Another fine point. Speed over bottom, and speed thru water can be very different especially in strong currents.
In fact the state police teach you "minimum headway speed" not "no wake". Running against a 5-6 knot current and only making 2 knots over the bottom is 7-8 knots thru the water. That will produce a wake just to make 2 knot forward progress
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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
Yep good point Frank... And if your boat is not moving faster then the water underneath it, you have no rudder control/steering.
That's the same reason why when approaching narrow areas like a bridge opening at no wake speeds, you should give the boat with the current behind them the right of way.
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