says...
NUKE THE MANATEES!

"F330 GT" wrote in message
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Is founded by Jimmy Buffet who lives in New
York.

Not so. He lives in Palm Beach.



I agree.. Eliminate the Manatee's..Problem Solved..Would we really miss
them?.. We seem to be getting along fine without Wooly Mammoths and Saber
Tooth Tigers!!

Really? When did he move back? Last I heard he had a "Dakota" address
and was jammin in central park. He still needs to keep his parrot beak
out of politics.

CF

F330 GT wrote:

Is founded by Jimmy Buffet who lives in New
York.


Not so. He lives in Palm Beach.