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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
"HK" wrote in message ... Wilbur Hubbard wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... Wilbur Hubbard wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message news 
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:51:08 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: Wayne's comment is not arrogance. It's realism. Thank you. There are a lot of wake whiners out there. :-) Yep, especially when you were slammed by one in a 20 footer. Bigger boat does not relate to bigger dick Wayne, although it may compensate for it in your case. Children, children! My experience is I'd rather a power boat go by full blast. They make smaller wakes of shorter duration going full blast than when they slow down trying to be polite. Any sailor whose sailboat can't take a powerboat wake without stuff flying off the shelves needs to get his act together. Wilbur Hubbard Really? Interesting, because when I come off plane and slow my boat way down, there's no visible wake. There are bubbles. That's been true for all the boats I've ever owned. Duh. Are you dumb or something? Let's say the sailboat's motoring along at six or seven knots. You need to be going about ten knots in your powerboat in order to get around them in a timely manner. At ten knots your powerboat is "plowing." That is it's making a big, slow, rolly wake. This slow wake is worse than a high speed wake which has smaller waves at a higher frequency. You're welcome. Wilbur Hubbard Most of the sailboats I see out on Chesapeake Bay aren't motoring along at any knots, they're under sail. And if I am following one up a narrow river or inlet, I can get around it easily enough if I need to without churning up a wake. Sailboats under sail are steadied by their sails. You have plenty of space on the Bay to pass them full throttle if you want and you can leave plenty of distance between you and them. Slowing down in that case is stupid. The only time any real sailboat is bothered by a wake is when it's motoring along in a channel. Then the wake comes on the beam or quarter and rolls it like crazy. The faster you pass them (provided you pass at a safe distance) the less your wake will bother them. Take my word for it. Some might give you the #1 signal but those people are too dumb to realize a fast wake with smaller, high frequency waves tosses their boat around far less than those obnoxious slow rolly wakes. Those are the ones that are most disruptive. Wilbur Hubbard |
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