Ever run into one of these while on you body of water???

[John Foster]

While fishing the Delta with Tom. We came around a corner onto the Stackton Main Chanel and this is what we saw. I don't know about you guys but to see a tanker in the chanell with these little 20' ski boats running around it was new to me. What I didn't realize was that they put out very little wake moving dowm the chanel at 5MPH. I think the ski boats were creating a bigger wake then it was.



Now I know what you guys on the river systems were talking about..



John





http://www.zjstech.net/~library/840/tanker.JPG

 

[Staci Matheis]

The barges on the Mississippi put out almost no wake under normal conditions as well. But if the Captain is fighting a heavy load, 20+ barges and a strong wind..... Watch out! He cranks those big diesels up and lets them rip! The turbulance from the props will get you!



me!

 

[gone bye bye]

See them all the time on the Great Lakes.....



Mini

 

[Rob LaMoy]

On the St. Lawrence. Not so much on Champlain anymore. The big 200' USCG cutters are what I can't stand. Those bad boys chug along at like 15 knots and throw a good 4 foot roller at you! The STINKIN coast guard! Go figure. For a minute there, I thought that was Ken's new presidential fishing platform!

 

[mike chip]

Saw a bigger one than that puttin out an 8 ft wake, It was haulin natual gas up the chesapeake bay and had a 20 knot cross wind. He almost swamped the 24 ft parker we were in.

Must have been funny to see our expressions when 2000 gallons of water came in the boat.

 

[JAMES MOORE]

Even ships like that if hauling a load or still carring ballast can push/displace a large amount of water. I know, I could have walked inder my boat one day on the ST Lawrence

River. Not pretty when your looking at the sky. YE HA !!!!