Avoid Excessive Wake: NRC"Slow down and watch your wake." "Excessive wake can cause environmental damage, including shoreline erosion, and safety hazards for other recreational water users, particularly smaller vessels like kayakers, paddleboarders, and small dinghies which can be swamped or capsized." Mr Thomas says property and marine structures can also suffer damage with large wakes rocking moored boats, causing damage to vessel fittings and the structures that they are moored to as well. "Good practice for vessel skippers is to keep a proper lookout and slow down well before areas where their wake could cause issues." "Lose your wake by letting it pass your vessel and don’t pull it along with you, then proceed at 5 knots with no wake."