$25 fee? If one can get 4-5 people into a sailboat rental, and ONE person into a kayak, how about a $5 fee to be levied upon the kayak? If that at all... Kayaks to me are far more like "hiking gear" for the water than more traditional "sea farers equipment..." True, the Coast Guard can and does, get involved in rescues, as well as providing aides to navigation but as you indicate below, it is in a far more..."non-traditional" manner than for sailboats, or powerboats... Just an opinion... Tom... The fee is in place to support Aids to Navigation. Kayaks do use Aids to > > Navigation but the quality and kind of use is quite different between > kayaks, and power and sail boats. Kayaks and canoes are currently lumped > together with other small power and sail vessels. We need to be clear about > our special needs and make sure the Coast Guard is making informed and > knowledgeable decisions on behalf of the sea kayaking community. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Mar 06 1999 - 10:18:34 PST
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