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My point is that it is PERFECT that the marine patrol and local sheriff
depts. use existing and GOOD rules against or FOR anchored boats. It is adequate
and thorough. An anchored boat should be registered. Up to date. And
demonstrate a caretaker is LIVING ON IT or should be with an organization who is
aware of it's status.
Having being a woman alone as a liveaboard, I wish the locals/federal
authorities were more involved. I had someone trying to kill me and cut my anchor
line.
If you live on a boat, you give up some civil rights in terms of search --
including your dinghy activity. An untended vessel is a missile. I can say this
with clear conscience as one of my boats drug and was headed for a major
bridge. Who's fault was that? Mine. MINE.
As a liveaboar, you're living happier and better than 90% of the population.
It is rent. Fantastic rent. It isn't like the rules for the road isn't
pretty obvious.
Whining about the rules of the road pisses me off MORE since I came off the
boat. Seriously, suck it up. Be nice. Be compliant. Move on. Please don't be
one of those scary nasty boat codgers that KNOWS IT ALL.
As a liveaboard, you have to defend yourself. The lifestyle is worth it.
The occasional whining on this list bores the hell out of me. Seriously. The
lifestyle is worth being conscienscious. I have no problem with being boarded
daily. If you do drugs -- this is not for you.If you are a paranoid
jackass..this is not the life for you.
These are the rules for the road. If you can't understand meeting a clearly
posted list of requirements isn't for you - living on a board isn't for you
-- just like throwing one hook in a close anchorage is inappropriate. The
issue at hand is actually SUPER-responsibility. If you can't deal, go live in
an RV park in the midwest.
Last anchorage, I lived on the hook in front of the Coast Guard. My good
relations were a boon for me though my dreads and barefeet might not get me
invited on many of your S/Vs. Live WITH impact, do not live AS IMPACT.
Be CG compliant. If you can't move every 72 hours, at least be able TO MOVE.
Be on first name with the local CG or Marine patrol. Good people. Honest.
KNOW you are living a privileged life and act appropriately. The Marine Patrol
and CG will be the net when no one else will. Understand that beautiful and
complicated relationship. If you fail, pay your fines. It is mortgage. It is
rent.
In short--so what. Seriously.
There will always be threats of moorings and related issues....a true
liveaboard understands it passes because implementing it is actually very
difficult. This is a decades long issue. Nothing new. If you are trully hot on the
issue that is actually not consitutionally or civically enforceable...build a
community. This has demonstrated itself to be effective -- but it is also a
sea version of Home/Condo associations--
In short, what do you want? Most of a liveaboards issues is about pulling
the hook..throwing the hook. Be a cruiser. Your responsibility as a
liveaboard is to be able to do both.
KNOW that political considerations will occasionally make YOU a hot topic.
SMOKING topic. Live accordingly. Be known in you LAND community. Be an anchor
in more than just your anchorage.
Be loving. Be visible. Be nice. Don't be an stereotypical OLD CODGER at sea.
Be real. Be committed. Be a part of a life that makes the LIFE for all of us
good. Like when you want to sweep an anchorage of felon crack heads, people
can see you are actually something OTHER an different.
IN short, be the heart of the land at hand no matter where you sail.
This is the truest rule of the sea.
RhondaK
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