A bunch of us spent a kayaking and camping weekend on Squaxin Island, Washington state. As we paddled past Boston Harbor, we encountered some black and scary looking water along an eddy line, and we decided to make an emergency landing on the shore, as most of us were scared shirtless. Immediately upon landing, the landowner came running down to the water's edge and demanded that we leave immediately. But we preferred to confront the lady rather than to return to the dark churning water nearby. She eventually returned to her nice safe cozy domicile while we regrouped. Brad On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:21 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote: > Bradford Crain drbc_at_pdx.edu wrote: > > .......Beaches in Washington state are privately owned. Very inconvenient > for > kayakers....... > > This is not entirely correct. Washington has a patchwork system. Many > beaches > are public to the mean high water line but others are completely private. > One > has to do the research. May private landowners on watefront like to give > the > impression that they own the beach rights when, in fact, they don't. This > has > causes conflicts between property owners and kayakers and in the San Juan > Islands many, once public, launch sites near ferry terminals were closed > off > to try to stop a lot of kayakers from landing on what are actually public > beaches in front of private lands. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 17 2012 - 18:39:39 PDT
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