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Originally Posted by tis
... I do not see why it would mean you could only go 1MPH though. ...
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Because that's what the law would dictate if your boat could maintain steerage way at one mile per hour, then that is your maximum speed.
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Originally Posted by Descant
I think hovercraft and others have no wake, and are registered as vessels, so with this change they can go through the channel at 45 mph?
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No. As written, the law is purely a function of the speed. The size of the wake is not considered.
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Originally Posted by Hillcountry
... my point being we don’t need to pigeonhole the wording to include any speed. Just MAKE NO WAKE! How freakin’ hard is this to comprehend??
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Any boat movement creates a wave. If the wave is 1mm high (the thickness of a dime), we call it a ripple. If the wave is 150mm high (6"), we call it a wake. At what point does a ripple become a wake? If you say 76mm, how does one measure it?
FYI: Here is my "wake" in a 20 foot Four Winns. The GPS said 5.7 MPH. My minimum steerage way speed is about 3 MPH.