Shermanmeasured erosion from several types of boat wakes.

Wake boat erosion. Shoreline erosion can be caused by wind waves boat wakes or a combination of the two. The 15-member commission included state officials lake property owners and members of the water sports industry who spent nine months processing technical data and collecting anecdotal information. 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.

Boat Wake Impacts and their Role in Shore Erosion Processes Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area Natural Resource Report NPSNERONRR2011403 Duncan FitzGerald Department of Earth Sciences Boston University 675 Commonwealth Avenue Boston MA 02115 Zoe Hughes Department of Earth Sciences Boston University 675 Commonwealth Avenue. Disentangling these effects is challenging requiring site specific data on vessel traffic patterns combined with wind wave erosion models. New and used models for sale.

Wake boats are designed or modified to take on enough ballast to lower the stern and displace more water than a typical powerboat. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. Methods to predict boat wake profiles have been in existence since the.

Massa is chairman of the Smith Mountain Lake Water Safety Council and is intimately familiar with the problems wakeboard boats cause on the 26000-acre lake located southeast of Roanoke Virginia. New and used models for sale. Aside from damaged docks Massa says large wakes also cause damage to the shoreline.

Supporters of the restrictions cited erosion turbidity user conflict and dock damage but did not produce evidence or studies to support their claims. They took a 75m 25 boat past a cohesive claysilt bank at various speeds and measured the erosion. There are many natural causes wind-generated waves water levels ice slope of the bank absence of vegetation as well as human deforestation of shorelines wave action from passing boats.

The effects of boat wakes on bank erosion along the Waikato River are therefore not easily summarised. Each speedboat trip peels a few thousandths of an inch off shorelines. Excessive wakes from boat motors and personal watercraft can exacerbate shoreline erosion and create an unsafe environment for swimming and wading.