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Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 25-02-2014, 14:14
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

Delusional, quite possibly. I might have imagined all the complaints I've heard about how it is impossible to enforce fines and penalties because the HIN was removed. usually, just ground off the...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 25-02-2014, 13:24
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

"Hum. So how many here have been hit by a un-insured derelict boat."
I don't know, but that wasn't the question. Derelicts need to be removed, and that's expensive by the time they sink. If you...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 24-02-2014, 18:59
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

"A derelict boat won't have insurance."
Funny thing, but all these issues are just the same ones that were argued by horseless carriage drivers a hundred years ago when they were told they'd have to...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 25-01-2014, 19:19
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

It isn't quite that simple. Case in point, private owners can and have built docks big enough to berth an ocean liner in the navigable waters of the Hudson River. Among the differences are that they...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 19-12-2013, 12:59
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

"Is there really a Federal law that says the States don't have the right to restrict passage in navigable waters? And is there a federal definition of "navigable waters""

Ah, yeah, that and lots...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 18-12-2013, 13:27
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

I expect they will lose, Don. If the suit is as simple as you make it sound, pretty much all the courts in the US are in agreement that the federal passage right involves vessels "in navigation",...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 29-09-2013, 18:12
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

"Florida represents a barrier to coastal passages that is insurmountable,"
Nonsense, us Yankees know how to drain a swamp. Sure would surprise a bunch of folks if they woke up and found someone dug...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 29-09-2013, 17:59
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

A cruiser is just another transient passing though on a tour. Boat, RV, backpack, or bedroll, all the same. You may just want to pass through but no one is interested in letting you sleep in the town...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 29-09-2013, 14:39
Replies: 156
Views: 23,273
Posted By hellosailor
Re: Florida Mooring and Anchoring Pilot Program Survey

"Well if insurance is required,"

Don't get hung up on that. According to the Florida DMV, 1 in 4 Florida drivers are uninsured or unlicensed (1:10 in most other states) and it is "technologically...
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