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Ed Tillett's piece is carried also today by Cruising World Magazine https://www.cruisingworld.com/story/destinations/progress-on-georgia-anchoring-situation/

Thanks Sea Duction: Indeed we are working closely with Lee Gatts of the NMMA. We need the Georgia Bill HB 833 passed before May and intend to do everything we can to push it through.

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON GA ANCHORING ISSUE Thanks to all who have supported our effort to establish the Georgia Anchoring Advocacy fund to retain Scott Draper, a professional lobbyist. We have reached 63% of our funding goal in a matter of days with your help. In less than a week Scott has come...

Slow: I couldn't agree more. Georgia's coast is a national treasure. This article from a few years ago, summed it up nicely for many of us. https://www.cruisingworld.com/georgia-on-my-mind/

News of the Georgia Anchoring Laws continue to spread outside the US. Noonsite, known by many in the international cruising community and sister site to worldcruising.com, who organize the ARC Rallies has now issued a warning to cruisers to be wary of the new laws which are now a criminal...

Ironically, when the GA DNR did their required "Economic Impact Analysis" on House Bill 201, they stated it may be revenue accretive for the marinas. The full document can be found here...

Boat location. So if you anchor off St Mary's, keep your swing to the FL side!

I feel for the marinas (but not for MT rude comment) as I feel they will actually lose money with boaters voting to bypass Ga. Robert Sherer (aka Bob423) conducted a poll over on his FB page and 77% of respondents said they would 'go around'. Marinas, yards, restaurants, chandleries along Ga...

Thanks for your support. The URL is specific to the Georgia Advocacy Fund. The AGLCA accountants are tracking this separately.

That is quite an unfortunate message to send out. When HB201 was scribed, an "economic impact analysis" was performed, and GA DNR thought it may steer more business to the marinas. Link to full docs: (image of relevant page attached)...

Indeed, the Facebook Group "Save Georgia's Anchorages" is closing in on 1200 members. Some good info there, where I am a moderator. Come join the discussion - I know some Trawler Forum members are there. https://www.facebook.com/groups/SaveGeorgiasAnchorages/

We now have a registered lobbyist in Atlanta, thanks to the Georgia Anchoring Advocacy Fund that has been setup.

In the last 24hrs, more organizations have stepped forward making a commitment for financial support. These are: In the last day, we've received additional commitments for financial support from: America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA) Cruisers' Net DeFever Cruisers Facebook Group...

As you've heard, last year's House Bill 201 became law on 1/1/2020 and now Georgia has the distinction of having the nation's most restrictive anchoring laws, stripping away the right to freely navigate on the waters the state holds in public trust. This impacts not only Georgia boaters but...

Tim: If you're looking for descriptions of the anchorages, go to the usual sources like Waterway Guide, Active Captain and Cruisers' Net. If you're looking for where anchoring overnight is now disallowed, go to the GA DNR website where they have the zones available as an overlay "as a guide"...

House Bill 201 was passed and signed into law in 2019, effective 1/1/2020. There is a House Bill 833 being put forward currently in 2020. It is written to have an effective date of 1/1/2021. This bill must first gain support and pass in order to "fix" the current laws in effect for 2020...

Yes, several of Rep Hogan's statements were factually incorrect.

Legislators must rely on subject matter experts and lobbyists to understand what is put before them, I get that. But how did House Bill get overwhelming support in the House (Yea 162 Nay 1 NV 8 Exc 9) and Senate (Yea 45 Nay 0 NV 4 Exc 7)? (Ref...

How big is a 1000ft semi circle anyway? I wrote this opinion piece and sent to several cruiser oriented publications: Taking The Bat and The Ball & Going Home So my friend James Newsome (co founder of Facebook Group “Save Georgia’s Anchorages” ) and I were ruminating about the impact of a...

Frosty: Thank you for reading all 8 pages. My colleagues told me it was too long to send to a legislator, but I guess I had a lot to say, as there's a lot wrong with this whole thing. I was grateful Waterway Guide ran it.

BoatUS Press Release Today 2/6/20 (Credit: Craig Rowdon "Boaters Under Fire In Georgia") Boat US has issued a strong statement against the GA Anchoring Laws. Please read here: https://www.boatus.com/news-room/release/boatus-calls-on-georgia-governor-to-fix-draco

Thanks Larry for sharing that opinion piece I wrote and Waterway Guide published. I'm new to TF. I joined to learn more about Trawlers - currently a sailor, but we all know time marches on. I got involved with this GA thing as it just did not seem "right". Those of you on Facebook might be...