2024年6月20日 · A wake surfer rides waves made by a large boat often with its ballast filled with up to 3,000 or even 5,000 pounds of water sucked up from the lake. The boat runs relatively slowly, about 11 mph, to create 2- to 3-foot waves. A new top-end wake boat can cost as much as a half-million dollars.

So what exactly does ‘no wake’ mean on a lake? Essentially, it is a designated area where boats are required to maintain a slow speed and not create any large waves or wakes. The purpose of these areas is to promote safety and protect the shoreline and any nearby structures.

2021年1月20日 · Comparison of measured wake heights at Lake Rabun to criterion for moderate head seas.

2023年5月18日 · What is a No Wake Zone? A no wake zone is an area of water in which boaters are required to keep their speed low enough to not create a wake, or to not create a significant wake behind their boat. A wake is the succession of waves produced by a boat or any other moving object on the surface of the water.

2020年3月12日 · This first installment, “How a Wake is Made,” will show you why wake happens in the first place. The next installments will be “All About Ballast” and “There’s Wakeshaping, and Then There’s Wakeboosting.”

2021年2月26日 · Recreational boat wakes may be a significant source of wave energy on other inland lakes. A boat’s forward motion displaces water along the sailing line, creating a wake consisting of a set of symmetrical waves radiating from the bow at oblique angles, and an additional transverse wave generated by the stern (Sorenson 1973).

2024年12月31日 · A recently-released study on a Connecticut lake found wake boats operated in surf mode produced much greater wave energy, propeller downwash and disturbance of sediments than traditional motor...

2021年11月7日 · Geometric representation of a water wake, showing the individual propagating waves. The red dots represent the phase velocity and the shape of the wake. Boat located at point B.

The Problem: Artificially-enhanced wakes created by wake boats and wake enhancing devices cause environmental damage to lakes and lakeshore, safety risks for people on the water and on shore, and physical damage to property and shorelines.

Wake boats can produce wakes that are 2–3 times larger than motorized non-wake boats and transfer up to 12 times more power to shorelines, requiring more than 600 ft to dissipate. Armoring shorelines with riprap to repair or reduce erosion has high environmental and financial costs, reducing biodiversity and habitat quality,