Wednesday, 6 December 2017

The Land of Derelict Boats

Before we got here I had heard about the disputes in Florida between boaters and land lubbers over anchoring rights.  Everything I had read was definitely written by boaters and heavily biased.  The landowners trying to stop anchoring were portrayed as rich assholes who didn't want anyone in the water behind their house because they felt that they owned the view they had paid so much for.  Boaters were all presented as nature loving, conscientious people who weren't hurting anyone. Now we are here I can see what property owners are complaining about.  There are derelict boats everywhere.  Idiots ruining things for everyone - as usual.  Florida now has a new law which will hopefully help get rid of some of these eyesores.

 Here are some I've seen in the past week:










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  1. Unknown7 December 2017 at 05:33

    > This also allowed
    Sam to travel on another boat to help them out with night watches.

    You made a couple references to night watch. This is the first time you have mentioned it. What conditions have changed that it is necessary now?

    Dave

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  2. SV Binary7 December 2017 at 09:04

    Just that we did a 172 nm non-stop passage from Carabelle to Gulfport which meant sailing through the night.

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  3. pkmoore197616 December 2017 at 14:14

    The derelict boat at anchor.... how do people do that?

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    1. SV Binary30 December 2017 at 05:41

      They anchor them and then bugger off. I suspect they live on them for a while and when they don't want to do that anymore (for whatever reason) they just walk away because it may be cheaper than disposing of them.

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