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A couple of items that came to my attention this morning

 

http://www.sailfeed.com/2015/02/florida-anchoring-survey-the-cynical-point-of-view/

 

 

 

and this one courtesy of Google translate- but you'll get the idea

 

or if that's too difficult here's a synopsis

 

 Voile Magazine has a story about 20 Euro a meter anchoring charges per night (or in non metric that's $228. a night to anchor your 32-foot boat). Being that, if it were to happen, it would also include a sizable chunk of the Caribbean (St Martin/Martinique/St Barts/Guadeloupe) 

 

 

 

 

February 4 2015FXdC1 comment
MouillageIl does not seem shocking that boaters contribute to the conservation of the coastline and the environment. But to do anything ... On January 22, the Senate passed an amendment for instituting a levy on moorings in marine protected areas. If this amendment is confirmed by the Assembly during the passage of the law (see below), every ship at anchor - including its anchor - can be taxed for the benefit of marine protected area managers communities between June 1 and September 30 and throughout the year in the French overseas territories ...
 
This tax will be calculated based on the length of the anchor and the length of the boat and may not exceed 20 euros per meter per day (!!). It could be set up soon in mid-July 2015.
It goes without saying that this bill is chilling. First, because it undermines the principle of free public access to natural areas. Secondly, because, starting from a particular situation in the Straits of Bonifacio, it extends a brutal measure to all marine protected areas as defined by Article L.334-1 of the Environmental Code, is to date 23.6% of the metropolitan water (88 000 km2 of coastal areas). Finally, because the limit set by law, € 20 per meter per day, looks like a bad joke. What own a boat of ten meters will wet a night to Lavezzi for the modest sum of 200 €? In the end, this text appears sloppy, discriminatory and unworkable. This is all the more absurd that there is a real problem of funding for marine protected areas, which could actually help boaters as they contribute significantly to the budget of the Conservatoire du Littoral via Francization tax. But only if it is in exchange for a service, such as a dead body, which also has the advantage to secure and limit the wetting while sparing funds, and of course on the basis of reasonable amounts. The National Union of Associations of browsers (Unan) the Nautical Industries Federation (FIN) and the French Federation of marinas (FFPP) stand together, they wrote to the Minister and sent a motion to the members. But all this is done in a hurry, because the text has to go to the Assembly on 17 and 18 February, accelerated procedure (vote only one round). The Higher Council boating being clinically dead since the resignation of Gérard d'Aboville - which has still not been replaced - no one was aware of what was happening and instances cited above were not aware of the bill after the Senate vote. Too late? May be. A petition has been launched by the National Association of motorboat boaters and it is not forbidden to bring his signature, even if you prefer tapping the throttles. But in view of the parliamentary calendar, the time is rather the emergency lobbying.
 
Wetting Corse 2
 
Let us add that this amendment responds to a request made in 2009 by the Territorial Assembly of Corsica, reasoned request by taxing anchor in the Maddalena Archipelago (Sardinia), resulting in an over-season attendance Lavezzi islands and wetting southern Corsica. Remarkably, this is the first time a request of Corsica assembly results in adapting legislation, giving the record a very political. And while we evokes Corsica include the example of an equivalent of the tax to the proposed mooring: GR 20. It was Jean-Claude Faveris, the Secretary General of the UNAN (National Union of Associations Browsers ) that we blew. For a long time, there is a fee of € 5 per night for hikers who camp along the GR 20. But now, no collection and no pay ... In the same way, which will go to collect a tax on mooring coastal areas covering 88,000 km2? This is a question that the members would do well to ask. Unless this is only a political gesture addressed to the Corsican Assembly.
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And now the French are joining in. This is from the French magazine La Voile ( I ran it through google translate)

 

All set against the mooring fee!
March 12 2015FXdC2 comments
Not-a-la-taxeDepuis two months now, the government wants to impose a tax on wetting.
On March 3, the National Assembly voted through the bill on New Territorial Organization of the Republic, an amendment to the creation of a tax on boats anchored in marine protected areas managed by local authorities ... To date, only the south of Corsica and the Pyrenees are concerned, but a dozen new marine areas should be created by 2020, representing over 50% of the French coast ...
 
The consequences of this tax would be disastrous for boaters:
PLAISANCIER COW-TO-MILK;
This tax would be added to DAFN (Right Annual Francisation) the amount (already considerable) is donated to the Conservatoire du Littoral, responsible for protecting our coasts. In addition, it is not accompanied by any service part-cons.
 
PLAISANCIER RELAY
Boaters would be achieved directly in their freedom of navigation and anchorage areas nearby taxed highly congested areas would inexorably.
 
PLAISANCIER BOUC-OUTFALL
This tax would refer once again boaters as solely responsible for all the evils in terms of marine pollution.
 
This law would also have a dramatic impact on the marine leisure sector is a dynamic players in the French economy with over 44 000 direct jobs.
 
For all these reasons, nautical magazines Motor Boat Magazine, Sailing Magazine, Neptune Yachting Motor, Sea Angling and Boat of The Argus and mobilize themselves up against this arbitrary measure that seriously affects our passion: the sea.
 
We urge all boaters and boating French players to sign this petition to prevent the development of this section of law raised by the government.
 
François-Xavier de Crécy, Chief Editor of Sail Magazine
 
Luizet Michel, Chief Editor of Neptune Yachting Engine
 
Stephanie Loustal, Boat Engine Magazine Editor in Chief
 
François Paris, Chief Editor of The Boat Argus
 
Luc Bodis, Chief Editor of the Sea Fishing
 
 
 
 
Hard to read but the French government want s to tax people for anchoring.
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