Yeah, somebody who had a personal beef complained to the county that we were running a marina/business without permits (which we weren't). That started a whole process in which the county kept raising the bar for what we had to do to stay within perceived zoning regs. After a year of this they had caused just enough stink that the owner's caretaker evicted us. The community has never had anything bad to say about us, and we never had police problems or the like. The whole neighborhood is old time maritime, you're almost required to have a boat in your yard.

In this county, somebody completely reformed a small island and built a house complete with fake lighthouse and swimming pool without a single permit being filed and he gets to keep his house. Push a few boats into the water from a maritime zoned lot and you get evicted.

Fortunately the A-Cats and N-20s are now established as OD fleets at the WRSC and can store there (rumors are that the F-16s might try next). We have limited storage for other open class boats in another area (I believe the open class aspect is key to keeping this whole thing working). So the racing continues as long as it can! This will be our 20th year!

The CBM article is icing on what has been a great cake.