what is absolutely effing remarkable Wouter is that not only do I know the difference between socialism and communism, but its not actually private ownership of the land that restricts beach access. Its the local city and county ordinances that are in place that don't allow boats OF ANY TYPE to be launched from the beach. This is to prevent the stanard domestic variety southern redneck from driving his big rig loaded down with jetskis on the beach and starting his own little game of "hit the innocent swimmer".

In fact, everytime I've either
A) Asked permission from a private landowner to use his/her property or
B) Rented a room (aka a hotel or resort) from the landowner

I've had absolutely zero problems launching from the beach. We may be a litigous society, but as long as you're careful, respectful of the land owners, and leave things the way they were before you got there, stuff is just fine around here.

So you see, in the grand scheme of things, at least ancedotally, its not private ownership of land that has restricted beach access, its actually been the babysitting government that has made our lives inconvenient because of the actions of the few inconsiderate and stupid amongst us.

I'm glad you live in a socialist utopia over there. Keep it over there and we wont have any problems ok?