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	Name:	alabamaangler -
	Subject:	wake damage in sloughs
	Date:	7/18/2010 8:26:49 PM

This is a good thread for discussion.

paragraph b of this statute as Beartrapper provided, states "...Vessel wake and shoreline wash resulting from the reasonable and prudent operation of a vessel shall, absent negligence, not constitute damage or endangerment to property. ..."

If you are operating your boat in a reasonable and prudent manner and not in a negligent manner, then you should not be liable for your boat wake.

The question then becomes, "what boat operations would qualify to be unreasonable, careless, imprudent, and negligent such as to cause the operator to be liable for damage caused by a boat wake?" How would one enforce, or even apply this interpretation to gain relief from a boat operator who has allegedly caused damage to someone's shoreline property?