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	Name:	BEARTRAPPER -
	Subject:	wake damage in sloughs
	Date:	7/18/2010 9:45:51 PM

I posted these laws / regs. , to see the response, I have worked on , and around this lake for over 20 years , in the past 2-4 years i have seen courtesy & common sense go out the window, as an example, on the friday before the 4th I was
pushing my work barge down river ,( getting it off the lake before the holiday) ( a 24 ft pontoon deck with a boom on the bow ) past the ridge marina ,almost to the bridge to nowhere ,where there was a large day-cruiser, he waited till I was about 40 yards off his strbd-bow and then he gave the boat full throttle and tried to swamp me , the boat was throwing about a 4 ft deep wake , with a 1 ft crest ,laughing and giving me the 1 finger salute as he passed by ,barely had time to get turned into the wave ,much less get the hull number, the barge rode over the crest, then nosed down and submarined , it broke the strbd ropes loose and the whole rig started jack-knifing , i got it under control , and was assesing damages , when another big day-cruiser pulled along-side to see if i was alright , he said that guy had been trying to swamp boats all day.
Then , yesterday in the back of little kowaliga creek , at a job on blooming bottom rd. (at the back of a slough) i was doing a demolition job (tearing down a old eye-sore , so a new dock could be built) a guy comes by half throttle, 20 ft away in a big four winns day-cruiser, i had just pulled a 24ft 8x8 pole out of the water , hanging on the boom-cable, his wake about threw me off the barge, then a sea-doo jet boat came right past the end of the barge, as we were loading the poles , and debri on the shore, doing circles about 30 yards away, rocking us hard enough to shove me on the ground! i try to stay off the lake on the weekends , so not to disturb anybody , and to prevent damage to myself , or my equipment , but in the back of this slough , I did not think i would have any problems (and the neighbors said they did not mind if i worked saturday).
I dont build docks anymore , just marine repairs , and onsite aluminum & steel welding , so my rig is not on the lake much , but my point is when you see someone working on a barge , please be courteous ,and keep your wake to yourself , and yes you are responsible for your wake ,financially , and criminally