Our marina is in salt, but every slip holder signs an agreement that clearly states there is NO swimming or diving in the marina. Frankly, I don't trust the DIY marine AC wiring jobs I know are being done on some of our neighbor dock queens.
Yeah-- if people agree to (and actually do what they have agreed to do
) not swim or dive in the marina then there would be no need for a litany of warning signs and explanations of the various ways that harm might come to you or your guests inside it. And there are many. You don't need a bell ringer or drumbeater for each one--
just stay out of the water. It's actually astonishing the things that folks will do w/o thinking through potential consequences; at least so it appears. The absolute most idiotic one I've ever seen was a boat at anchor in Tampa Bay where the guys were fishing by chumming off the stern while THEIR KIDS were swimming around and near the chum line!! (BTW--there
are sharks in Tampa Bay--which is what they're chumming for!)
I think if I were the dock master in question I would have asked Roland to knock it off and tell him why. If it persisted,
then he gets the eviction notice, etc. Sorry, but I don't see this as as an example of the proverbial "punishment" for a good deed done, but rather consequences for ignoring the first "warning sign" of management unhappiness with the subject/issue--i.e., removal of the posted material. Thus, the "warning"
was given and ignored--so then came the boot.
