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STUDIES OF EROSION

 

MEASURING EROSION PER WAKE

These Studies Measure the Erosion Each Time a Boat Goes by:

     Table of erosion per boat trip

     California, USA

          Data

     Maryland, USA

          Graph, erosion at different speeds

          Data & graphs of boat erosion & water level 1903-2005

     Tasmania, Australia

     Alaska, USA

          Data

Not Yet Summarized

Chesapeake Bay STAC Boat Wake study, 2016

Boat wake wave energy study Australia, 2008

Impact of Waves Created by Wake Boats- Canada, 2014

 

MEASURING EROSION PER YEAR

These  Studies Measure the Erosion per Year. They Did Not Count Boats, so They Do Not Show Erosion per Trip:

     English Broads

          Graph showing erosion at low speeds

          Data on erosion 1883-1976

     Virginia, USA

          Data on erosion 1849-1942

          Data & graphs of water level 1903-2005

     Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, USA

     Quebec, Canada

 

LIFTING SEDIMENT OFF THE BOTTOM HARMS WATER LIFE

     Florida

     Illinois/Minnesota/Wisconsin

     Maryland

     Pennsylvania

Sediment Churn- NH DES

Horsepower and mixing depth study Manitoba

 

OTHER EFFECTS OF EROSION

     Loch Lomond, Scotland

     Venice, Italy

     Numerous other places

 

SHORELINE PROTECTION

Protecting the shore (& some rules on permits)

Send Mailings to landowners & boaters

 

MANY PUBLISHED STUDIES

GRAPHICS & FORMULAS

 

GRAPHS OF FUEL, SPEED, EROSION, BOAT LENGTH

     Tasmania, Australia (see p.3 of the link)

     Maryland graph

     Boat manufacturer's graph

     Extensive graphs & list of boats' fuel efficiency

 

ESTIMATED DISTANCES THAT WAKES TRAVEL

 

PHOTOS

     Clear photo of wake

     Numerous other photos

 

FORMULAS FOR WAVES

          Numerical Examples Applying Formulas

          Data on Fuel Efficiency

     Wave Energy

     Wave Height

     Wave Decay  Table of Distances

     Wave Speeds

     Particle Speed

     Angle of Boat Wakes: Diverging & Transverse Waves

     Wave Period, Disappearance of Transverse Waves

     Waves Created by Winds

 

WAKEBOATS compiled by New Hampshire, see also the Erosion studies at upper left

 

Wake Boats- AIS and Water Quality_NHDES Presentation

 

Weak Guidelines

 

Wakeboat Ballast Carrying Invasive Species

·       Residual water in ballast bags study WI

·       Wake Boat Research Zebra Mussels Thesis

·       NH Exotic Aquatic Weeds and Species Committee Presentation 2020

·       HB 137 Ballast Presentation

 

PROPELLER DANGER & NOISE