In addition to shoreline erosion boat wake impacts include vegetative damage and disruption of faunal communities Parnell and Koefoed-Hansen 2001.

Wake boat damage. Wake surfers used boats that are designed to cleave large clean wakes to ride which while fun can damage shoreline docks boat houses piers and other boats some lakefront residents say. The potential for damage to docks and moored boats as well as the probability of shoreline erosion increases with the wake boat displacement hull size weight and speed. Mass producing boats designed to be driven slow that make huge wakes leave rollers big enough to wreck boats underway sink moored or floating boats and damage property is actually a pretty stupid business plan if you stop and think about it for a minute--- I know there arent a ton of surfers on here but on a good wave big or small you are stalling changing speeds and routinely reach speeds.

The wake boats ski boats and tube pulling boats have turned Broad Bay into an ocean with the waves that wash ashore. The loons are in distress. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI.

We are already starting to get complaints about wakeboard boats Box said. Ballast laden wake boats operating at high speeds near inland lake shorelines are capable of producing wave heights and frequencies that may exceed those produced during the most intense summer. You cant swim any more unless you like swimming at the ocean.

Even if the boat is simply traveling across the reservoir it can cause a bigger wake. If a wake boat damages a riparians dock swim raft seawall or other property that riparian might have the ability to pursue a damages lawsuit against the operator of the wake boat involved. However such lawsuits would likely be not only expensive but could potentially be difficult to win.

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Public comments were received from active wake surfing and boarding enthusiasts as well as lakefront property owners who have sustained costly damage from the high wakes generated by these boats and other watercraft. Published on Feb 28 2018 Gail and Peter Allen live on the Rideau River between Manotick and Kars but are rarely on their dock for fear of tipping over. Especially on inland waters where primarily small craft operate wakes can be dangerous.