William_H
Well-Known Member
Re: Bouncing around in a power boat\'s wake!
Sailing on the Swan River estuary near the ocean access means huge numbers of big power boats on weekends. The problems are made worse by the fetish for very high flying bridges (American style) and the fact that a sign of financial success here is the must have 50 ft power boat. The very people who don't have a long experience of boating or of much consideration of the little people. (superiority complex). No I am not really that bitter but just occasionally it seems so.
Our club has a visitors jetty on the outside of the mooring complex which is definitely a no go area for me because of constant wash. The speed limit is 8knots so all the power baoties do 10knots just the worst speed. I tied up there one opening day for the club sail past, the 50 power boats made the wash a nightmare so I stay on the swing mooring now.
While actually saliing, our patch of the river is a reach about 700 metres wide 2km long to windward which is also a major through fare so we can't worry about wash and must be just grateful that mostly they don't hit us when tacking racing down this reach.
On Jan 26 each year we have a fireworks celbration of Australia day. This is mid summer and the fireworks are on the river. There are usually some 5000 power boats go up and anchor until after the show when they all decide it is time to go home. The water for 6km back to my home is like a washing machine with wash (it is usually very calm and of course dark) I refuse to go anymore in my 21fter simply because the wash on the way home is almost unmanageable under small O/B power.
The bottom line is just cope with wash you guys have nothing to complain about. olewill
Sailing on the Swan River estuary near the ocean access means huge numbers of big power boats on weekends. The problems are made worse by the fetish for very high flying bridges (American style) and the fact that a sign of financial success here is the must have 50 ft power boat. The very people who don't have a long experience of boating or of much consideration of the little people. (superiority complex). No I am not really that bitter but just occasionally it seems so.
Our club has a visitors jetty on the outside of the mooring complex which is definitely a no go area for me because of constant wash. The speed limit is 8knots so all the power baoties do 10knots just the worst speed. I tied up there one opening day for the club sail past, the 50 power boats made the wash a nightmare so I stay on the swing mooring now.
While actually saliing, our patch of the river is a reach about 700 metres wide 2km long to windward which is also a major through fare so we can't worry about wash and must be just grateful that mostly they don't hit us when tacking racing down this reach.
On Jan 26 each year we have a fireworks celbration of Australia day. This is mid summer and the fireworks are on the river. There are usually some 5000 power boats go up and anchor until after the show when they all decide it is time to go home. The water for 6km back to my home is like a washing machine with wash (it is usually very calm and of course dark) I refuse to go anymore in my 21fter simply because the wash on the way home is almost unmanageable under small O/B power.
The bottom line is just cope with wash you guys have nothing to complain about. olewill
