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BroadHopper · 09-09-2015, 06:14 AM

Headway speed and no wake should not be interchangeable. Trying to navigate at headway speed without creating a wake can be a problem for some boats yet MP is trying to enforce the no wake rule when a boat is trying to maintain headway speed!

Get the drift? A PWC creates a wake in a slower speed than a large boat. A large boat cannot maintain headway speed in front of a PWC going at no wake!

A pontoon can maintain a faster headway speed than a boat, thus a pontoon cannot maintain headway speed in back of a boat.

You can witness this in any of the no wake channels. At time create chaos, when you can't control your boat because you had to shift to neutral.

Worst case a couple of years ago when the lake was high and the flow through the Weirs channel was strong, Thurston was complaining the boat wakes were disrupting the gas dock! The marine patrol was present and the results was a line of boats clear to Lilukilanis and beyond! Boats had a difficult time steering and many complained to the MP HQ. Since then I have not seen a repeat, although I have heard Thurston was upset by a certain decision.

09-09-2015, 06:14 AM	#8
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,570 Thanks: 3,206 Thanked 1,101 Times in 793 Posts	Always been a problem. Headway speed and no wake should not be interchangeable. Trying to navigate at headway speed without creating a wake can be a problem for some boats yet MP is trying to enforce the no wake rule when a boat is trying to maintain headway speed! Get the drift? A PWC creates a wake in a slower speed than a large boat. A large boat cannot maintain headway speed in front of a PWC going at no wake! A pontoon can maintain a faster headway speed than a boat, thus a pontoon cannot maintain headway speed in back of a boat. You can witness this in any of the no wake channels. At time create chaos, when you can't control your boat because you had to shift to neutral. Worst case a couple of years ago when the lake was high and the flow through the Weirs channel was strong, Thurston was complaining the boat wakes were disrupting the gas dock! The marine patrol was present and the results was a line of boats clear to Lilukilanis and beyond! Boats had a difficult time steering and many complained to the MP HQ. Since then I have not seen a repeat, although I have heard Thurston was upset by a certain decision. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.