TWL: Re: No-Boatbuilding Laws?
Subject: TWL: Re: No-Boatbuilding Laws?
From: Ancora (ancora@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Mar 28 2002 - 15:29:25 EST
The Enviro-Nazis have successfully destroyed the California boat building
industry with the passage of laws limiting the annual amount of resin that
may be used. Other laws have forced boat yards to incorporate so much
equipment to "protect" the environment that it is cost prohibitive for
boaters to have work done here. Many California boaters are going down to
Mexico to get work done.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Barnard" <dbarnard@XXX.XXX>
To: "Trawler World List" <trawler-world-list@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: TWL: No-Boatbuilding Laws?
> Here in So. California, I've run into a big snag in my grand project. I
> can't find anywhere to work on a boat! New, tough environmental regs
> prohibit any kind of discharge into the water- that includes sawdust.
Every
> marina that I've talked to won't allow any structural work to be done on a
> boat in the water. Dry storage at a boatyard is $1 per foot per day! For a
> 48 footer, that's $1440/month, a real deal breaker for a long term
project.
> I imagine that once a boat is totally enclosed, power tools could be used
on
> the inside, but there's always work to be done on the exterior.
>
> This sure puts a crimp into my plans. Any thoughts on the matter? Any
inside
> scoop on some loophole that I haven't considered? I can't imagine building
a
> boat on dry land to a completely finished state, then seeing if she
floats.
> I was considering restoration of an old PNW ex-fisher woodie, but that
seems
> out of the question.
>
> db
>
