Shoreline Squabble
When Chris Edmonston, president of the BoatU.S. Foundation, heard last year that lawmakers in Georgia were debating legislation to restrict overnight anchoring in all kinds of places where boaters enjoy cruising, he was frustrated, but not surprised. “This isn’t just a Georgia thing,” Edmonston says. “We’re seeing proposed anchoring rules in other places too. In Florida, we see municipalities trying to make rules that only affect their municipalities. We’re seeing problems on the West Coast.”
Two issues are combining along both of America’s coastlines, he
