Be careful what you ask for because there are quite a few boats out
there that you really don't want passing at speed.

The boater is still responsible for his wake. The point is the wake is
generally lower on plane than it will be at the "courtesy" speed these folks
choose.


If you want to be
passed with minimal wake, slow waaaay down, almost to a crawl before
the faster boat overtakes you

There are lots of cases where I am stopped.



A heavy 50 footer
leaves very little wake at 7 knots, but 3 feet plus at 10 knots.

The 50 footers are not the problem. It is usually a 18' bow rider that rocks me
by passing at the worst possible speed.

On 05 Feb 2005 04:51:24 GMT, (Greg) wrote:

Be careful what you ask for because there are quite a few boats out
there that you really don't want passing at speed.

The boater is still responsible for his wake. The point is the wake is
generally lower on plane than it will be at the "courtesy" speed these folks
choose.

If you want to be
passed with minimal wake, slow waaaay down, almost to a crawl before
the faster boat overtakes you

There are lots of cases where I am stopped.

A heavy 50 footer
leaves very little wake at 7 knots, but 3 feet plus at 10 knots.

The 50 footers are not the problem. It is usually a 18' bow rider that rocks me
by passing at the worst possible speed.

How big is your boat?

Later,

Tom

The 50 footers are not the problem. It is usually a 18' bow rider that rocks
me
by passing at the worst possible speed.

How big is your boat?

20' Harris.

On 06 Feb 2005 03:31:34 GMT, (Greg) wrote:



The 50 footers are not the problem. It is usually a 18' bow rider that rocks
me
by passing at the worst possible speed.

How big is your boat?

20' Harris.

I can see your problem. A pontoon boat in that situation can be a
little twitchy.

I'm not sure a sign is going to do you much good.

Later,

Tom

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:17:19 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
How big is your boat?

20' Harris.

I can see your problem. A pontoon boat in that situation can be a
little twitchy.

I'm not sure a sign is going to do you much good.

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Not at all. Be glad you don't have to contend with 50 ft sportfish or
motor yachts with tsunami sized wakes.

Not at all. Be glad you don't have to contend with 50 ft sportfish or
motor yachts with tsunami sized wakes.

Most of the time I am in ~3' of water. I doubt those motor yachts will be that
big a problem.

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 08:39:57 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:17:19 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
How big is your boat?

20' Harris.

I can see your problem. A pontoon boat in that situation can be a
little twitchy.

I'm not sure a sign is going to do you much good.

========================================

Not at all. Be glad you don't have to contend with 50 ft sportfish or
motor yachts with tsunami sized wakes.

I have, with no exaggeration, launched my Ranger completely out of the
water hitting a wake from a Hatteras that snuck up on me - I didn't
see it coming.

Damned things should be banned.

Unless, of course, I eventually own one.

Then everybody else WATCH OUT!!! :)

Later,

Tom

In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:


On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:17:19 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
How big is your boat?

20' Harris.

I can see your problem. A pontoon boat in that situation can be a
little twitchy.

I'm not sure a sign is going to do you much good.

========================================

Not at all. Be glad you don't have to contend with 50 ft sportfish or
motor yachts with tsunami sized wakes.

If HE slows down to idle in the pontoon, he'll be making 2-3 kts. I'd be
making 6, which means I can pass him at a reasonable clip and be on my way.

If he tries to get cute and runs at 8-9 kts though, he's then forcing me to
go by him either fully on plane (which he doesn't want) or worse, "in the
hole" (which he REALLY doesn't want)

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If HE slows down to idle in the pontoon, he'll be making 2-3 kts. I'd be
making 6, which means I can pass him at a reasonable clip and be on my way.


You folks still don't get it. I want them to stay up on plane and "maintain
normal speed" Is that a better way to put it?