Even quiet Tybee Island, Georgia USA isnt without those waterfront land owners who would rather not interact with others. There is a huge sign on the South tip of the island that says (of course) NO TRESPASSING PRIVATE PROPERTY. It is ignored. There was a tall fence post to the left of the back river boat ramp that was topped with a NO TRESPASSING sign. It was well below the high tide mark. I watched for five years as the sign would be torn off by someone and then replaced by someone else. Eventually the fence post disappeared entirely. I prefer to simply urinate on an object that I want to claim as mine. Remember that if we ever camp together... Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Last year, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Broad Beach in Malibu, CA. This beach has approximately 100 homes, many of which are owned by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Many of these homeowners gave easements for public access to the beach in exchange for being able to get some variances from the local zoning regs. Unfortunately, many of these easements have been fenced off with locked gates. In addition, there were no trespassing signs that were in the wrong place (actually on public land), or the wording was incorrect - stating that from the sign and extending 25 feet towards the ocean was private land. There were also, armed guards who rode around on ATV's to scare off anybody who ventured onto the sand. They had been known to drive kayakers off who were standing on damp sand which is well below the high tide line (CA's border for public and private lands). After reading the article, I organized a "Make a Statement Paddle" with our local club. Eight of us paddled over to Broad Beach and landed. We were armed with a photomap of the beach that was annotated with all of the public/private boundaries and easements that the CA Coastal Commission had published on the web. As soon as the first guard drove by, and saw us looking at the map, he just waved and drove on. That was a first! This is the first time we ever landed there without a hassle. I guess the newspaper publicity put them on good behavior for a while. We all laughed about the illegal signs - most were on private property, but the wording and directions were all wrong, ate a snack, and launched back into the ocean from where we came. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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