"Kapt Krunch" <KK6
...@gmail.com> wrote in message
...
Thank you very much for including my mentor, the World's Famous Capt. Neal,
among the ranks of those famous conservative icons. He, indeed, was
instrumental in restoring for cruising sailors and liveaboards their
God-given rights to be "in navigation."
Governor Charlie Crist is a long-time friend of Captain Neal's and it was
the Good Captain who urged him to issue a clarification of the law
concerning navigation rights when Crist was attorney general of Florida that
re-affirmed navigation rights as well as re-affirmed the original meaning of
a "liveaboard" vessel so cruisers cannot be harrassed by having that term
illegally applied to them.
http://myfloridalegal.com/ago.nsf/printview/4C88011AC2A97797852565760...
This opinion was slightly modified, condensed and codified by the Florida
leglislature relying on the attorney general's aforementioned brief.
http://www.hisc.org/Cruising/AnchoringRights.pdf
Some cities still refuse to abide by Florida State law but now-Governor
Crist does not take kindly to their failure to comply with state law.
You can thank the Good Captain Neal for being instrumental in sailors'
navigation rights in Florida being restored and for local Gestapo disregard
for the law being successfully prosecuted.
Wilbur Hubbard
> "Herodotus" <peter.hen...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9uhh6454ugnh31sl4vg6s0qu1u6mvhjc6k@4ax.com...
>> from Noonsite pages (www.noonsite.com) the cruising boat's resource
>> cheers
>> Peter
>> FLORIDA - Skipper arrested for Anchoring for more than 10 days
>> Created by sue. Last modified on 2008-06-26 12:08:23
>> Countries: USA
>> Cruising Compass report today that the City of Stuart, FL, have
>> apologised to Vincent Sibilla after he was arrested for anchoring his
>> yacht for more than 10 days in the City harbour. Sibilla, who sued the
>> city last month over its anchoring restrictions, has been awarded
>> $5,000 and a written apology from the city attorney.
>> This week Stuart commissioners unanimously approved the proposed
>> settlement with Vincent Sibilla, 68, who filed suit in federal court
>> March 3, challenging the city's rules about where boaters can anchor.
>> Sibilla, who lives aboard his 25-foot sloop, Morning Star, will get
>> his $3,000.00 in attorney fees paid and the City has agreed to change
>> it's ordinance on non-liveaboard boats.
>> The new ordinance will define the term "in navigation" to be in line
>> with Florida state law. The old ordinance stated that non-liveaboard
>> boaters are no longer "in navigation" if they are anchored for more
>> than ten days.
>> Captain Herman Diebler and SAMI (Sailing Association of Marco Island),
>> are key players in the fight against unfair restrictions aimed to keep
>> visiting cruisers away from Florida's Anchorages. The most recent
>> "coup" in the anchoring restrictions fight across the Nation was when
>> they went to battle with the City of Marco Island over local anchoring
>> restrictions. Diebler and his committee won the first-ever
>> "precedent-setting" case against Marco Island.
