T&T: Anchoring is a criminal offense

[Pascal Gademer]

we have a big derelict problem here in Miami, off Dinner Key. There are 
always a few boats either sunk, half sunk or washed ashore.  A few months 
ago, a barge and dozer spent days pulling old hulls and junk off the 
shoreline, crushing and tearing derelicts and making countless runs to shore 
to dispose of the overflowing garbage bins.  now  a few months later, it 
looks like it's back to square one. From where i type I can see a two story 
large houseboat resting on the bottom and a few tilted masts too...

usually, the owners of these derelicts cant' be traced or found, so the tax 
payers have to pick up the tab.

after years of planning, negotiating and legal maneuvering, the city is 
finally going ahead with the creation of a mooring field, for the time being 
limited to boats up to 40'. They will also be providing services to the 
moorings with parking, water, pump out, etc... They will be expanding it to 
larger vessels al though I'm not sure if they will provide transient or 
short term moorings.

Sarasota's ordinance seems totally stupid...  72 hours is ridiculously 
short, it might even affect local boaters who just want to anchor out for a 
long week end.  Unfortunately, this is how governemnt often works... a 
situation develops and eventually when law makers react they end up causing 
problems for everyone...

when cruising, I like mooring fields...  they're usually cheap, I dont' have 
to worry about others dragging into the boat and in civilized harbor your 
get a launch and/or a decent dinghy dock.

Pascal
Miami, fl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Pickelmann" <rwp_48 at yahoo.com>
To: <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:53 AM
Subject: T&T: Anchoring is a criminal offense


> "....What would happen  if  apparently derelict boats were simply
> impounded..."
>
> Arild,
> Apparently this is easier said than done.  I know that it has become a 
> serious
> and expensive problem in some parts of Florida.  These boats wash ashore
> during storms and the salvage costs are greater that the value of the 
> boat.
> Insurance?  What's that?  The municipalities are then faced with the task 
> of
> tracking down the owners.  Most of the owners of these crap boats have a 
> bank
> account to match and therefore aren't worth pursuing.  So the City is now
> faced with the cost of disposal.  But wait...there's more!  These boats 
> are
> most likely titled and as such can't just be taken to the dump and chopped
> into little pieces.  There is a "process" which must be followed.  Formal,
> verifiable attempts to contact the owners,  public notice, an auction. 
> That
> takes more time and money.
>
> I dearly love to anchor out when I cruise.  But I certainly can understand 
> why
> cities don't want these floating slums in their neighborhoods.
>
> Regards,
> Randy Pickelmann
> MORNING STAR
> lying in Clearwater, FL
> www.morningstar.talkspot.com
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