I have posted a few times about Grave Yard and how no one slows down anymore. We have a pretty deep hull 24' boat and have almost gotten swamped a few times when I slow down but the boat coming at us does not.
I do agree, just go around the grave Yard and be safer and enjoy the scenery. I only go through it now if no one is around the area at all.
Even yesterday going between Parker island and mainland, had a pontoon boat that came right up in my wake about 75' behind us as I was trying to avoid a sailboat and another boat coming toward us. I don't known about everyone else, but when I'm following someone and something like that happens that I have to get into someone's wake because of traffic, I always slow down to give a lot more than 150' just incase the boat in front of me has to stop of slow way down, just gives me that much more time to avoid something bad from happening, not to mention, I can see in front of the boat I'm following a lot better so that I can prepare to maneuver if need be.
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