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Originally Posted by ApS
Reading here, that Cobalt has introduced pontoon boats to its lineup is really good news, as pontoon boats leave scarcely any wake.
This clump of Winter Harbor trees (Maple? Northern Ash?) appears about 75 years old (each).
Seventy-five years ago, those trees could not have stayed rooted under the assault of the oversized boats that presently erode our shores. 
OK—so you're not shocked.
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I do agree the erosion under the tree is quite sustantial. But, I cannot blame this on a single cause as the tree is growing right at the waterline with every type of wave action hitting its roots and from what I see it appears to be at the bottom of a incline and in the path of water runoff. The roots look to have been exposed for quite some time too. So it gets it from both sides and is lucky it lasted this long, tough tree though. I have seen this situation with tree roots exposed before on the lake so it is not a new, single or fast occurance with a single cause. This took a long time to happen.