All Hernando Beach Canals are designated as NO WAKE/IDLE SPEED and yet these rules are usually violated. There is no enforcement of the rules. This petition would ask that the Hernando County BOCC enforce the existing rules for the safety and welfare of the citizens who live on the canals and those who use the canals for access to the Gulf of Mexico.
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July 23, 2017
Reaching this point has been an exhausting grind but seeing your backing keeps me moving forward. It is clear that I am not the only one tired of watching these rules be ignored.
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July 23, 2017
37 Comments
PLEASE enforce the "no wake" in our canals. Our canal is used daily by shrimp boats, some go a reasonable speed, others do not. This same canal is used by those who rent boats and store boats at the local Marina. Finally, every single homeowner in Hernando Beach South that takes out there boat, has to use this same canal to go out to the Gulf. In short, alot of boat traffic, which is fine, in and of itself, but 40 - 60% of the boats that go by, DO NOT abide by the "no wake" rule. As those of us who live here know, the wakes created by those going too fast, damages our seawalls, our docks, and our watercraft. In fact, last night a boat went by too fast and caused my elderly neighbor, to lose his balance and his leg was caught between his boat and his dock. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
We live on main canal and too many boaters ignore the NO WAKE rules of the waterways. It is now high time that the NO WAKE ZONE rules be ENFORCED! So I hope that there are more Marine Patrols who will enforce this! Our seawall is being destroyed! The shrimpers go way too fast and are reckless. One of them took out our floating dock last year! Ugh!
No wake zone is never enforced. Many commercial fishing boats go out with enough wake to throw someone off their dock and late night they travel full speed Up and down the channel.
I also live on the main canal named Marlin. We have Shrimpers and Recreational users. The Recreational users really need to understand the damage they do. Ticketing with a warning and mandatory education is what is needed for a first offense. After that fine them. The code has a fine of $500. Seems excessive, but if they don't obey the law they deserve the fine. Next step ... maybe a petition to enforce the No Litter Law?
Probably a lost cause, but I'm in. I don't begrudge the shrimpers, crabbers, & commercial fishermen as much as all the residents, weekenders, recreationally ruining everyone's property & peace of mind. The commercial guys have bigger boats that can't maintain headway without having a wake. The recreational boaters? Not the same case as commercial.
Absolutely! Destroying our manatee population, our canals and our property!
No Wake Zone is in need of enforcement, especially at night on main channel from boat ramp shrimpers run full speed in and out all night
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All Hernando Beach Canals are designated as NO WAKE/IDLE SPEED and yet these rules are usually violated. There is no enforcement of the rules. This petition would ask that the Hernando County BOCC enforce the existing rules for the safety and welfare of the citizens who live on the canals and those who use the canals for access to the Gulf of Mexico.
Updates
July 23, 2017
Reaching this point has been an exhausting grind but seeing your backing keeps me moving forward. It is clear that I am not the only one tired of watching these rules be ignored.
Reached 100 supporters
July 23, 2017
37 Comments
We're not asking for new laws and regulations to be written we are asking for the taxpayers money to be used in enforcing those laws already on the books
PLEASE enforce the "no wake" in our canals. Our canal is used daily by shrimp boats, some go a reasonable speed, others do not. This same canal is used by those who rent boats and store boats at the local Marina. Finally, every single homeowner in Hernando Beach South that takes out there boat, has to use this same canal to go out to the Gulf. In short, alot of boat traffic, which is fine, in and of itself, but 40 - 60% of the boats that go by, DO NOT abide by the "no wake" rule. As those of us who live here know, the wakes created by those going too fast, damages our seawalls, our docks, and our watercraft. In fact, last night a boat went by too fast and caused my elderly neighbor, to lose his balance and his leg was caught between his boat and his dock. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
We live on main canal and too many boaters ignore the NO WAKE rules of the waterways. It is now high time that the NO WAKE ZONE rules be ENFORCED! So I hope that there are more Marine Patrols who will enforce this! Our seawall is being destroyed! The shrimpers go way too fast and are reckless. One of them took out our floating dock last year! Ugh!
No wake zone is never enforced. Many commercial fishing boats go out with enough wake to throw someone off their dock and late night they travel full speed Up and down the channel.
I also live on the main canal named Marlin. We have Shrimpers and Recreational users. The Recreational users really need to understand the damage they do. Ticketing with a warning and mandatory education is what is needed for a first offense. After that fine them. The code has a fine of $500. Seems excessive, but if they don't obey the law they deserve the fine. Next step ... maybe a petition to enforce the No Litter Law?
Probably a lost cause, but I'm in. I don't begrudge the shrimpers, crabbers, & commercial fishermen as much as all the residents, weekenders, recreationally ruining everyone's property & peace of mind. The commercial guys have bigger boats that can't maintain headway without having a wake. The recreational boaters? Not the same case as commercial.
Absolutely! Destroying our manatee population, our canals and our property!
No Wake Zone is in need of enforcement, especially at night on main channel from boat ramp shrimpers run full speed in and out all night
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We're not asking for new laws and regulations to be written we are asking for the taxpayers money to be used in enforcing those laws already on the books