I think the Sunset Lake example is a good one to bring up, because (from what I've just now read) it appears to have been a worst-case situation. Looking on the chart, it's abundantly clear to any thinking person that liveaboards would be unwelcome there.
Which brings me back to the many simple, common-sense solutions which we've all talked about here and just about anywhere else cruisers congregate.
Anchoring as a part of navigation is totally different from anchoring because you can't afford a roof over your head. There are so many ways you can restrict the latter without impacting the former. Time limits or navigability requirements come to mind.
I like the idea of working WITH the shoreside communities on solutions to our mutual problem. As a transient just passing through, I wouldn't want to anchor in Sunset Lake the way it was described, either. I've seen the derelict and abandoned boats along the ICW and other places in the South, and I agree there's a problem. Maybe if the communities on shore hear us saying that, they'll see us as allies instead of the enemy.
Which brings me back to the many simple, common-sense solutions which we've all talked about here and just about anywhere else cruisers congregate.
Anchoring as a part of navigation is totally different from anchoring because you can't afford a roof over your head. There are so many ways you can restrict the latter without impacting the former. Time limits or navigability requirements come to mind.
I like the idea of working WITH the shoreside communities on solutions to our mutual problem. As a transient just passing through, I wouldn't want to anchor in Sunset Lake the way it was described, either. I've seen the derelict and abandoned boats along the ICW and other places in the South, and I agree there's a problem. Maybe if the communities on shore hear us saying that, they'll see us as allies instead of the enemy.