Wake-setter boats

KPW · 08-04-2017, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kawishiwi

Shove your "fun police" somewhere we dont have to see it. These boats cause damage. Many drivers of these boats are selfish a-holes. There are reasons you cant do donuts anywhere you want in a monster truck in the middle of a state park, doing the same thing in a boat on a public lake should be flat outlawed.

Thank you for responding to Shreddy!!

ursa minor · 08-04-2017, 04:42 PM

We've got a couple of these boats "in the hood". We're in a fairly open area and have a "U" dock set up, the big boat is four way tied with spring lines, the fun boat has spring lines and dock whips. I really don't see a lot of difference between the wakeboard boats and a larger bow rider or cruiser going by. The operators stay at least 200 plus feet off shore and it's fun to watch the kids. The radios were a bit much in past seasons but this year it seems they got the message that sound carries on the water.

We'd need to have the boats well tied regardless of whether the wakeboard boats were a thing. I personally think it's great to see kids out doing something besides tubing again. Even "in the day" (70's- 80's for me) we couldn't water ski unless it was early or later in the day when boat traffic and wakes would ease up. Can I get a " get off my lawn" anyone?

ITD · 08-04-2017, 04:56 PM

Hmmm, that escalated quickly.

noreast · 08-04-2017, 07:18 PM

I agree with ursa, There wakes are made to pop straight up within a few feet of the boat, when I've followed them in the past I was surprised how fast they dissipated, nowhere near the wakes of cabin cruisers. Maybe some are worse than others and for sure some "captains" are more thoughtful than others. I don't own one, I would not use one in a small cove though. As with everything, The person is the problem not the weapon.

ursa minor · 08-04-2017, 10:51 PM

I'll agree that the difference in our location may be that the boats pass us without turning and we're not in a tight area. We get quite a few wake board boats and more conventional boats towing wake boaters passing by. The wakes are pretty similar.

Now the 40 plus foot Carver that went steaming by at 20 knots leaving a 5 foot wake last Saturday morning, you sir.....

08-04-2017, 04:42 PM	#2
ursa minor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tuftonborough & Franklin MA Posts: 265 Thanks: 99 Thanked 143 Times in 64 Posts	We've got a couple of these boats "in the hood". We're in a fairly open area and have a "U" dock set up, the big boat is four way tied with spring lines, the fun boat has spring lines and dock whips. I really don't see a lot of difference between the wakeboard boats and a larger bow rider or cruiser going by. The operators stay at least 200 plus feet off shore and it's fun to watch the kids. The radios were a bit much in past seasons but this year it seems they got the message that sound carries on the water. We'd need to have the boats well tied regardless of whether the wakeboard boats were a thing. I personally think it's great to see kids out doing something besides tubing again. Even "in the day" (70's- 80's for me) we couldn't water ski unless it was early or later in the day when boat traffic and wakes would ease up. Can I get a " get off my lawn" anyone? __________________ " Any day with a boat ride in it is a good day"

08-04-2017, 10:51 PM	#5
ursa minor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tuftonborough & Franklin MA Posts: 265 Thanks: 99 Thanked 143 Times in 64 Posts	I'll agree that the difference in our location may be that the boats pass us without turning and we're not in a tight area. We get quite a few wake board boats and more conventional boats towing wake boaters passing by. The wakes are pretty similar. Now the 40 plus foot Carver that went steaming by at 20 knots leaving a 5 foot wake last Saturday morning, you sir..... __________________ " Any day with a boat ride in it is a good day"

08-04-2017, 04:56 PM	#3
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,939 Thanks: 481 Thanked 695 Times in 390 Posts	Hmmm, that escalated quickly.

08-04-2017, 07:18 PM	#4
noreast Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 648 Thanks: 316 Thanked 120 Times in 93 Posts	I agree with ursa, There wakes are made to pop straight up within a few feet of the boat, when I've followed them in the past I was surprised how fast they dissipated, nowhere near the wakes of cabin cruisers. Maybe some are worse than others and for sure some "captains" are more thoughtful than others. I don't own one, I would not use one in a small cove though. As with everything, The person is the problem not the weapon.