A popular hobby - boating encourages time spent outdoors with friends and family. In addition to enjoying the waters, boaters should remember to be safe, considerate and responsible - learn how to be #WakeAware.
Boat wakes can:
- Topple inexperienced swimmers
- Cause shoreline erosion
- Be disruptive to neighbours
- Capsize smaller craft including canoes and small fishing boats
- Disrupt nesting birds on the shore
- and cause damage to docks & moored boats
So, how you can Be #WakeAware?
- Be aware of the size of your wake during displacement, transition & planing speeds
- Position your passengers through-out the boat to reduce time spent in transition speed
- Look behind you to minimize the impact of your wake on shorelines, docks or structures
- Reduce your speed to less than 10 km/h 30m from shore, boats, docks and swimmers
- Water-ski, tube, surf & wake-board 200 meters away from all shorelines
- Consider the size of the wake produced when purchasing a new boat
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