Originally Posted by northsea junkie
Originally Posted by Damon Linkous


I've been "Going Live" on Facebook on the Catsailor Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/catamaransailor/



Just out of curiosity.
In one of your vids there is a man of the beachcrew approaching the camaraman (you Damon? ) and ordaining him to leave the area marked by the flags.

Are those beaches in Florida not public area? What right has the man to act like this?


I'm not sure of the specific time you mention but there are a couple of things in play. While the beaches in Florida are generally public to the high tide line there are a LOT of local exceptions and unfortunately more all the time.

For the Florida 300 we have to obtain beach permits for every beach from the local authorities. This doesn't give us exclusive rights to the beach at all and in the videos you see people all over the place most are local tourist.

The only time someone might get yelled at is to warn them that if they don't move over a little they could be injured by a catamaran making a beach landing.

Since I mostly went live when boats were either starting or finishing, that's probably what you saw.

I was the guy holding the phone and talking and if the guy yelling had on a yellow shirt it was probably our Beach Master, Chuck Bargeron.

Hope that helps.