FIELD STUDY OF WAVE ENVIRONMENT VERSUS BOATING ACTIVITY FOR SEVEN SITES IN THE EASTERN U.S

The work reported consisted of using an instrumented van to record wave environment data on seven selected representative sites in the Eastern United States. The data acquisition and analysis results are to be applied to establishing a better data base for the environments with which recreational boats and operators must (or do) contend. The report provides significant inland lake, large bay and near off-shore wave data analysis. In addition, an attempt was made to document the type (size boats) recreational boating activity which occurred in the different wave environments. The correlation of boat activity types to a particularly limiting environment was only reasonably successful. No sharp cut-off point (environment) was found which limits the use of johnboats vs. runabouts, or runabouts vs. cruisers, etc. However, environments are reported which tended to limit all, or nearly all, activity of any kind. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Wyle Laboratories

  7800 Governors Drive West
  Huntsville, AL  United States  35805

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Cantril, J
  • Bowman, J
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 173 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bays; Boats; Data collection; Databases; Height; Instrumentation; Lakes; Ocean waves; Recreation; Safety; Water waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Limitations
• Geographic Terms: Alabama; Chesapeake Bay; Florida; Great Lakes; Gulf of Mexico; Maine
• Old TRIS Terms: Height finding; Inshore areas; Lake waves; Sea states; Wave analyzers
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00092382
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MSR-75-24 Final Rpt., USCG-D-38-75
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-40672-A
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM