Quote:
Originally Posted by Coastal Laker
To all the knuckleheads steaming through the Weirs Channel today because they could see a storm coming while completely violating the no-wake zone:
Just because you see dark clouds coming, you do not get a free pass to go over headway speed or take off full sprint before the end of the Weirs channel. You are still responsible for damage caused by your wake!
I think the Marine Patrol should put up a camera and start taking down bow numbers of each ignorant rule breaker that thinks no-wake only applies when the sun is shining. Easily, every other boat was going too fast - ridiculous!
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1) I saw that storm approaching, so speeding through a NWZ could be considered "an emergency situation", but you are still responsible for damage from your wake.
2) Rain itself isn't an excuse to violate any NWZ:
thunder should be adequate warning to a powerboat, but lightning can reach out 30-miles—and
you can't outrun lightning! 
3) The MPs always ask for the bow number of "offenders". Do the MPs actually store those numbers to determine incidents of "
repeat offenders"?
