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Originally Posted by lakewinnie
I was on this forum back in 2007/2008 when the latest rage was against so-called Go Fast Be Loud boats - arguments ensued ad nauseum as to how dangerous those boats were and the need for a speed limit. I don't believe the issue back then was how large the boat or the wake was - it was supposedly about noise and speed.
After nearly 20 years have passed since those pointless debates, my experience is that the slow wakes boats are much more dangerous than fast loud boats - this based on being swamped numerous times from the massive slow wakes created by such boats that were captained by clueless idiots. At least the captains of the fast loud boats were competent compared to some of the people driving wake boats today.
I wish I knew what the solution to the issue of wake boats was, short of more Marine Patrol manpower and enforcement of current rules.
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I don't understand why any comparison is needed--both bother many more people than the number of guys driving them. Listening to a loud boat that is 1 mile away as I type...