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Old 10-26-2017, 11:34 AM   #5
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Might be worth a few definitions. I can't find the reference, but was under the impression that the federal definition of "no wake" was "level trim in displacement mode". Simply, if you pull the throttle back and the bow drops, you're probably not meeting the definition of no wake.

Second, a wake typically has a breaking wave. On my 45' trawler, 8 knots is a wake; 7 knots is a tall wave; 6 knots is a modest wave; 5 knots produces ripples.

In this day and age of everybody has a cellphone camera, it's not how fast you are going, it's what your wake is doing. Remember, DNR Police work for the locals, not you. Slow down or go out in the ocean.

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