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	Name:	joyrider -
	Subject:	wakes
	Date:	3/13/2006 12:14:25 PM

To me, it seems the size of a boat doesn't have much to do with it's wake. I mean, I've spent the last few weekends doing yard work so I've seen the calm peaceful side of the lake. As the day went by, I saw several differant size boats go by. From flat bottom fishing boats, to bass boats, a "go fast loud boat" or two and one HUGE house boat with a motor that was louder than I have ever heard out of CATS boat.
On a calm day, the flat bottom fishing boat had just as large a wake as the house boat. No lie. I was actually amazed and amused.
Our boat is a 21 ft deckboat. There are occations when the water is a little rougher than usual. But on days like that, we wait. There are times during the day, we have a chance to pull the kids on a tube or their wakeboard safely. I do fear the boaters who "ride our platform" or those
PWC riders who want to jump whatever wake we make, but please,...back off if we have kids in tow. (or you just might have one mad momma giving you the finger!) Anyway,.... I think if people have a problem
with the "white caps", I say stay out of the main water way -which I consider the large area that runs under the bridge by Sinclaire's.
That water IS more choppy, but it's a high traffic area, it's expected.

I think the most frightening thing we've "lived through" is the first time we ventured out on the 4th. We didn't even venture far, but as soon as the fire work show was over, it was like someone shot the gun to start the race and yelled "GO". EVERYONE rushed by us like we were standing still (and we weren't). Once we reached our pier, we sat in amazment how fast everyone sped by trying to get home,.... IN THE DARK!

Okay,...I guess the moral of this story is "we learned our lesson", we haven't tried getting out at night since. There's a lesson to learn wherever you are on the lake, you just have to watch (be safe) and learn from it.