If you find the boaters/boat that did this,
please publish a picture on this site so everyone can beware. Thanks and good luck with your boat!
200 Bay Scout
115 Yamaha 4 stroke
The big boats in the ICW you have to be on your toes for. Maybe 7-8 out of 10 will slow down for you. Most have boating skills and some courtesy. At least 2/10 will continue on and look the other way. IMHO just money come lately - and no respect - ass hats. Crap for brains on boating skills! 
If you choose to travel or fish there you have to be ready. You have to be under power and not anchored. If you see one coming pull anchor quick, crank up and get in position. Just very slow at an angle will get you over. It will be hairy but, usually only two good wakes and its over. You would want to be seated at the time. Getting as far away as possible helps too.
You ought to see the wake on one of those double barge tugs or cargo ships. Those even going slow is still huge. BTW they have to stay on throttle to stay in control of the ship - so take heed.
J Ford
You can’t catch 'um on the couch!
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Originally posted by JaybeavaWhen underway I’ve been approaching them parallel to 45 degrees depending on the space I have to maneuver and size of wake.
The duration between swells can really toss ya if parallel to swell and at anchor. That’s something that seems hard to avoid. Could be wrong but I think having the bow pointed towards the swell is best if at anchor.
I was referring to our 48’ Viking Sportfisher.
200 Bay Scout
115 Yamaha 4 stroke
quote:
Originally posted by fishinmyotquote:
Originally posted by JaybeavaWhen underway I’ve been approaching them parallel to 45 degrees depending on the space I have to maneuver and size of wake.
The duration between swells can really toss ya if parallel to swell and at anchor. That’s something that seems hard to avoid. Could be wrong but I think having the bow pointed towards the swell is best if at anchor.
I was referring to our 48’ Viking Sportfisher.
200 Bay Scout
115 Yamaha 4 stroke
That makes sense 
man that sucks, glad you and your fiance are ok!
but I’m thinking she’s not going out on the water for awhile…
what kind and size boat is that? I’m thinking like someone else, flood it with fresh water for awhile and see if it can be saved
sucks the way people fly around in our rivers and the icw without a thought for anyone else
I was always taught as a kid to slow down well ahead for people fishing, pick back up the speed after you’re far enough to not disturb them…
it’s amazing that in todays rivers I get funny looks when I do that as if they think I might be trying to check them out and steal their spot or intrude on them n head next to them… everyone used to know what you were doing and wave a thank you… rare today…
again, glad you guys are ok!!
'bout time
We are still relatively new boaters ie, didn’t grow up around water but for goodness sake, common sense has always prevailed in our 18 footer… Slow down when around another boat, especially one that is stopped, fishing etc,… Don’t need no boating etiquette classes to teach us that. Like I said common sense!
If I had a nickel for every fool that has slung a wake one us in our fishing spots, but never mind…
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WAKE. Its in the Rules of the Road book. That yacht should have slowed down for you, being in such close proximity. I would pursue legal action.
The wappo/elliot cut to the stono river is the worst for this type of stuff I was in a 13 ft boat with a friend years ago and two 25ft + cc split around us like they were drag racing (40mph or so) and then a big yacht was going at mid speed head on, not idle not on plane, pulling some serious wake. The combined effect was a set of 3 really close waves that where straight up and down and about 5 to 6 footers. I am a big guy and was on the front so when we hit the waves I was able to kick the front back down enough but other than doing that which I learned/saw on tv the New Zealand life guards doing in u boats to pass through big surf, we would of flipped straight over backwards.
17ft Key west
Sorry to hear this. We really have to be careful out there with oblivious operators. I am thinking 50 feet is plenty of room to overtake another vessel. Unfortunately its not against the law to be an asshole with a big boat, but we should all be a little mindful of our surroundings. Be careful out there!
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2012 23’ Carolina Skiff
238 DLV
Yamaha F150
This is why you always carry the equalizer.