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Originally Posted by Misty Blue
I have always wondered why the various towns do not make overnight dock space available for a fee. Example:
You go to Canter Harbor and tie up for the night. You go to an "authorized agent" who accepts the fee and takes their share for the labor. They hand out a paper with the rules such as noise, hours that you can stay, etc.
The boater will pay the fee which could be used for dock maintenance, buy groceries in town and go the the local eating establishment and SPEND MONEY locally.
The local cops can keep an eye on the crowd and, if they want to have a couple of grogs in the evening they can do so without getting underway.
Just my $.02.
Misty Blue
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Towing my boat a lot I'm familiar with this:
That is what happens all along the coast, including inland river ways.
Lot's of marinas and even towns have a few open dock spaces that allow you to tie up to for a fee, even overnight most places. The ones I am familiar with are pretty tightly controlled for noise and dumping.