[Pipe_Dream]

Add this to the list (one of my pet peeves):

Worse than they guy who speeds through a No Wake zone is the guy who, upon seeing the NO WAKE sign, throttles back not to idle but just enough that instead of being up on plane now his bow is high in the air and he is plowing through the water, throwing the largest wake his boat is capable of. And this moron thinks he is being a good boat captain by "slowing down!!"

This past Sunday, leaving the marina, I saw a guy I know's boat tied up at the fuel dock (on the ICW) along with two other boats, and two county Deputies standing there talking. I wondered what was going on but had guests and didn't stop to ask (I don't like inserting myself into situations with The Law). A few hours later we returned to see the same boats still there and now there are two SCDNR officers there. I came to find out that while his boat was tied to the fuel dock, the other boat came by throwing an enormous wake that threw his boat into the dock causing some significant damage. The only way they were able to get the "captain" to turn around and take responsibility (amazingly he DID have his VHF on) was to call the Coast Guard. Then a second boat came in and while attempting to dock to get fuel, he hit one of the first boat's outboards! Impacted badly by two idiots, both doing damage, in the same day. >:(