First of all, thanks for the article - it's a great reference.
Second, I would really appreciate a clarification on the technique you describe for minimizing the effect of a large wake. Here is what's in the article.
[hmm, sorry, can't get italics code to work] "When a powerboat operator has neither the inclination toward courtesy nor the skill to demonstrate it, you can minimize the effect of a rogue wake by turning away from the wake and throwing a hip check with your own boat's quarter by beginning to cut sharply across the wake, then deliberately putting the boat broadside at just the right moment. In most boats of at least moderate displacement, this results in little more than the overtaken boat bobbing up and down, with a minimum degree of rolling."
This is in the article just after a paragraph in which you outline proper technique for overtaking/being overtaken, so I 'm not sure if you are talking specifically about a wake being made by a vessel overtaking or meeting (or if it matters - maybe it works on both). I've always turned into the wake, and then kind of shimmied broadside at just the one moment; but I have a feeling your way might be better if I understood it.
So, you first turn away from the wake (say, in in the case of the ICW, toward the bank). This is opposite to what I have been doing. Then you say to "hip check" by beginning to cut sharply across the wake (this would be into the channel again?), then going broadside at the right moment. I guess it's the "turning away/hip check/cutting across" that I'm not sure I'm visualizing correctly.
If you have time to clarify I would appreciate it (or anyone else who uses this method).
Thanks,(nl)CCA-Boater