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Old 07-07-2011, 02:04 PM   #12
The Real BigGuy
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I believe that one of the major problems with the no-wake rule is interpretation. Some people read it as, "I can go up to 6 mph and be in compliance." However, it was explained to me by the Marine Patrol in the early 80's that it was intended to read "No wake is the slowest speed that your boat can go and still maintain steerage but, in any event, no faster than 6 mph." The rub is that MP has no way of knowing what speed you need to maintain steerage and a number of operators don't care if they make a wake.

Some people just go 6 (or over) without looking at what their wake is doing to other boats or the shoreline. As another MP told me "If you look back and see white behind you, you are making a wake."
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