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Originally Posted by Pineedles
We're directly across from 1/2 mile so when the Mount comes in or out, its no more than 400-500 feet away. Maybe that's what accounts for the large waves. It does only come once a week though, twice on Mondays. But come to think of it the waves do seem smaller than they were many years ago. Wonder if their using a different kind of prop or soemthing. BTW, I love the Mount and wouldn't want it to curtail its visits to Center Harbor.
Reading some of the posts about the runoff erosion seems to make alot of sense, particularly what was said about the rocky shoreline. Looking at pictures of our shoreline area 100 years ago show minimal if any erosion where we left the rocky natural shoreline alone.
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The present Mt Wasington makes smaller wakes than the one I knew as a kid. It's a result of the extra length they added back in '82. The worst wakes I see come from the Sophie C and Doris E. There are a few Carver/Silvertons that make quite the waves as well though I've seen some of about the same size that don't make as much ruckus as their cousins. Not sure if it's small changes in the boats or speed that make the differences I see. Certainly I've seen some operate in mush mode and through very large wakes. I'm still amazed that some choose to do this.