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From: Pascal Gademer (no email)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2007 - 19:45:38 EST
"Those not in Florida may not be aware that the manatees go south in the
winter. There are no manatees here now. "
are you saying there are no manatees in florida at this time of the year ?
maybe in northern FL but i've seen at least 4 in the past couple of weeks,
around biscayne bay. Last one was 10 days ago, off crandon beach, we sort
off swam with him...
if the manatee zone extends 300' for shore, it seems logical that it's 300'
from dock ends since manatees love to hand around docks and graze pilings...
not sure going fast just 100' from a dock is very wise either.
since most accidents or stupid behavior occurs on weekends, that's were
they're needed the most. Personally, i'd like to see more patrols around
here (biscayne bay), I'm tired of idiots zipping around anchorages on jet
skis or smallish boats throwing big wakes...
pascal
miami, fl
70 hatteras 53MY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <>
To: "A LiveAboardList" <>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:55 PM
Subject: lv-ab: Key West CG letter
>
>
> I will scan the document when I can set up the gear, almost certainly
> sometime this week, then send it out to various people.
>
> I have spent many hours in this sort of political activism, especially the
> Melbourne affair, with very little result so I am not greatly enthusiastic
> about pouring more man hours into it, but I will do it "soon".
>
> BTW, two weeks ago a cop stopped me and wrote a Warning Citation about
> going too fast in my dinghy in a Manatee Zone, which he showed me in a
> manual stating it extends 300 feet from the shore. The "Manatee Zone"
> buoys are 960 feet from the shore measured by GPS. The dock I was 100
feet
> off when stopped measured 698 feet from shore by steel tape. Those not in
> Florida may not be aware that the manatees go south in the winter. There
> are no manatees here now. The cop acknowledged that, but said he didn't
> want people to get into the habit of going fast in the manatee zone.
>
> It was a pleasant Saturday morning. They are only around on nice weekend
> or holiday days, never at night. A blessing. I should be more observant.
>
> And the BS goes on...
>
>
> Norm
> S/V Bandersnatch
> Lying 30 07.715N 081 38.394W
> Julington Creek Estuary FL
>
>
>
>
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