A word of caution AND an apology

Anyone planning to go boating on the Wicomico River today should be extra careful of the dredging equipment. There is a great deal of equipment, including barges, tugs, and pipes, floating in the river within the channel. This makes things extremely tight if you need to pass them at the same time that the normal barge traffic is passing. The water gets pretty shallow outside the channel and it wouldn't take much of an error to run aground, especially at low tide.

Thursday I was in the river in that area. Due to the fact that the dredging equipment is all steel and very heavy, I underestimated the effect that my wake would have on it. My wake set everything to rocking. There were people working on those barges and they were pretty pissed. I can't blame them. The last thing I would ever want to do is cause someone injury......especially when they are doing something as decent and respectable as working to feed their families. I apologize for seeming inconsiderate to those working on the equipment. I never intended to cause them any grief. Remember, we are responsible for our wake - even when we're NOT in a no wake zone. We are responsible for slowing down and reducing our wake so that other boaters may travel safely. Imagine the affect a three foot wake would have on a canoe, for example. I spoke to those who were working on the equipment by radio and fortunately everything - and everyone - was OK.