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Originally Posted by Little Bear
WMUR is reporting that a tragic accident in the Connecticut River was caused - among other things, by the rescue boat hitting a wake from a passing boater. "Investigators said that when the boat returned with Yates and an additional firefighter, it struck the wage (sic) from a passing motorboat."... "If the boat was larger, if she was placed in a different place, if there had not been a wake," Hathaway said."
http://www.wmur.com/news/11128705/detail.html
This was a bad situation gone worse, but the fact is that a boat wake started the chain reaction. While the cry goes out by the kayakers, WINNFABS and the rest of the feel good crowd against go fast boats, the biggest problem remains the huge wakes caused by the big cruisers. Every day these monster waves cause property damage to the shorefront, boats, and docks, and may also be causing injury to swimmers and people being thrown around their 18' bowriders when they hit these monster waves. The fact is that the go fast boats are not making these huge waves and are involved in few accidents. I can tell you that I personally fear the huge cruiser waves, but don't worry one bit about the fast boats. Where is the outrage from WINNFABS about these huge cruisers compromising safety and destroying their quality of life? If they complained about this, I might actually lend credence to their argument about safety, but all they want is to get the fast boats off of the lake. |
Thank god im not the only one that sees monster wakes from monster cruisers as the real problem out there.
The only mention of wakes from the proponents side have been accusations of speedy boats making large wakes .."which is nonsence" Go Fast type boats are planing, not displacement hulls ..the faster you go the less water you displace which equals a smaller wake.
Just an observation but if anyone is causing havoc on the lake its the Oerpaid, Overfed, (Rodney Dangerfield) types who feel "Ignorance is bliss.
If I had a nickle for evey time ive been cut off or swamped by a 30+ foot summer cottage in excess of 10000 pounds id be a millionaire..