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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. .
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Nothing is more disruptive than (typically a Rental boat) literally stopping in the middle of one of these areas to consult their Chart.
and although I FIRMLY believe in "If you are not confident, slow down and verify" it seems too many people are not looking far enough ahead to do this consulting
BEFORE they enter a somewhat "trick-ish" area.
In my common travel path --- the FL#44 area is where it occurs the most and the entire purpose of going around that way is to avoid the congestion of the FL#2 NWZ
FL#44 also provides more than it's fair share of boats which simply "have no clue" and cut numerous sticks to the wrong side continuously. Which forever amazes me !!
And yes, I have seen / helped at least two who were not fortunate enough to make it unscathed
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