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Old 07-03-2007, 05:49 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
Almost. If you are within 150' of pretty much anything; another boat, a dock, a swimmer, the shore, etc ... you must be at No Wake Speed (NWS) which is defined as the slowest speed you can go and retain steering or no more than 6 MPH. So when passing, crossing or overtaking another boat if you want to stay on-plane (and stay legal ) you need to be more than 150' away.
Correction, the actual law says "or 6 MPH." There are some conditions, on some bodies of water where the slowest speed necessary to maintain steerage is in excess of 6MPH. When those conditions do not exist, 6 MPH applies.

The wording was changed several years ago.
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