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Old 10-09-2013, 08:40 AM   #28
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Excepting pontoon boats, it appears that any powerboat over 24-feet can be made to create a wake that is "massive". Most of those skippers are unaware of their foaming / curling wakes, and the damage they leave behind.

Loan me one, and I'll load it and rim it improperly, "create" a three-foot wake: then demonstrate the complete soaking of a dock, the visible erosion of shoreline—and, as "a plus"—the overturning of a small boat.
Loan me a sailboat and I will load it and sail it improperly and create a hazardous situation for my passengers, and potentially other boaters. I might even be able to overturn it without hitting a wake.

So what's your point?
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