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	Name:	Pier Pressure -
	Subject:	AL-4748-AK
	Date:	9/2/2008 6:32:03 PM

"Maybe it will take this happening to you for it to appear reasonable. "

We were in the open water, scuba diving, my wife and kids were swimming off the back of the boat. A big boat came by plowing (at more than 100 foot distance) and the wave threw my boat around to the point that bottles fell off my shelf, broke on the cabinet and poured out onto the carpet. Keep in mind that this has never happened before during normal operation of the boat (to include going to/from plane and making tight corners). My family could have been thrown under the swim platform and the boat could have came down on one of their heads. Water activities are inherantly dangerous. When ypu park in the middle of open water you can expect more wave action then in a slew.

The person wasn't operating at plane speed, so yes, it has happened to us. Just this weekend we watched smaller boats plow by us at the rock. We compared it to big boats going by at plane speed on the far Eastern side of the channel. The big boats on plane speed did not rock us like the smaller ones plowing through. I am not doubting that your boat had water wash over it, in fact that is why during storms there are small craft advisories. Unless they outlaw maintaining plow position this is a useless argument. Injuries, or damaged property are your only valid arguments, as your boat getting wet on the lake will not mean anything to anyone. Get the boats numbers, as you did, get the name if you can, and file a report. If you haven’t filed a report yet why not? You are accomplishing nothing by venting on this forum.