"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:32:02 -0400, Chuck Cox
said:

The fact is, the port authority does absolutely nothing for recreational
boating. There is not one public munipal or state dock
in NH that is open to recreational sailboats.. period.

Do you know about the Portsmouth municipal docks at Prescott Park?
I've docked there a few times and we were not the only sailboat. In
fact it is one of my favorite docks because it is cheap and within a
short walk of three excellent pubs. What more could you ask of a muni
dock?

Don't trouble him with facts. He's clearly not interested in them.
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Dave,, what is your problem? I am very familiar with the Prescott Park
docks,
and Portsmouth. Last winter I spoke to the harbor authority about these
docks
and the poor condition they were in.. That conversation was followed up
with a
contact to the NH governor's office and the city manager of Portsmouth. The
governor of NH saw so much wrong with what was going on that the port
authority
was brought under control of the Pease Developement Authority.

You can attack all you want ,, but I have been there,, meeting/speaking
asking the tough
questions about what and where the money which is supposed to go for
recreational
boating is being used for.

Facts: there is not one state owned recreational boat dock along the NH
coast. There are a
couple of commercial fishing docks.. the fishing coopertive in Portsmouth
NH went out of
business, disbanded last winter as the number of fishing boats got very
low... the state has
taken over the facility.