Re: [Paddlewise] bans on sea kayakers

>
>3.  Competing interests.  >

>I bring this all up just to remind us of perceptions and potential bans,
>some of which we can influence with our behavior and others not.  Who
>else has seen such incidents or knows of such bans or restrictions?
>ralph diaz
>

        I wish I'd saved it now, but someone sent me a link from a North
Carolina newspaper with a front page story regarding efforts to limit or
exclude sea kayaks (and others) from some of the rivers on the lee side of
the Outer Banks.  Two things happening simultaneously:  greater numbers of
vacation and retirement homes being built on the banks; and a greater number
of kayakers utilising the rivers.
        Homeowners complained, saying that the kayakers were ruining the
tranquility they paid for along THEIR river, etc.  So far as I know, no
ordinances were ever passed regarding this.  This would have been about 1
1/2-2 years ago.
        On another note, Tuckerton NJ is recreating the old Tuckerton
Seaport mainly as a tourist attraction.  In their plans, though, are
creation of canoe/kayak trails in the Great Bay between Long Beach Island
and Brigantine.    About a year ago, a local marina owner (First Bridge
Marina) had become one of the prime renters of jet skis in the area.  He got
rid of them all.  Now he rents touring kayaks, mostly SOTs but others as
well.  This is an area wherein SKing in quiet salt bays could become better
established and accepted.
JP


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