Dbreskin, if you are overtaken by a boat that is going on plane and it's throwing a wake, if you slow down to headway speed or stop your boat is going to get jostled more than if you maintain you course and speed. So that is an example of where I would use my judgement not let a rule dictate how to handle my boat.
If it was a really tight spot in between rocks or markers then I would slow down as it's better to rock the boat then hit something. And out of respect for property owners I'm probably more cautious about how close I am running at speed along the shore than anything else.
There, we've now argued the 150 ft rule for 2010. Now we need a Weir's Channel debate, couple threads to complain about traffic, then complain when the lake level gets too low and then wait for ice-in...
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