RE: [Liveaboard] Attachments Re: Redrafting of Proposed new FL anchoring rules... a must read.. Yeah, call the DA
N.Y. RUSSELL Office Coffee Service "Java Powered Service" -----Original Message----- From: Stan Wasilewsky Sent: Fri, 24 October 2008 15:58:44 To: [email protected] Subject: [Liveaboard] Attachments Re: Redrafting of Proposed new FL anchoring rules... a must read.. Norm wrote: I believe unattended boats should be allowed for. A boat should have the right to exist at anchor whether someone is aboard or not. The courts have ruled consistently that it is not allowed to run the "undesirables"...... I agree with you 100%, however liveaboards are in constant threat from those, for their own reasons, who don't want them living on boats, especially in their back yards. Let me give you a scenario that is currently affecting my wife and I, and see if it, in some type of variation couldn't come to haunt each of us. We own two slips in the liveaboard area of The Wharf Marina at Clear Lake, just 25 miles north of Galveston, Texas. Everyone knows how badly devastated the area was by hurricane Ike. The marina is an excellent hurricane hole and survived the storm with little damage. We were without power for 3 weeks because the transformers and individual power meters to each slip were submerged by the storm surge. The electricians wanted to let the transformers dry out and the marina ordered replacement meters. Three weeks to the day, The electricians applied power to the transformers, and four of the six transformers went up in smoke. The one supplying power to the slip where my wife and I live was not one of them and the meter was fine so we had power. That was on Friday, October 10th. On Monday, October 20th, the president of the slip owner's association was replacing power meters and replaced ours with a new one that he had disabled. He cut the power to or slip because we were not in compliance with one of their rules. The rule is irrelevant, I think, because the association could have made the same provision for any rule they wanted. Now, let's say a municipality said you could anchor there provided you furnish them with a copy your insurance to the tune of $300,000 liability on a 30 foot boat, $400,000 liability on a 40 foot boat, $500,000 liability on a 50 foot boat, etc.. I think yo get the picture. They could just as easily come up with another rule designed specifically to thwart long term anchoring. BTW all charges, power and slip maintenace fees owed to the association are current. I have contacted the Texas Public Utility Comission and am waiting for a response from them. Thar was done on Tuesday morning, the 21st of October. In the meantime we are without power, and hoping it won't be for long. Anybody got any ideas how we can force the association to turn our power back on? Regards, Stan Wasilewsky S/V Ichiban
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