Boating in Florida
I don't know about the coast line of Michigan being longer than the East
Coast, it is longer than Florida, we have marinas every 30 miles so you
aren't too far from help if needed, if you fall in you can drink the water
(well most of it) before you freeze. HOWEVER, my boat is put away for the
winter, I can't do much until mid April, the water will get quite hard
pretty quick, it's raining right now with a chance of snow and I wish global
warming would hurry up and get here as I hate winter 98% of the time.
Leave it to google to find some info.. I couldn't find a website
with a direct comparison but here is the one I found that shows the
shorlines of the Great Lakes.
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677-15959--,00.html
And here is a website for the states with a coastal shorline.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001801.html
I'm off to work but at least we have something to work with. I for
one WISH I was down someplace south as it's going to be in the 50's
this weekend.
John Ford
KK44 Feisty Lady
Annapolis City Marina
On Nov 16, 2006, at 12:12 AM, Jim Kennedy wrote:
I don't know about the coast line of Michigan being longer than the
East
Coast, it is longer than Florida, we have marinas every 30 miles so
you
aren't too far from help if needed, if you fall in you can drink
the water
(well most of it) before you freeze. HOWEVER, my boat is put away
for the
winter, I can't do much until mid April, the water will get quite hard
pretty quick, it's raining right now with a chance of snow and I
wish global
warming would hurry up and get here as I hate winter 98% of the time.
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Based on the info that John Ford sent to the list, it would appear that
Florida does indeed have the most shoreline - 3,331 miles on the
Atlantic, and 5,095 on the Gulf, for a total of . . . 8,426 miles. Of
course, a lot of it is in water so skinny that only canoes or kayaks can
float on it!
As far as the number of registered boats per state, here are the top
ten states (as of 2001):
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Michigan 1,003,947
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California 957,463
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Florida 902,964
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Minnesota 826,048
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Texas 621,244
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Wisconsin 575,920
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New York 526,190
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Ohio 414,658
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South Carolina 382,072
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Illinois 369,626
This site has the article and the full stats: http://tinyurl.com/jtzfl
With all of Florida's skinny water, it would be interesting to see a
statistic which guesses at the numbers of unregistered boats per
state. I'm willing to bet that Florida is way up there, since Florida
does not require registration of non-motorized boats of l6 feet or less
in length.
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On 11/16/2006 7:26 AM, John Ford wrote:
Leave it to google to find some info.. I couldn't find a website
with a direct comparison but here is the one I found that shows the
shorlines of the Great Lakes.
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677-15959--,00.html
And here is a website for the states with a coastal shorline.
On the numbers of registered boats see:
http://www.sailmiami.com/magazine/boating_lifestyle/florida_leads_nation_boa
ting_registrations.shtml
I don't know if it is correct but it says - Florida has overtaken long-time
leader Michigan as the state with the nation's most registered boats.
Recreational Boat Registration Statistics from the National Marine
Manufacturer's Association (NMMA) show that Floridians registered 946,072
boats in 2004 compared to Michigan's 944,800 and California's 894,884. Other
states in the top ten were, in top-down order, Minnesota, Texas, Wisconsin,
New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Illinois.
Tom Hutton
Even more interesting than which state has the largest number of
registered boats, or whether Michigan or Florida has more than
formerly, are the numbers comparing registered boats per capita.
Rough mental calculation reveals that California has one registered
boat for every thirty-eight residents; Washington has one for every
twenty four residents; Florida has one for every twenty residents;
Michigan has one for every ten residents and, surprisingly, Minnesota
has one for every six residents.
But then, it's the Land of 10,000 Lakes (and Lake Superior and the
Mississippi River). And the state website claims that 2.3 million
Minnesotans go fishing. (That's half the population.)
Terry
Tamarack