[Rattletrap]

Originally Posted by Dave R

I would like to expand on this a bit. If you are going to be traveling through a congested area that's not a no wake zone, please be sure of your route before you go in and do what you can to stay to the far right and not slow down in the middle of it all. The key areas for this are: FL44, FL3, FL5, FL23, FL29, the Graveyard, and all the narrow areas between FL14 and FL50. One person slowing down in these areas can create a chain-reaction affecting dozens of boats that need to come off plane and get back on plane when safely past. This make giant wakes and washing-machine conditions that can persist for hours. If you do need to slow down, do it long before the congestion so you can get your bearings. If you plan to traverse any of these areas for the first time, pick a time/day when there's light boat traffic.

If you are going slow, please don't go down the middle of channel. Stay to the right as far as possible. This is especially helpful when you get to the end of a no wake zone and the boats behind want to get on-plane.

A screen shot of a map with these areas highlighted would help us "newbies"