In a message dated 10/4/99 9:07:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, kwhilden_at_u.washington.edu writes: << Actually, I would do the camping in coves, not in caves. There are a myriad number of small coves along the shore of Santa Cruz, all with beaches at the back. The routine would be to eat dinner and relax on shore, and then just before dark, inflate the raft and head out to deeper water. >> Kevin, WRT Santa Cruz Island: I haven't checked lately, but (as you stated) they have never allowed kayak camping on the island. But more important to your idea, The Nature Conservancy considers it trespassing if you even set foot on any part of the island owned by them, unless you have obtained (purchased) a landing permit from them in advance. Therefore, you would legally need to obtain a permit to land for dinner. Unfortunately, they have never (to my knowledge) issued permits for the coastal regions you might want to stop. Another possibility might be to contact the dive companies that run trips out to SCI and see if you could arrange to land on one of their boats for the night. BTW, in California, all land exposed on the coastline *with the exception of the Channel Islands*, is legally public land and open to access up to (but not above) the high water line (high of high waters). So, you can legally land (but not camp) on any shore except those parts of the islands which are in private ownership. Tell your folks to never sell their boat. :^) H. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 05 1999 - 22:07:48 PDT
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