Crazy Saturday

SAMIAM · 07-28-2008, 08:09 PM

I wouldn't dare go to the Weirs with anything less than 26".Offshore boats,big cabin cruisers ...coming at your from 5 directions.The chop can jump up to 5' or more.Not complaining because we love to see the action on a busy day.....just a warning to the kayakers.Think twice about heading to the Weirs on saturday afternoon.

Dave M · 07-28-2008, 09:53 PM

Headed over to Merdith Saturday moring about 8:30am. Was just going for breakfast and found the boat show was in progress. Lucky for me somebody was pulling out of a spot. One side was open for public. Went to breakfast at Waterfall Cafe and roamed around and finally looked at the boats, fantastic. We liked a Garwood which seats 12 or so. Trip back was not pleasant at all. Very rough in my little 20 footer. I usually stay away on weekends. Saturday was very busy.

Dave M

VtSteve · 07-29-2008, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

I wouldn't dare go to the Weirs with anything less than 26".Offshore boats,big cabin cruisers ...coming at your from 5 directions.The chop can jump up to 5' or more.Not complaining because we love to see the action on a busy day.....just a warning to the kayakers.Think twice about heading to the Weirs on saturday afternoon.

My dad still has vivid memories from three decades ago about the monster waves on weekends. Without the huge cruisers plowing around at monster wake speed, it would be a different lake. At any rate, I never stopped going anywhere because of it.

Resident 2B · 07-29-2008, 06:06 PM

Although the larger cruisers make a larger wake than a smaller boat, I believe the main source of the chop near the Weirs is from non-cruisers getting up on plane and getting off plane. Too many boats are plowing water for too long a period of time.

There are now three NWZ in the area with the new NWZ near Eagle Island and with the heavy traffic we get on some Saturdays, those transitions becomes a lot of boat chop. Most cruisers do not get onto plane, or semi-plane, in that area. They usually just cruise out of the channel or the Weirs docks to the Governor's Island or Eagle Island NWZs in displacement mode.

That said, the sharpest wakes are from the Doris E and Sophie C and they are displacement hulls.

We kayak in the area since that is where we live, but we do not kayak on July and August Saturdays from 10 AM until 6 PM.

R2B

VitaBene · 07-30-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Resident 2B

That said, the sharpest wakes are from the Doris E and Sophie C and they are displacement hulls.

R2B

My kids love wake jumping those boats with a certain waverunner riding chick that posts to this forum (yes- obeying the 150' rule, easily done due to the rollers coming out of those ladies)!

07-28-2008, 09:53 PM	#2
Dave M Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 395 Thanks: 4 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts	Sat Headed over to Merdith Saturday moring about 8:30am. Was just going for breakfast and found the boat show was in progress. Lucky for me somebody was pulling out of a spot. One side was open for public. Went to breakfast at Waterfall Cafe and roamed around and finally looked at the boats, fantastic. We liked a Garwood which seats 12 or so. Trip back was not pleasant at all. Very rough in my little 20 footer. I usually stay away on weekends. Saturday was very busy. Dave M

07-29-2008, 06:06 PM	#4
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 996 Thanked 314 Times in 164 Posts	Weirs Chop Although the larger cruisers make a larger wake than a smaller boat, I believe the main source of the chop near the Weirs is from non-cruisers getting up on plane and getting off plane. Too many boats are plowing water for too long a period of time. There are now three NWZ in the area with the new NWZ near Eagle Island and with the heavy traffic we get on some Saturdays, those transitions becomes a lot of boat chop. Most cruisers do not get onto plane, or semi-plane, in that area. They usually just cruise out of the channel or the Weirs docks to the Governor's Island or Eagle Island NWZs in displacement mode. That said, the sharpest wakes are from the Doris E and Sophie C and they are displacement hulls. We kayak in the area since that is where we live, but we do not kayak on July and August Saturdays from 10 AM until 6 PM. R2B

07-28-2008, 08:09 PM	#1
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,912 Thanks: 338 Thanked 1,690 Times in 594 Posts	I wouldn't dare go to the Weirs with anything less than 26".Offshore boats,big cabin cruisers ...coming at your from 5 directions.The chop can jump up to 5' or more.Not complaining because we love to see the action on a busy day.....just a warning to the kayakers.Think twice about heading to the Weirs on saturday afternoon.