Marine Patrol shake's their head!

jrc · 06-19-2013, 09:55 AM

All laws are trade-offs especially no wake zones. You have to trade off the rights of a boater to travel and operate his vessel safely, the rights of other boaters not to be endangered and the rights of property owners to not have their property damaged.

Maybe 6 MPH is too fast, but that's the trade off we have. With planning boats the wake goes up pretty quickly with speed until they plane. I know the difference between 6 MPH and 12 MPH on my boat is incredible.

It doesn't help with respect for NWZ, that some of them seem political rather than safety motivated.

06-19-2013, 09:55 AM	#27
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	All laws are trade-offs especially no wake zones. You have to trade off the rights of a boater to travel and operate his vessel safely, the rights of other boaters not to be endangered and the rights of property owners to not have their property damaged. Maybe 6 MPH is too fast, but that's the trade off we have. With planning boats the wake goes up pretty quickly with speed until they plane. I know the difference between 6 MPH and 12 MPH on my boat is incredible. It doesn't help with respect for NWZ, that some of them seem political rather than safety motivated.