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_C_H_R_I_S_ · 06-25-2007, 11:49 AM

Thanks for the replies so far...Keep them coming. I consider a mooring permanent while this can be moved an taken out with ease so I think of it as an anchor. I am not sure how they could say it is a navigational hazard along the shoreline...It is not even 30 feet from shore and no more than waist high in the water. The dock is shorter than all others around so even though the jet ski is out in front of the dock, it is not even close to being the same length as the others. The depth of the water is too shallow for a boat to be driving through and the only reason one would be in there was to park at the neighbors dock. MP has always been around in there and checking out moorings and even giving the warning stickers to neighbors and never once put one on mine until now.

Skip: Thanks for the info...I have been trying to find the definition of an anchor to see what they say about that and havnt been able to find it. They only refer to everything as mooring and mooring anchor.

""Mooring'' when used as a noun, means a mooring anchor, or other fixed object or stationary point, with or without a mooring buoy together with attached chains, cables, ropes, and pennants and related equipment used for the purpose of securing watercraft."

What do they consider securing the watercraft...The entire watercraft or part of it? When I think of a mooring, I think of a boat sitting out in the water not attached to anything else but the mooring.

""Mooring anchor'' means any anchor or weight which is designed to rest on the bed or to be buried in the bed of a navigable water body, which is designed to be attached by a chain, cable, rope, or other mechanism to a mooring buoy and which is designed to be left in position permanently or on a seasonal basis."

Mooring anchor says any anchor that is attached to a mooring buoy but this isnt the case with my situation.

I have been told that neighbors' relatives have come up in the past with their jet ski and only had it anchored in the water...He got a warning sticker for illegal mooring and they called on it. They had been told that if it is somehow attached to the dock then it would be fine. I have done this for three years and they did this also and havnt had a problem...I dont understand.

06-25-2007, 11:49 AM	#7
_C_H_R_I_S_ Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the replies so far...Keep them coming. I consider a mooring permanent while this can be moved an taken out with ease so I think of it as an anchor. I am not sure how they could say it is a navigational hazard along the shoreline...It is not even 30 feet from shore and no more than waist high in the water. The dock is shorter than all others around so even though the jet ski is out in front of the dock, it is not even close to being the same length as the others. The depth of the water is too shallow for a boat to be driving through and the only reason one would be in there was to park at the neighbors dock. MP has always been around in there and checking out moorings and even giving the warning stickers to neighbors and never once put one on mine until now. Skip: Thanks for the info...I have been trying to find the definition of an anchor to see what they say about that and havnt been able to find it. They only refer to everything as mooring and mooring anchor. ""Mooring'' when used as a noun, means a mooring anchor, or other fixed object or stationary point, with or without a mooring buoy together with attached chains, cables, ropes, and pennants and related equipment used for the purpose of securing watercraft." What do they consider securing the watercraft...The entire watercraft or part of it? When I think of a mooring, I think of a boat sitting out in the water not attached to anything else but the mooring. ""Mooring anchor'' means any anchor or weight which is designed to rest on the bed or to be buried in the bed of a navigable water body, which is designed to be attached by a chain, cable, rope, or other mechanism to a mooring buoy and which is designed to be left in position permanently or on a seasonal basis." Mooring anchor says any anchor that is attached to a mooring buoy but this isnt the case with my situation. I have been told that neighbors' relatives have come up in the past with their jet ski and only had it anchored in the water...He got a warning sticker for illegal mooring and they called on it. They had been told that if it is somehow attached to the dock then it would be fine. I have done this for three years and they did this also and havnt had a problem...I dont understand.