{"id":255,"date":"2016-03-10T10:26:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2016-03-10T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:10:50","slug":"rights-others-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/rights-others-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights of Others on the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not everyone shares your taste in music. Or sports. Or boats. Or recreation. Or wakes. Or engine noise. Or even beverages. Even if they do, they probably don\u2019t want to share right now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to get totally focused on what you\u2019re doing, even in a shared environment. Let\u2019s face it: when you\u2019re cranking along at 25 knots, your attention is on making sure you don\u2019t hit anything solid, and the exhilaration of speed on the water. You\u2019re not looking back at your wake, and seeing how much the swimmers, paddle boarders and kayakers appreciate it. Or how much the waterfront folks enjoy watching their watercraft bang on the dock. And the people out for a quiet day fishing really want to compliment you on your speakers and how loud your motors are.<\/p>\n

\"Rights<\/a>They\u2019re just as happy as you are when you\u2019ve just nestled in to bed after a long day on the water, and someone drops anchor next to you, invites friends, fires up the generator, plugs in the blender and the music, and parties down until the crack of dawn.<\/p>\n

The long and the short of it is that you ARE<\/strong> in a SHARED<\/strong> environment.<\/p>\n

Even the gray whales in Bahia Todos Santos shy away from noisy boaters, and bass in the lakes don’t really flock to rock and roll.<\/p>\n

Respect the rights of others. Show some consideration for the people around you.When you\u2019re at the launch ramp or the dock, be quick and make room for the next boat.\u00a0 Respect the private property along the shore. Make sure you have permission to go ashore, use the dock, or cross their land.\u00a0 And so on\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Remember, the other folks in or on the water have the same rights you do. And, just like you, all they want is a good day on the ocean, lake or river.<\/p>\n

~ Mike Dwight<\/p>\n

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Tweet Not everyone shares your taste in music. Or sports. Or boats. Or recreation. Or wakes. Or engine noise. Or even beverages. Even if they do, they probably don\u2019t want to share right now. It\u2019s easy to get totally focused on what you\u2019re doing, even in a shared environment. Let\u2019s face it: when you\u2019re cranking… Read more: Rights of Others on the Water<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[98,97],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-content","category-uncategorized","tag-gray-whales","tag-wakes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}