Environmental reasons ... that is outrageous. These are the sample
people who would think nothing of clearing their land of healthy trees
and bushes to grow grass, place chemicals on their lawns to kill bugs,
use other chemicals that could harm wildlife, and otherwise alter the
environment around their own homes ... and they complain about the mud
being disturbed by a chain ???

I bet many of these people will also dump the batteries from their
games, camera',s etc, in the garbage, rather than recycling them and
preventing the toxins from entering the environment.

Dan

luc wrote:
there is another issue boiling a few miles farther east, in Peconic
Bay. I've been hanging out there since I was a kid, and people always
anchored in front of the Yacht Club, if you can call it that. It's a
quaint little building, with no hot water, and only a toilet and one
sink. No bar, no kitchen, etc., etc. Actually very nice in many
respects.

Anyway, it was rumored that they wanted to get rid of the anchored
sailboats in front of the club. This action was proposed by someone in
local government. Their reasoning was environmental. Someone looked
at ariel photographs of the site, and noticed that the chains were
leaving circles where sealife that lives on the bay floor was being
scraped away by the chains. Considering the size of the bay, and the
relatively minor size of the scraped areas, I can't believe it is doing
much damage, but looking for a reason to deny sailors the right to
anchor is what some people want to do.

just thought I'd pass that on, to let folks know what maybe coming.
Let's hope not. and furthermore, if it comes up in your area, fight it!