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Originally Posted by Whitey
Hell I didn't know I was considered a vessel (once under way, powered by the kite) until a County sherrif showed me in the code book.
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Nobody has mentioned this but I consider this info from Whitey the most important piece of information in this thread.
WE ARE VESSELS therefore we are prohibited from swim zones, period.
We have been arguing this point for years... now here the county sheriff just set us straight yet again. The coast guard and beach police did the same thing about 9 months ago when they threatened to fine us at T.I. if we rode through the swim zone after we launched. In fact they told us we could not ride through the swim zone period, even to get out past it. If we wanted to ride we had to launch outside the swim zone (further down the beach). Seems someone earlier (around TI, PAG or Sunset) had royally pissed someone off and the police were notified. We had just arrived so it was not us.
If you are still riding through swim zones you are seriously jeopardizing our access.
-tom