Entering harbor

All fair opinion.. As to wide.. You could not take two good sized boat through side by side.. safely

Thanks all for you views.. I'll keep piloting my boat in the way I belive most safe.. I didnt rock any boats at all just rock fisherman..
 
Who builds a marina that two boats can't pass side by side. That marina is way too big for that to be the case.
 
Lack of dredging. The Channels at the enterance get smaller each year.
 
How could he disturb boats that are moored when there is a breakwall between his boat and them?
 
the b-wall is not between the traffic in and out. It is to the starboard of the normal traffic flow out. A substantial wake from someone coming in (from right to left in the pic) might (!!) have some impact on the moored boats to his starboard. I hope that makes sense.
 
Add'l comments: The pic is aimed about 015 (+/-) degrees or a bit east of north. The breakwall (to starboard as you are leaveing the Root River is there to protect Reef Point Marina. The b-wall just to the north protects about everything you see here - mooring field, river , marina, etc. It is set up to face the big stuff that can come from the northeast.

d. marked "Returned to no wake speed". There is a white dot in the pic at that point. He also marked "Breakwall ends" I would say that it is an opening. And there is a white dot there. The dots are boats. The opening provides access to the east side of Reef Point.
 
Looking at the pic you can safely keep whatever speed is needed to maintain control at least till the annotation "return to no wake"

Obviously if conditions allow, you d want to slow down before if other boats are coming in or out.

As to the fishermen, they have no right to complain...
 
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