Wakes upsetting people?

[Ultrafied]

I've never had a problem with the Dream Catcher in the channel or the marina. When he is coming, I get over. Must be hard for some ...

[Decided Advantage]

As part of the Havasu crowd you have it easy
You live in an area where the lions share of boaters and boats on the river are into performance and sport boats and lots of skin and water sports. A few minor rubs and conflicts but pretty minor. Head East and you'll find lots of cruisers that literally brag about the size of their wake in the bars. We have a bunch of old cruisers on the Mississippi most of which couldn't get it up (on plane) on a bet. So they move around creating a huge wake where ever they go.
The only good new is the realty of physics means these clowns have to pay to make those wakes and they are to big to pullout so all their fuel is bought and paid for at marina prices. The thin silver lining with fuel prices what they were last Summer these wake whores stayed pretty close to home. :crossx:
Short story long. Live and let live! There are lots of people on the water and if we chase some of them off we'll all be missing out on all that fine skin to look at!
BTW I was out on the ol' Miss with it in the 50s today. I was nearly the only one on the water! Imagine shooting 15 miles of river and being the only boat moving (there were a few fishing boats)

[Kachina26]

I've never had a problem with the Dream Catcher in the channel or the marina. When he is coming, I get over. Must be hard for some ...
I move the best I can, but I ain't gonna dust a prop for him. After all, he is held to the same wakeless speed as me.

[HTRDLNCN]

What about the guys that "surf" behind wakeboard boats..
This require an even bigger wake,not only do they top off
the water ballast but put 3 or 4 people all the way in the front of the boat creating a massive wave .
I was coming around a bend when one of these was coming the other
way,being a tight corner with not much room to move over there was nothing
I could do except hang on.
I swear it must have been a 3-4ft crest behind that boat.
The impact was so great my front hatch was
ripped off. I was crusing at around 30mph at the time.
I was in the MIDDLE of the channel in a bend at the time.
A 60 mile long lake with a ton of wide open places to do this and they were
going down the middle of the freikin channel in one of the tighest bends .
By the time I stopped to get the hatch and bring my bood pressure down they were long gone .
I have also seen people with 2 or 3 small children tubing behind the boat
on a busy weekend again right down the middle of the channel with boats
flying by them on both
sides. Proves you dont have to have a brain to breed or to boat.

[RT21]

My biggest complaint is the wakeboard boats. Its not so much the wake, I can handle that if these guys were actually good enough to need that much wake. 90% of all the wakeboarders I saw this summer on the river could have been doing the same thing with a tourny ski boat.
If you are going to rock me with a big wake while I am floating, at least throw out a 360 or rail grab.

[ratso]

I think we could put wakeboard boats in the same class as jet skis...

[RitcheyRch]

Agree 100%
I think we could put wakeboard boats in the same class as jet skis...

[haulina29]

You will agree with anything or anybody to get your post count up .

[RitcheyRch]

Not true. See, didnt agree there.
You will agree with anything or anybody to get your post count up .

[Bradman]

Thanks Alan. I will take a pic next time and send it in. The Dream Catcher does that shit all the time.
We were in front of Dream Catcher this weekend. Normally I just keep the boat in gear when cursing into the channel. On Sunday, I had to throttle up just to stay ahead of him and I was creating what I thought was a good size wake.