It costs the taxpayers of San Diego, $250,000 a year to maintain their "free anchorage." It is one big waterborne trailer park, replete with a high crime rate and decrepit vessels. When one of these scows sinks, the taxpayers get the pleasure of paying for it's disposal as there is no paper trail back to the owner. I cannot blame cities that restrict long term anchoring. Ralph Salerno M/V ANCORA Warm & sunny San Diego

similar issue here in miami... jsut out of the marina there is a large group of derelicts anchored... some liveaboards, some abandoned... after Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, a number of boats ended up high and dry. Salvage will cost far more than they are worth so they're going to be an eye sore for quite a while. there is even a rusty steel trawler/work boat completely dry at low tide. that thing must weigh 30 or 40 tons and it's 100' from deep water. the city has been talkng about a paid mooring field for years... pascal miami, fl 70 hatteras 53MY ----- Original Message ----- From: "ralph" <ancora@cox.net> To: "trawler world" <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: T&T: Free Anchorage > It costs the taxpayers of San Diego, $250,000 a year to maintain their > "free > anchorage." It is one big waterborne trailer park, replete with a high > crime rate and decrepit vessels. When one of these scows sinks, the > taxpayers get the pleasure of paying for it's disposal as there is no > paper > trail back to the owner. I cannot blame cities that restrict long term > anchoring. > > Ralph Salerno > M/V ANCORA > Warm & sunny San Diego > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.