Three days to find a motorboat wake: Cup of tea not quite spilt

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You really have to hand it to some people.

I think you need the same amount of patience as for bird watching: finding the right place, sitting it out, having a couple of false alarms, then ... your heartrate increases ... could it be ... YES ... motorboats passing at a safe distance, but producing some wake. Let's zoom the camera right in ...

... and then mild disappointment as the boat only gently rocks from side to side a few times, and the tea remains upright.

Still a great video, though.
 
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FlowerPower said:



http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?350587

You really have to hand it to some people.

I think you need the same amount of patience as for bird watching: finding the right place, sitting it out, having a couple of false alarms, then ... your heartrate increases ... could it be ... YES ... motorboats passing at a safe distance, but producing some wake. Let's zoom the camera right in ...

... and then mild disappointment as the boat only gently rocks from side to side a few times, and the tea remains upright.

Still a great video, though.
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Because Dylan is prepared & holding on, he doesn't lose his balance & the camera is held steady, but I suppose you simply don't understand the significance of the way the boom was thrashing from side to side as the boat moved.

As he points out, the culprits are long gone before the wash strikes, you just never see the consequences of your actions - they may be slight, or they could be fatal, you would just never know or care. So it goes, you don't see it, so it never happens . . . a bit like switching the power back on when someone is still working on the cables.
 
My question here is:

What's the alternative?

It's the nature of water and the sea. Unfortunately wake occurs and can travel some distance. It's not just big mobos that cause wake, my Southerly with its beefy 35hp donk also creates wake when motoring along at a ludicrous 6ish knots. It's just one of those things. Granted, I wouldn't like someone flying past 10m away from me rocking 30 knots whilst I'm anchored up with a glass of wine, but we have to apply common sense to the situation. Those mobos were a long way off. Granted, the wake eventually reached Dylan, but it wasn't exactly violent rocking. He's on the water, he knows he needs to keep an eye out, that's what it's all about.
Would you expect those mobos to travel along at 4 knots just to create the least wake possible in case someone, somewhere along the river might get caught out by a little wake?
 
You have just highlighted why daughter and another young child are not keen on motorboats. They seem them race past and ask about them and how cool they look. How much fun it will be, then 5 minutes later when they have gone you have to explain why they are wearing there crisps and drinks...
 
It is amazing no one was killed, I'm convinced this is the sort of thing that sank the Titanic. Tut tut!

FlowerPower said:



http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?350587

You really have to hand it to some people.

I think you need the same amount of patience as for bird watching: finding the right place, sitting it out, having a couple of false alarms, then ... your heartrate increases ... could it be ... YES ... motorboats passing at a safe distance, but producing some wake. Let's zoom the camera right in ...

... and then mild disappointment as the boat only gently rocks from side to side a few times, and the tea remains upright.

Still a great video, though.
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It must be a right nuisance, the boom slopping around like that when anchored in a bit of a swell or when the boat rolls when moving around it. Can it not be prevented by some cunningly contrived means?
 
Searush said:
Because Dylan is prepared & holding on, he doesn't lose his balance & the camera is held steady, but I suppose you simply don't understand the significance of the way the boom was thrashing from side to side as the boat moved.

As he points out, the culprits are long gone before the wash strikes, you just never see the consequences of your actions - they may be slight, or they could be fatal, you would just never know or care. So it goes, you don't see it, so it never happens . . . a bit like switching the power back on when someone is still working on the cables.
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oh please SR. Waves on sea, man holds on and doesn't get hurt. Hold the front page.
There are selfish prats in mobos. These 2 weren't. Non story of the week.
 
Steve and I share the same name and cruising ground but I am not as grumpy as Rushie!

I have noticed that 99% of large Mobos are very considerate coming through the moorings at PD.
They acknowledge the 5 knot speed limit especially when the CHT patrol is lurking....

But a greater proportion dont give a damn at other hours.........

This is just one area along the Straits which has a significant number of moored boats which could be and are occupied.

I have seen and felt the effect of far greater percentage of inconsiderate large MOBOers running from Carnarfon to Conway.

They are quite within their rights to open up and pass a large number of potentially occupied boats including other mobos anywhere from Menai Bridge to Friars bay beyond Beaumaris.

Steve is absolutely right in that most of them are well gone and are totally unable to assess the mayem thay can cause in their wake.

The time delay can be considerable and the enlargement of your visible 8" wake ends up in a full on Tsunami especially when its held up by a spring tide :eek:

Have you ever been sat(sp) in the heads in the middle of your morning dump.:eek: after a full on chicken tikka curry......

I was!:mad:

Inconsiderate Moboers seem to know their Rights but will not take Responsibility for their actions much akin with poorly educated stroppy teenagers........

Steve
 
It does sound as if you have a particular problem in your area.
Trouble is, the people you need to "take Responsibility" are generally not those you will find on the forum, so SR's rantings are not taken seriously.

Is there a local authority that publishes a newsletter or river guide, or some other means you could raise awareness?
 
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