The City wants live aboards out
The city wants to start charging the "live aboards" rent at Dinner Key. 225 spots are up for grabs.
The city has sent out crews to clean up the area, saying their are derelict sunken vessels and trash, but many of the live aboards have told me that their boats/homes are being destroyed in the process. On purpose.
The State and DEP want the water bottom cleaned up and they want better moorings installed, that will not destroy the sea grass. The current situation has anchors tearing up the bottom beds.
March is the planned construction start date for the new mooring fields. The city has $1.7 for the project. Rental prices for the spots have not been decided yet.
Those who want a spot in the mooring field can apply at Dinner Key Marina (3400 Pan American Drive) or on the City Marinas website here: www.miami-marinas.com.
For info., you may also call Daniel Muelhaupt at 305-579-6950.
The city has sent out crews to clean up the area, saying their are derelict sunken vessels and trash, but many of the live aboards have told me that their boats/homes are being destroyed in the process. On purpose.
The State and DEP want the water bottom cleaned up and they want better moorings installed, that will not destroy the sea grass. The current situation has anchors tearing up the bottom beds.
March is the planned construction start date for the new mooring fields. The city has $1.7 for the project. Rental prices for the spots have not been decided yet.
Those who want a spot in the mooring field can apply at Dinner Key Marina (3400 Pan American Drive) or on the City Marinas website here: www.miami-marinas.com.
For info., you may also call Daniel Muelhaupt at 305-579-6950.
posted by Tom Falco at 12:01 PM
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4 Comments:
The liveaboards are already ahead of the game. Most of the smarter people, with boats that can move, have moved north or south of the planned mooring field, which is located between Brennan's Channel and Donovan's Channel, outside the spoil island. What will be left in the mooring field area are the boats that are unmoveable, and likely the next ones the taxpayers would have to remove after they sink. Stuart Sorg and I disagree vehemently on a lot of issues, but I agree with him that the true derelict vessels need to go. On the other hand, I believe there should be free anchorage available with dinghy dockage and a welcome mat for cruisers who want to hang out for a few days or a week and eat and shop in the Grove.
That would be a very nice gesture Michelle...a great thought . A VERY WARM WELCOLMING SIGN TO VISITORS TO OUR VILLAGE!
If the State is so worried about the sea grass, take a look at the sea bottom under every boat moored at Dinner Key Marina or any marina along the Grove waterfronts. I don't see a single strand.
As usual, the public is being fed a line of crap by the city.
The anchors have not been tearing up the grassbeds...quite the contrary, the seagrass has vastly increased under the boats in the anchorage since 25 years ago.
I know. I was here 25 years ago to see what it was like then as opposed to now.
It all boils down to money combined with stupidity and greed colliding with the living history of the Maritime Culture.
International sailing center? What a joke. Has anyone seen anything remotely resembling haulout facilities for the international cruisers who are frquenting the anchorage less and less in the face of increasing hostility?
Neither did I.
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