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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