Case and Point - in Ventura, CA I can launch my cat from the public launch ramp, land it on the "kiddy beach" party all day, leave the beach, go back to the ramp, haul boat out on go. What I can't do, is drive onto the dirt lot adjacent to the beach, set up, roll boat to the water and go, unless of course we have a permit to run a regatta with boogles of liability insurance.
We can do the same on the federal shore line. You can't land on a publicly guarded beach between 10 and 5.... so you have to make it to a state or federal park. No storage over night without a permit/permission/ etc etc. Some Jersey and Va beaches allow this... It is a privilege the municipality or private owner gives you (overnight storage above high tide line)
The Chesapeake shore line is mostly privately owned. WRCRA lost their beach because the county zoning xxx suckers came down hard on mast up storage and the property owner said.. ah... not worth the trouble... Sorry see ya!
I think we best join YC's and get with the program.
Here is a snip of a Local YC NOR... (solves that insurance problem)
2. ELIGIBILITY: This regatta is open to one design fleets including: COMET, CLUB 420, OPTIMIST PRAMS and LASERS
affiliated with a recognized yacht club or with current membership in their respective fleet and national organization.
