Boat manufactures and Congress

[Brian D]

Do you think that boat manufactures should lobby congress to allocate more water areas for marinas? There seems to be a shortage of marinas on the east coast by what I have read on these BBS forums. Should the states limit private enterprises from buying out all the marinas? Should the states support public marinas and build more public marinas?I have seen several viable locations in San Diego county for marinas if the state would just drege out the areas and build. There would be no shortage of takers at these locations. I am guessing that evironmentalist would fight tooth and nail to prevent this from happening.

 

[Bob G.]

Homeland Security

I think we should put new marina development under the jurisdiction of the Dept of Homeland Security. Shore line is considered borders. With them in charge that would guarantee that development of new sites would grind to a paperwork halt, slower than any envirnmental agencies. And if any new sites were approved you could bet that they would be somewhere in the middle of a Kansas corn field. Imagine the contract for dredging there. IF YOU WANT MORE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT, PRAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO INVOVEMENT!

 

[Drew]

OK you asked...

Here's my two cents:No, no, maybe and why should we? 1st Q. You can't lobby Congress with some vague wish about "more marinas." They wouldn't know what the hell to do. And to the extent waterfront property is federally owned, the National Park Service already has lots of marinas.2nd Q. Most marinas already are "private enterprise." States can't prevent them from selling, if they so choose, any more than they can force someone, say, to sell vegetarian tacos, just because they feel like it. They could "eminent domain" some property owner to build a marina, sure, but they can't prohibit sale of existing.3rd Q. Sure, why not. But to govern is to choose. What are a given community's priorities? Public marinas, or kids who can actually read? I dunno.4th Q. See 3rd Q, above. That's a lot of taxpayer funds for a guy who needs a nice place to park his boat, don't you think?OK, so I'm spoiled, there's no marina shortage where I live, but Congress is the very last place anyone should go for help with a problem - trust me on that one.

 

[sailortonyb]

Right On !!!

Govt agencies can screw up a wet dream.

 

[Anchor Down]

That's manufacturer

Manufacture is a verb. Manufacturer is a noun. If you write your congressman, make sure you recognize this difference: they get confused easily enough already.

 

[abe]

no, no, and no....no to government

Take a look at the government run marinas from the socialist state of Hawaii.....they are all falling apart and nobody cares.Do you want to mail a box to New Orleans? Fed Ex and UPS up and running 2 weeks after the hurricane....US Postal.... 4 months.That said, where I live the land is owned by the county but marinas runned privately. The government can do alot to help.... instead our county (Ventura) keeps raising the rates to the marinas and the marinas keep passing it on to us. It is unfortunate, but water front real state is at an all time high, and the little boat owner is slowly beeing priced out. That is the #1 reason I am not buying a bigger boat....it is not the price of the boat but slip fees and availability.No easy answeresabe