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Originally Posted by loony
The safe boating thread reminded me of how unpredictable boating can be.
Last season I had a bizzare experience with a huge cruiser (biggest I've ever seen on the lake) near the mouth of meredith bay. I was traveling from the east, rounding the corner into the mouth of meredith bay while a HUGE cruiser was coming out. We passed each other, cruiser to my port- at least 250ft appart. The cruiser seemed to be travelling rather slow (perhaps an illusion) - I saw no wake. I thought nothing of it until a few moments later I saw an enormous roller heading towards me - I immediately turned into it as the wave crashed over the bow of my 20ft bowrider. I was shocked!! As I stood there with the bilge pump running, I tried to figure out what had happened. The only thing I can think of was that because I was in shallower water, the wave grew as it headed towards me. I didnt think this could happen from a surface wave.
Has this happended to anyone else on the lake????
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I agree that boat wakes are largely a surface phenomenon and so growth due to shallower water isn't the answer. Did you not really see it or was it just larger than expected ? Slow moving boats (>NWS, less than on-plane) can throw large wakes. I've found the mail boats (Sophie C, Doris E) to make the largest wakes on the lake. I recall losing a windshield off the ole 14' Glastron but that was due to some, hmmm, deliberate action on my part rather than being caught off-guard. Dad was less than pleased that day
