Surf City Catamarans wrote:
srm wrote:
This was not an isolated incident. Folks have been killed as a result of hitting power lines. It's very easy to become distracted when you're at the beach having a good time with family and friends.
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There are power lines just outside of the SC Harbor parking lot. At least once a month, someone, either a fisherman with antennas up, or less common, a sailor takes them out. They are just individual house power and phone, but it does happen... often.
About 20 years ago I was appointed to our San Diego City Lakes Advisory Committee at about the time when we were adopting a plan to expand the recreational opportunities on our city lakes. At the meeting in which we voted to have a 6 month trial and evaluation program for sailing, the Supervisor of our City Lakes Program told us that there were several power lines that would have to be raised and he would have our Public Utilities Dept. take care of it.
If any of you are aware of any power lines that you believe are too low, Please report it!!!
If you're a sailboat dealer (any sailboat) and you have a store, please pass out fliers advising other boaters to report unsafe conditions:
Public Utilities Dept.; Your Mayor's office; Your City Council Member; County Supervisor; State Assemblyman or woman; State Senator.... If the lake is on Federal land, you can call your Congressman's or Senator's office; B.L.M.; Parks and Recreation; Dept. of the Interior: Write a letter to the editor of your newspaper - But please don't ignore it.
We're all responsible for keeping our recreational activities safe for the rest of us; not just ourselves and our families.
HobieCat used to put a sticker on our masts warning us of the possibility of electrocution from overhead power lines. I don't know if they still do that with CompTip masts.
Low power lines on our waterways where we sail and adjacent parking lots and launching areas are totally unacceptable!
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