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NO WAKE ZONES YOU
         MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT

                                         NO WAKE ZONE FOR ALL
                                         VESSELS REGARDLESS
                                         OF SIZE

                              As late    cially, travel at very high speeds  A waverunner collided with this boat in 2016 at the
                              Summer     through these back narrow cuts...   corner of one of these blind spots around noon on
                              comes,     and we have seen younger rid-
                              the reeds  ers cut across narrow channels        a Thursday ... normally a slow day on the water.
                              & Phrag-   without stopping or checking for    Sometimes bad things will happen to good people.
                              mites      oncoming traffic in these lanes.
                              along                                              Sasquatch vs. Yeti?
                              many of    I didn’t really notice this be-
                              the most   fore, but after looking more
                              used cuts  closely at the no wake zone
get taller and taller. It’s very dif-    map, several of these most
ficult to see other vessels enter-       dangerous areas are actually
ing or exiting until it may be too       no wake.
late.
                                         Unfortunately, so many “no
Traveling frequently in a small          wake” areas around Lake St.
boat in these back waters, we            Clair are unmarked. Accord-
worry about getting run over             ing to the Sheriff, we are still
from someone coming in from              responsible to know the law
behind us. Waverunners espe-             for our safety & others.

Blind Intersections into and out                                                      Sasquatch = Big Foot
      of many areas...don’t cut the corners
                                                                                     A man-like creature living in the
EASY to see                                                                        wilderness areas of North America
this big guy
ready to exit                                                                     Yeti = Abominable Snowman

     the                                                                     A bear-like creature living in arctic climates
 Big Fisher                                                                             particularly the Himalaya’s.
 Hwy. cut!
                                                                             Native Himalayan’s worship their creature...
                                                                             and boaters worship their Yeti drink holders

                                                                               keeping beverages icy cold. Many of us
                                                                                                 decorate the

                                                                                               steel cups with
                                                                                                personalized
                                                                                               stickers to help
                                                                                               tell them apart.

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