As long as the door isn't opened to restricting navigational anchoring, I can get behind this concept. Cruisers dislike derelict vessels more than the locals.
Love this article. I anchor quite often when cruising and do not want laws impairing my right to stop for a time in a beautiful anchorage. But, I am frustrated when I arrive at an anchorage and cannot find a suitable spot to drop anchor because the anchorage is full of abandoned boats that are clearly just being stored there to avoid dockage fees.
I appreciate your essay: too few think about these issues and many take liberties to the detriment of the whole recreational boating community.
I wrote this for another venue a while back:
I have found that there is a tendency toward people putting down what I call “day moorings”. By that I mean a mooring which is only intended by the user as guaranteeing him/her a spot in a favored area and ensuring that he/she does not have to anchor. These moorings are often home built and sometimes little more that a few cinder blocks tied to a mooring ball.
These day moorings are only used occasionally and never overnight, but end up reducing the anchoring field enormously for those who wish to spend the night or to even anchor for the day. Often, they are forgotten about or little used so they grow weedy and the ones that look good can fool someone into using the mooring thinking that it is held by something substantial.
To me it is very selfish to do this and, as much as I dislike regulations, putting down a permanent mooring should be regulated..
Your last paragraph sums up the logic of storing vessels on public Waters as being untenable in the present day and age.
There are just too many people and too many floating structures to have boats sitting for years on anchors because they become obstructions to navigation.
Is it really necessary for you to send a verification code to my email account that I have to type in before making a post?
Who really cares whether it's really me or not making the post, let's just make it easy with less security that constitute hassles in the electronic field.
As long as the door isn't opened to restricting navigational anchoring, I can get behind this concept. Cruisers dislike derelict vessels more than the locals.
Love this article. I anchor quite often when cruising and do not want laws impairing my right to stop for a time in a beautiful anchorage. But, I am frustrated when I arrive at an anchorage and cannot find a suitable spot to drop anchor because the anchorage is full of abandoned boats that are clearly just being stored there to avoid dockage fees.
Hi Roger,
I appreciate your essay: too few think about these issues and many take liberties to the detriment of the whole recreational boating community.
I wrote this for another venue a while back:
I have found that there is a tendency toward people putting down what I call “day moorings”. By that I mean a mooring which is only intended by the user as guaranteeing him/her a spot in a favored area and ensuring that he/she does not have to anchor. These moorings are often home built and sometimes little more that a few cinder blocks tied to a mooring ball.
These day moorings are only used occasionally and never overnight, but end up reducing the anchoring field enormously for those who wish to spend the night or to even anchor for the day. Often, they are forgotten about or little used so they grow weedy and the ones that look good can fool someone into using the mooring thinking that it is held by something substantial.
To me it is very selfish to do this and, as much as I dislike regulations, putting down a permanent mooring should be regulated..
My best, Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
These are excellent points and I’ve not seen them argued before. And the beat goes on.
Your last paragraph sums up the logic of storing vessels on public Waters as being untenable in the present day and age.
There are just too many people and too many floating structures to have boats sitting for years on anchors because they become obstructions to navigation.
Is it really necessary for you to send a verification code to my email account that I have to type in before making a post?
Who really cares whether it's really me or not making the post, let's just make it easy with less security that constitute hassles in the electronic field.
That security hassle is a new one on me. I'll look into it.