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What is a reasonable fee varies depending on how much you have. What an overpaid bureacrat considers reasonable would be prohibitive for someone with zero income. Whatever they regard as reasonable can be expected to rise exponentially once the toe is in the door, and the maximum stay time can be expected to be reduced once the precedent is set.
So why not exempt those boats which are being lived aboard for several months a year? Because they are a target.
The only mooring buoys that consitute a hazzard to navigation are the ones that have chunks of unlit docks tied to them. Those should definitley be removed. Scotchmen are no hazzard whatever.
What needs to be done is get the message out that without a water lease , once a can use any mooring they wish and there is nothing the owner can do about it. Just tie up and give her full throttle in reverse to make sure it is strong enough, or let it stop the boat at four knots.
What also needs to be done is inform the public of the advantages of using an anchor, far greater holding power , the ability to check the chain, shackles etc and the ability to move anytime.
Brent
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Brent Swain
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