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significant wake. Unfortunately, there 

 are some operators who transit the area 

 at a high rate of speed, causing wakes in 

 the range of one to two feet in height. 

 The operators of Constitution Marina have 

 been fairly successful in minimizing the 

 wake problem by educating boaters passing 

 through the locks, posting speed limits 

 and working with the harbormaster to 

 control irresponsible operators. 



Navigational constraints of the site are 

 generated primarily by the abutting 

 Charlestown Bridge and the currents 

 flowing from the Charles River Dam. The 

 abutments of the Charlestown Bridge and 

 shallow water depths preclude the 

 opportunity to navigate past the Tudor 

 Wharf site, under the bridge and through 

 to the locks. The route of vessel 

 traffic past the site is located 

 approximately 3 00 feet seaward of the end 

 of Tudor Wharf, a sufficient distance to 

 preclude possible navigational conflicts 

 with vessels utilizing Tudor Wharf. 

 Recently, Constitution Marina received 

 permission from public agencies to 

 install guest moorings at a distance of 

 approximately 100 feet seaward of the 

 marina, again demonstrating the adequacy 

 of navigational access in the general 

 vicinity. Navigational access to the 

 marina itself is assured by the thirty 

 foot setback of the marina floats from 



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