THE MEANING OF "NO WAKE"

[Not So Fast]

Why is this such a difficult term for some people to understand :idea: The H.B. folks on here seem to grasp this concept but yet how can so many not GET IT. This is not brain surgery, look behind your damn boat or SEADOO and take a peek!! Even if it's not posted, be courteous of boats that are bouyed up. Yesterday in Steamboat (just one example of many) a nice looking 28-29 ft boat comes in loaded with people and making a sizeable wake, I give them the universal sign to slow down and they start waving Some boats with big HP do idle fast but not that many. The other gripe is why drivers come thru the eastern channel at the sandbar (next to the cliffs) at speed. If you are beached at the little sandbar next to the cliffs it causes all sorts of havoc. You know they see you but yet they dont slow down. God forbid you say anything in this confrontational world we live in because that is grounds for an all out brawl. I alway respect others boaters in regards to MY WAKE, can't we all just DO THE SAME. Is it just me or does everybody go thru the same crap and wonder WHY SOME DRIVERS ARE SO F----ING STUPID or do they just not give a crap, AMAZING!! NSF

[THOR]

NSF, folks dont get this at all. I am glad this pisses off somebody besides me.

[SHAKEN Not Stirred]

Yep!
We were just talking about this yesterday while sitting in the channel, North of the bridge across from the new condo's....
I can't believe how many idiots were screaming through.....boats & PWC's...
All of us just yell "Faster....Faster....!!!"..... :idea:
And while were complaining......Why do the other idiots think that I want my boat, wife, kids, stereo and all my stuff hosed down while cruising through the channel.....Did I mention that I really don't want my boat hosed down !!!
Later,
CJG

[Tom Brown]

What's a no wake zone?
We don't have those in my area. In fact, there are only a few lakes that have any marker buoys of any kind in this province.
My boat won't idle down very well and I run a 28p prop so my idle speed is about 8 kph. I recall being nervous in Kelowna where they have "max 7 kph" buoys around all of the launch areas. My tiny/light boat doesn't produce much wake so I was pretty sure they'd let me away with it and they did.
I think next time I'm out there, I'll pull the plug for a bit to let several hundred gallons of water into the boat and then cruise just off plane through the marinas. When people yell at me, I'll smile and wave as though I'm returning a pleasantry.

[Sportin' Wood]

It drives me crazy too. Sometimes I say something if I think they are close enough to hear, but most of the time I don't bother because I know they don't know any better because they have not had to take a course and are too stupid to figure out what "no wake" means if they even look at the sign. Most just know you are supposed to go slow, but they have no idea how slow.
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Oops! MMSW :rollside:

[djunkie]

I'm just like all of you. For a while there I thought I was going too slow through the channel the way everyone passes me. Now I realize they're just going too fast.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Had this discussion at a large in-cove raft-up a few weeks ago as a Sea-doo came in, off plane but plowing fast, probably making almost as much wake as my Taylor makes at speed. The cove is secluded off the lake, hard to access (props get beat-up all the time) but upon entering, you can see all 15 to 100 boats, sometimes several lines of them, sometimes back to back. All we could doo was yell and wave both hands downward for him to slow down. My boat was good to go as I was anchored separate from a raft but there is no sense in sloshing all those boats up against each other. Even with fenders out, parts hit sometimes.
'Course, that was the day before some moron in a 23+ foot something I/O plowed into the marina area 1/2-on plane as I was leaving and we (at idle) punched our bow 6" UNDER his 2nd wake. MAN that was cold washing back over my windshield as the bow rose back up. :frown: Left me 2" of water in front of my back seat till it drained aft. At least I wasn't in a Bowrider that time. :cry:

[a catered life]

so thats what the dam little sign means joking

[cdog]

My boat idle's a little high and with the 26 prop my idle speed is a tad bit faster than most. I have a bit of an excuse. Most of these guy's just don't give a rats ass. I really hate the rental pontoons in the channel. Those guys will slam those shit wagons in reverse to get a second look at some tits, and they don't care who they run into. I've seen alot of seadoo's lately in thomson bay blasting thru the no wake zone.

[lalhc]

People are clueless! Even my 11 year old son get's it! We always laugh when Havasu police bust people speeding in the "No Wake" zone in front of the Nautical.