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AC2717 · 07-09-2007, 06:55 AM

Boaters are boaters and that is it. If you are handicapped then you are, and if I am not I am not. Boating has and will always be a recreation ACTIVITY! I was reading the thread as always and noticed that someone had a handicapped Father-in-law from a massive stroke that cut the line to the dock and docked up at the handicap marked dock. WHY? that person that was impaired was a passenger on the vessel not the owner, and those docks are not even the closest to get to the shore. I do not think it is fair for others to have to wait in line, now if the person was a vetran then yes they should always have the right of way for putting their lives in danger for ours so we should return the favor. I just do not get it if you are able to get on the water in a boat then you are able to dock the boat anywhere like the rest of us and therefore wait in line like the rest of us. I think the line was "We did not want to wait for lunch," So doesn't the 15 other boats in line waiting to dock because they do not have a handicapped person on board. I am all for handicapped benefits on land, do not get me wrong, and I have expereince with it but on the water it is different esepcially when there is limited dock space to begin with and when the dock itself is not truely set up to be a handicapped dock. If they were to change the docks out there and made some handicapped friendly and made them the closest to the parking lot or stores then I can agree.

The only one on land I do not understand is how come a super store like Lowe's has abput 20 handicapped spots in one row that goes halfway down the parking lot yet there are much closer spots that are not handicapped at the beginning of other rows wouldn't make sense to make the first 2 or 4 spots in every row closest to the store handicapped instead of one whole row?

07-09-2007, 06:55 AM	#31
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,571 Thanks: 753 Thanked 353 Times in 265 Posts	Boaters are Boaters! Boaters are boaters and that is it. If you are handicapped then you are, and if I am not I am not. Boating has and will always be a recreation ACTIVITY! I was reading the thread as always and noticed that someone had a handicapped Father-in-law from a massive stroke that cut the line to the dock and docked up at the handicap marked dock. WHY? that person that was impaired was a passenger on the vessel not the owner, and those docks are not even the closest to get to the shore. I do not think it is fair for others to have to wait in line, now if the person was a vetran then yes they should always have the right of way for putting their lives in danger for ours so we should return the favor. I just do not get it if you are able to get on the water in a boat then you are able to dock the boat anywhere like the rest of us and therefore wait in line like the rest of us. I think the line was "We did not want to wait for lunch," So doesn't the 15 other boats in line waiting to dock because they do not have a handicapped person on board. I am all for handicapped benefits on land, do not get me wrong, and I have expereince with it but on the water it is different esepcially when there is limited dock space to begin with and when the dock itself is not truely set up to be a handicapped dock. If they were to change the docks out there and made some handicapped friendly and made them the closest to the parking lot or stores then I can agree. The only one on land I do not understand is how come a super store like Lowe's has abput 20 handicapped spots in one row that goes halfway down the parking lot yet there are much closer spots that are not handicapped at the beginning of other rows wouldn't make sense to make the first 2 or 4 spots in every row closest to the store handicapped instead of one whole row?