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Originally Posted by Bizer
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.
No. As written, the law is purely a function of the speed. The size of the wake is not considered.
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.
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That wake looks about the size wake that a duck would make.