Received: from zonker-fddi.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA05034; Wed, 8 Jun 1994 11:42:51 -0700 Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA26916; Wed, 8 Jun 1994 11:42:47 -0700 Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 11:42:47 -0700 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9406081842.AA26916@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Rescue and crissy wind
> I an on a
> committee that meets wth the coast guard regarding problems at crissy and
> they are getting increasingly upset of having to "continuously rescue those
> windsurfers."
How often do they rescue windsurfers at Crissy? Other sites?
> They are talking of trying require the purchase of a permits
> to allow you to launch off crissy.
What would be required for a permit?
If windsurfers are creating a measureable load on Coast Guard services,
I think it actually could make sense to impose a permit requirement as a
way of supporting some rescue service, Coast Guard or otherwise. The
permit fee could be $50 for a season pass (for the whole Bay?) and would
be well down in the noise level for windsurfing costs. The remaining
problems would be enforcement (how much does *that* cost?) and providing
a decent way for folks to buy a one-day permit. A question: sailboats
are required to have state registration, but do they have to pay
anything to support Coast Guard rescue services?
Ken Poulton
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