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• Florida is tightening its anchoring laws.
  • Too bad cruisers aren't organized
  • I've been waiting for you to get to this Dave.
    • The last time I was through Marathon there were a lot of guys who were one step up from homeless street people
      • There must be a better way to deal with that problem...
        • But places like Boot Bay Key used to be legitimate cruisers harbours, and it went off the rails at some point
          • Is there any real cruising community?
            • What cruisers need is a Super Hero to clean up the dead beats for themslves
              • Oh man, now I have to clean my eyes with chlorine
            • ssca.org
              • SSCA is active in Florida anchoring
                • Also
    • From the comments...
  • Doesn't seem to be too onerous
    • Maybe not by Connecticut standards...
    • Not too onerous for the 1% with deep pockets
      • Oh come on Gail If I had your money I'd throw mine away!
        • LOL!
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      • Don't you own two cruising boats?
        • WHAT!!!! Two luxury cruising yachts in beautiful Maine!!!! (edit: found a picture of Gail and her Significant other)
        • Don't get on here case too much about that - they are both Pearsons
          • You're feeling brave today.
    • That isn't bad at all for a mooring rental
      • How much do they charge to anchor?
        • You can anchor in Boot Key harbor? I thought that went the way of the Doodoo.
        • Anchoring isn't allowed in either Southwest Harbor or Northeast Harbor
        • That includes a parking space...
        • Actually Dave, that $225/mo looks like it is for...
          • Yeah, I[m sure Dave andn Pam and others like them...
            • That's the sad point about Boot Key. A chunk of the boats are populated with "cruisers" living the dream.
              • And so what?
                • Doesn't matter whether on the water or a sidewalk grate
                  • The answer is not to force them out of the community.
                    • Marathon is piece of crap island anyway.
                  • Vagrancy is not illegal in our country but panhandling is
                    • You might be wrong on that Pam, in many locations
                      • As far as squatting rights, we're talking water.... No one owns the water
                        • Actually in DE, MA, ME, NH, PA, VA the property owner has rights out to the mean low tide mark
                          • Hahaha, I love the tee....
                          • Excuse me Larry, but isn't that what she just said?
                            • Yes you're right. This time it was me who mis-interpreted what Pam wrote.
                            • We should certainly hope not!
                        • No honey, we're not vagrants. We're trawler trash.
                          • ah hem... "White Trawler Trash"
                        • You must have some source of income...
                          • Well, i have a checkng and savings account, vut I have no job except panhandling David for money....
                            • Seen Your Picture ...
                              • I Did Not Post The Above
                          • Exactly. I don't consider that income.
                          • I just read that quickly... you're part of the 0.1% WOW!!!!!
                    • all I need is to hang out at a marina with a cardboard sign reading "will rig for food" and I'm in!
                      • How about, "will work on boat for food", got work here for you!
                      • You would probably be the fattest rigger out there!
                      • Maybe this picture fits in here...
                • And when the city homeless moves on, there's a cardboard box to clear out. When your buddy moves on
                  • Or how's this for another analogy.... what if some drug addicted Schizophrenic parks his mini Van in front of
                    • I don't dispute they need to be able to pump out
                      • So you think the guy in the rat hole boat is paying for pump outs? That'd ruin the morning bucket dumping!
                  • So it gets hauled out and junked..... Seriously, for someone in the marine
                    • Florida Marine Patrol is overseeing some of that
                      • "they weren't allowing any salvage of parts."
                        • Yeah- I thought it dumb too.
                        • Sometimes that's because the guys working there take it for themselves.
                • Rat holes are rat holes regardless of owned by rich or poor.
                • There for the lack of 'personal accountability' go I
                  • And for those people, there should be some type of blight control
                    • Let's try this approach... do think it's okay to allow dangerous and polluting boats to crowd popular public harbours?
                      • Well, we know they aren't supposed to pump overboard,
                        • Do it like Marathon does ....
                          • yep, that is a great service to have pumpout boats
                            • as does Fort Myers Beach- as part of the mooring fees
                        • As I understand, the right to anchor is limited to federal waterways.
                    • 'masses' as in 'tumors' or 'uncontrollable growths'?
                      • Good luck trying to stop the uncontrolable growth
      • land yachts (RV's) pay near $2000.00 per month for the same privileges there in Marathon...
  • Perhaps You Can Contribute a Few Bucks Then ...
  • The daily rate is too high
    • have you all left the cape yet?
      • Not yet
        • 6'9" isn't bad. On the edge but not bad
  • Time to move on, Dave – get away from those Prophets of Doom while you still can…
    • Then it seems holding them to some standard
      • The difficulty is the myriad of applicable laws and authority
        • In our home community, there were church groups
          • sounds like you just started the group movement. be sure to bring your scrub brush with you on your way down Pam! ...
            • Hardy har har... Really, though, I would be more than happy to pitch in if it would help.
      • Is anyone actually living on that boat?
    • It's great to get real time reports.
      • Yeah, these are very difficult issues, that become easily confused...
        • I was in Boot Key in '82 for a month, again in 2010. HUGE difference in the water
          • Must add- in 82 I was one of three boats and one private mooring
    • Having just returned from a 2 year cruise
      • heh. You always got a spot here, Charlie.
        • LOL- Ready to watch the sunrise from my front deck again Westy?
          • I'm gonna hold out for warmer weather...shoulda snowbirded this year.
    • Thumbs up for the Loreli!
    • Yuck.