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islandAl · 01-06-2006, 07:59 AM

Or is it just the title that you like.
From the article I was unable to cut and paste so I will write a couple of lines

5mph speed limit ... navigable passageway was at best twenty feet across

The slower the boat (i.e. when a boat is not on plane): depending on hull configuration and design, the larger the wake. As a general rule. the larger the wake, the more dangerous the wake.

all of a sudden a series of jetski's and small runabouts come zooming along

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Gee we already have laws about headway speed with in 150 feet of another boat, shore etc. does where ever they were? The jetski's and small runabouts (note, no GFBL) were already breaking the posted limit of 5mph, why would a 45 mph limit help?
My boat barely makes it over 50, but when at that speed, it also barely leaves a wake.

01-06-2006, 07:59 AM	#4
islandAl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mountonboro Posts: 200 Thanks: 12 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Do you bother to read your articles before posting Or is it just the title that you like. From the article I was unable to cut and paste so I will write a couple of lines 5mph speed limit ... navigable passageway was at best twenty feet across The slower the boat (i.e. when a boat is not on plane): depending on hull configuration and design, the larger the wake. As a general rule. the larger the wake, the more dangerous the wake. all of a sudden a series of jetski's and small runabouts come zooming along end of quotes Gee we already have laws about headway speed with in 150 feet of another boat, shore etc. does where ever they were? The jetski's and small runabouts (note, no GFBL) were already breaking the posted limit of 5mph, why would a 45 mph limit help? My boat barely makes it over 50, but when at that speed, it also barely leaves a wake.