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My sunsport goes quite a bit slower than 5mph when it's just in gear. Of course, I have a different prop. It's a 13" 3blade with an 11.5 pitch. So the stock prop would have me going a bit faster.
I've verified that I'm going under 5mph with my paddlewheel perfect pass which I think is pretty accurate. I have to give it more throttle to do the 5mph that I think I can get away with in no wake zones...
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Squaminboards is exactly right.
I've been pulled over several times as we have a similar setup and have to motor for 15-20 minutes through a no-wake zone before we get to where we ride. It's worse when the wind is at our back and "pushing" the boat as well as when we are going upstream.
I've told several water-patrollers that the "no wake" rule is the slowest possible speed while still maintaining control. In an inboard, this means you have to have water moving across the rudder. One DNR officer told me that I was wrong and that I would need to put it in and out of gear to control my speed. I pulled out my boaters handbook and showed him exactly what the definition of no-wake was. He stopped hassling me pretty quick.
What really pisses me off is when people from shore start yelling about me making a wake. I've had a dog-pile effect where one guy in a cabin cruiser yelled at me from shore and then the people on either side of him kept yelling, too. I ignored him at first. When he kept making a scene I told him that he really knew how to relax and enjoy a day on the water and he should mind his own business. Then on the return trip, I made sure the stereo was all the way up. I thought the guy was going to have a coronary he was so pissed. I try to be respectful on the water, but when people like him are trying to go out of his way to try and "police" you, I can't stand it. These are the same people that drive the speed limit in the passing lane -- just so you can't speed.
Former owner of a 1987 Supra Saltare. Current owner of a Malibu 23LSV.
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There's a guy on our lake who is famous for yelling at people in the river between the two lakes, for going "too fast" past his house. People constantly mess with him, throwing beer cans and trash on his lawn, yelling, going extra fast ONLY past his house; it got so bad he put up a surveillance camera. No one would have done a thing if he wasn't such a jerk.Originally Posted by wotan2525
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Is that area a no wake zone? Cane shakers are hilarious. They only make it worse by being a douchenozzle instead of having a conversation with the offenders
-Mike
2006 Supra Sunsport 20V
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There's another guy on the closest lake to my house. It's basically a private lake with a VERY active property owners group. There is a public launch, however. Me (and everyone I know) has been "pulled over" by this guy. He comes out and explains that property-owners group is trying to eliminate motors on the lake (umm.... what do you think that would do to property values?) Anyway, he then points out that he has a ski nautique and he "totally gets" how we want to wakeboard/surf/jet-ski/etc and "if it were up to him, we could do anything we wanted and he'd be a huge fan" but "his neighbors are really pissy and will blame him for our actions" so he'd "appreciate it if we'd just go somewhere else."
It's the most passive aggressive thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
After arguing with him for the better part of 30 minutes about exactly how far you need to be from shore/docks/etc while pulling a skiier (surprise -- I was right) I decided it just wasn't worth the effort to enjoy his lake. Now I just skip it. I guess, in a way, the guy wins. I hate that!
Former owner of a 1987 Supra Saltare. Current owner of a Malibu 23LSV.
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Yep, the river is 100 feet wide at most, and anything within 150ft is headway speed in NH.
We had someone yell at us already this season, for wakeskating (first time out). Nowhere near shore. I just smiled and waved...
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Well I probably have the worst violation of a no wake zone. Last year we became friends with a barefoot skier that lives on one of the reservoirs we wakeboard on. Nice guy and he has been on that lake for many years. To get to his house from the main lake you have to pass under a bridge which is no wake, and then there is a slalom course and then another 1/2 mile of no wake before you get to his no wake zone. So he was barefooting down the main lake, tells me to blow the bridge and take him all the way to his dock. It was late in the year, and there was no one else on the lake, the cops weren't around so we ran 45 mph all the way to his dock. On the way back a fisherman on the shore was yelling at us as we passed under the bridge at no wake. Not something I would normally do, but it was fun to blast under the bridge at full throttle.
2006 24SSV 8.1 Vortec
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^^ A fisherman getting mad... surprise surprise. Those guys are the only ones that ever get angry at me. I'm one of the most courteous drivers when it comes to keeping wakes away from people, not power turning, etc, but those fisherman think it's their god given right to have no boats within 1000 yards of them at all time. Sorry Mr. Fisherman, but when the rest of the lake is blown out, and there's literally one cove that I can get decent water in, I'll be running circles in that cove regardless of what expletives you yell at me.
-Mike
2006 Supra Sunsport 20V
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Start a rumor the lake has the best fishing around and is full of lots of big fish. The owners society secretly stocked the lake..... Oh ya and the topless girls story helps too.
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