On Fri, 25 May 2007 02:06:07 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 May 2007 18:52:56 -0400, Jack Goff wrote:

On Thu, 24 May 2007 19:43:53 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:



You may be right about their interpretation, although I hope not. Every
time
I'm there, I see stoopids approach the no-wake signs at high speed,
throwing
wakes that are clearly inappropriate for the surroundings. 20-30 feet
before
the signs, they cut the throttle. Their way of thinking (or lack of it)
is
pretty obvious, which is what the cops are responding to.


Agreed in general, but with one exception. Some boats have a much
larger wake at half speed than they do at "high speed". So they'd
have to either idle up to the markers, or approach fully on plane,
then cut the throttle.

If the no wake zone is truly being damaged by boats on plane outside
the markers, then the markers are poorly placed. Move them out
further.

I agree with Jack on this one.

In fact, I think the whole issue is misunderstood.

If you are running up to a No Wake zone and slow down, the wake
doesn't continue straight - it forms a V at the stern of the boat. So
the fact that you slow down right before the No Wake zone shouldn't
have any effect on the No-Wake zone itself if the markers are properly
placed. Even running up to the marker WOT, the wake will still
dissipate with minimal intrusion into the No Wake zone.

And before we get the arguers in this, I do it all the time and my
wake doesn't affect anything.

Sound like over zealous cops and shoreline owners to me.

No shoreline owners of anything for a half mile in either direction.

So why the no wake zone?

Basically, it seems we are left with over zealous cops drumming up
operating capital.

Bottom line is... the markers are there to tell you that inside them,
you can't make a wake. If they are ticketing boaters that are making
wakes approaching no-wake markers, that is wrong. It doesn't matter
if you or I don't like it, it's wrong.

The markers are a line drawn in the "sand". Inside, no wake.
Outside, wake OK.

How are the cops determining what wakes are OK, and how far out they
have to cease? Size of boat? Speed? Wake type? Direction of
travel? I call BS.

Understand that my slip is on the outer finger in the marina, and the
no wake zone is barely 20-30 yards out from my slip. I get ****ed
when some yahoo barrels through the zone and rocks the boats in their
slips. But I don't get ****ed when someone runs up to the markers,
then comes off plane and idles through the markers and marina. He did
what the law requires. The markers should be moved out.