There is an enormous amount of preaching to the choir in this thread. More useful to us all would be succinct descriptions of specific state or Federal laws (proposed or enacted) which restrict our right to use our craft. This stuff in OZ is really over the edge, but not much more nonsensical than laws on this side of the big water ... some pertaining to us. Certainly the Canadian stipulation that sea kayakers must carry a 50-ft "heaving line" (with float on the nether end) is one. So far, in Oregon anyway, we do not have any significant restrictions. Just wait, however, for the LNG tankers, when they tie up to offload their cargo on the Columbia (perhaps at Bradwood, just below Puget Island; perhaps at Warrenton, a couple miles below me). I think the sports fishing crowd will raise a real stink when the stay-out zones impede running or fishing in the adjacent shipping channel for hours at a time. Not to mention commercial shipping. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 12 2009 - 10:18:14 PDT
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