Solution to the wake problem

[AllanJ]

hmmmm
To cancel out each other's wake you could try travelling in tandem such that the peak of the front craft's meets the trough of the rear craft thereby cancelling each other (assuming that they are the same distance above and below mean water level). Travelling side by side will only create what is called an interference pattern; which of course you will be well familiar with from X-ray crystallography.
Headphones also reduce the after-effects of wash on a raggie.
To be serious, should we consider wake in open water? The, 'what if someone is carrying a pot of boiling water' surely doesnt apply there, although I would hate to think that I had upset Searush's malt under any circumstances (to return to not-quite-so-serious).

 

[ricky_s]

Raggies go so slow at sea, I think without us making them jump about they would be really bored.

Perhaps a couple of laps around them would make them like us even more!

 

[colingr]

which of course you will be well familiar with from X-ray crystallography.

But of course, why didn't I think of that, slaps forehead.

Headphones also reduce the after-effects of wash on a raggie.

But ruin the chance to share your musical taste with them

To be serious,

No

The, 'what if someone is carrying a pot of boiling water' surely doesnt apply there, although I would hate to think that I had upset Searush's malt under any circumstances (to return to not-quite-so-serious).

I love the "watch your wake" comments when bashing through a 1m swell in a F5 don't you! Ah bliss.

 

[DAKA]

What wake problem

We don't have a wake problem , I don't know what all the fuss is about

 

[dmmbruce]

No problem there AlanJ, we don't normally see you in 'open water', it might be wough.

 

[Ludd]

hmmmm
To cancel out each other's wake you could try travelling in tandem such that the peak of the front craft's meets the trough of the rear craft thereby cancelling each other (assuming that they are the same distance above and below mean water level). Travelling side by side will only create what is called an interference pattern; which of course you will be well familiar with from X-ray crystallography.
Headphones also reduce the after-effects of wash on a raggie.
To be serious, should we consider wake in open water? The, 'what if someone is carrying a pot of boiling water' surely doesnt apply there, although I would hate to think that I had upset Searush's malt under any circumstances (to return to not-quite-so-serious).

When water crystallizes we call it ice ,Alan. Stick THAT in yer malt!

Jokerboating apart,I was going ashore in th dink(Avon) t'other day when a fishing boat passed at speed . As I hit the wake,the nose went up,wind went under,slow motion backflip in force 6ish. I learned to swim.

 

[colingr]

Raggies go so slow at sea, I think without us making them jump about they would be really bored.

Perhaps a couple of laps around them would make them like us even more!

Like your thinking

 

[carlton]

No problem there AlanJ, we don't normally see you in 'open water', it might be wough.

Yes - we'll have already got there by that time. Good point, though.

 

[colingr]

We don't have a wake problem , I don't know what all the fuss is about

As in "I see no raggies"

 

[ricky_s]

As in "I see no raggies"

You should post a link on scratchybutts just in case they have missed this thread.

 

[colingr]

You should post a link on scratchybutts just in case they have missed this thread.

Ooh should I? They might run after me

Mind you, at 6 knots we'll all be home in bed before they get speed up

 

[ricky_s]

Ooh should I? They might run after me

Mind you, at 6 knots we'll all be home in bed before they get speed up

 

[Kilter]

Ouch

 

[CX54WEK]

"I think that the problem is that we pass too far away from them, thus giving the wake time to build. If we were to increase speed and pass at a distance of less than say 2 metres, the wake would not have time to form properly, To further alleviate the problem I calculate that the faster that we pass the better to further throw the wake astern of them?"


Excellent.

Now where can i find me a raggie on the Fossditch?

 

[Slow_boat]

I think there are a lot of people who have beaten you to it in testing this theory.

At least, the chav boats on the Crouch have been trying it out for years!

Thank you for your concern, kind sir.

 

[colingr]

I think there are a lot of people who have beaten you to it in testing this theory.

At least, the chav boats on the Crouch have been trying it out for years!

Thank you for your concern, kind sir.

Pleased to be of service

 

[NeilT]

I dunno what the fuss is about - wake doesn't exist.
It's just a rumour started by raggie drivers

 

[ninky]

there is more to life than increasing its speed. - gandhi. (i'm sure you are a big fan)

 

[CX54WEK]

I dunno what the fuss is about - wake doesn't exist.
It's just a rumour started by raggie drivers

and narrowboatist's

 

[Searush]

Enjoying the thread, but . . .

Hate to drop a serious note in here, but don't forget the fishermen drifting around in little Mobos, they tend to have very low freeboard & narrow beam so are especially susceptible to short steep wash & can't even turn into it.

They are common around the Straits area, often drifting thro narrow channels like the Belan Narrows so you have to go quite near them. Even I have to slow down to 3-4kts or my wash will risk putting a hook thro someone's finger.