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Ashippun Lake Wake Study Update
| dc.contributor.author | Gardetto, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lamb, Geoff | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-15T16:12:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-15T16:12:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/95142 | |
| dc.description | "During the summer of 2023, the Ashippun Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District, in coordination with Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, concluded a study of wake boat impacts on this small Southeast Wisconsin lake. Ashippun Lake is relatively small (<100 acres) and shallow (35 ft), and the lake bottom provides a significantly different bathymetric topography between north and south shores. The study investigated comparative wake heights and shoreline turbidity of a speed boat with those of a wake boat operated in wake boarding and wake surfing modes at various distances from shore. Study methodologies closely mimicked those of a recent study from the University of Minnesota. A NOAA calculator provided an estimated wind speed correlate for the various powerboat derived wakes. Results revealed a significant impact of lake bottom contour on wave height at the shore, differences between wake boarding and wake surfing waves, and a modest affect on near shore turbidity. Presenter: Paul Gardetto and Geoff Lamb, Ashippun Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District (Innovative)" | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | "During the summer of 2023, the Ashippun Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District, in coordination with Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, concluded a study of wake boat impacts on this small Southeast Wisconsin lake. Ashippun Lake is relatively small (<100 acres) and shallow (35 ft), and the lake bottom provides a significantly different bathymetric topography between north and south shores. The study investigated comparative wake heights and shoreline turbidity of a speed boat with those of a wake boat operated in wake boarding and wake surfing modes at various distances from shore. Study methodologies closely mimicked those of a recent study from the University of Minnesota. A NOAA calculator provided an estimated wind speed correlate for the various powerboat derived wakes. Results revealed a significant impact of lake bottom contour on wave height at the shore, differences between wake boarding and wake surfing waves, and a modest affect on near shore turbidity. Presenter: Paul Gardetto and Geoff Lamb, Ashippun Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District (Innovative)" | en_US |
| dc.subject | Extension Lakes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Convention | en_US |
| dc.title | Ashippun Lake Wake Study Update | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
