{"id":22357,"date":"2015-03-04T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=22357"},"modified":"2015-03-04T19:43:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T19:43:42","slug":"will-many-florida-anchorages-be-a-thing-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2015\/03\/will-many-florida-anchorages-be-a-thing-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Will many Florida anchorages be a thing of the past?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-11.41.54-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-11.41.54-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2015-03-04 at 11.41.54 AM\" width=\"313\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-11.41.54-AM.png 313w, https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-11.41.54-AM-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As expected, a bill restricting legal anchoring has been introduced in the Florida Senate with a similar House bill likely on its way.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">SB 1548: Vessel Safety<\/span>\u00a0would drastically change current navigation laws as early as July 1, 2015, including making it illegal to anchor or moor a vessel &#8220;within 200 feet of the shoreline of developed waterfront property&#8230; between the times of one hour past sunset and one hour before sunrise,&#8221; with a &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; exception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Additionally, a vessel may not anchor or moor &#8220;within 200 feet of the marked boundary of a permitted mooring field or any public boat ramp, hoist, marine railway, or other launching or landing facility available for use by the general public.&#8221; The bill also outlines rules for vessels stored at anchor. Violations may result in fines and an appearance before the county court. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterwayguide.com\/latest-news\/news\/4831\/will-many-florida-anchorages-be-a-thing-of-the-past\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As expected, a bill restricting legal anchoring has been introduced in the Florida Senate with a similar House bill likely on its way.\u00a0SB 1548: Vessel Safety\u00a0would drastically change current navigation laws as early as July 1, 2015, including making it illegal to anchor or moor a vessel &#8220;within 200 feet of the shoreline of developed waterfront property&#8230; between the times of one hour past sunset and one hour before sunrise,&#8221; with a &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; exception. Additionally, a vessel may not anchor or moor &#8220;within 200 feet of the marked boundary of a permitted mooring field or any public boat ramp, hoist, marine railway, or other launching or landing facility available for use by the general public.&#8221; The bill also outlines rules for vessels stored at anchor. Violations may result in fines and an appearance before the county court. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22360,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22357\/revisions\/22360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}