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Page 2 of 3 <br />Prior to and during the 2016 Google and 2018 Ferry ridership trials I and countless other human powered vessel users repeatedly met <br />with officials from the Redwood City police, the Port of Redwood City and the Port Commission regarding Prop SF ferries wakes <br />causing rowing shells to capsize and to nearly capsize. During the Facebook Aug -Dec 2018 Ferry trial I met six times with these city <br />officials regarding capsizing rowing shells. <br />Following my meetings, I understood the Police and/or the Port of Redwood City meet with Prop SF. Regretfully the outcome was <br />always the same: Prop SF ferries would comply with a low wake condition only to eventually resume speeds that created hazardous <br />water conditions for water users in Redwood Creek. <br />Refer to the picture on page 2 taken on Redwood Creek during the 2018 Facebook Ferry trial of PropSF ferry wakes. My boat can be <br />seen in the lower left-hand corner. It is important to understand once the wake hits my boat it will be 2-3 times higher than my boat. <br />Furthermore, wakes from any ferry WETA, PropSF ferries are extremely dangerous in low tide situations for two reasons. First in <br />low tide, ferries and water users are physically closer to each other due to the narrowing of the Redwood Creek as the tide goes out. <br />Second in low tides it takes 20-30 min for the Ferry wakes to smooth out and for Redwood Creek to become safe again for water <br />users and human powered vessels and small boats. Refer to picture below taken on Redwood Creek during the 2018 Facebook Ferry <br />study. <br />