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
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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. :-)