I agree that you need to find out what the specific law(s) are. Maybe they have some ridiculous law like the one here in the Keys that says you cannot launch a boat off the shore unless you are launching directly into 4 feet of water. It obviously was intended to refer to launching ramps where the water is supposed to be 4 feet deep at the bottom of the ramp. But some people, including a former county biologist, interpreted that to refer to launching off a beach, as well. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> She also said that it applies to sailboats, but not to sailboards.

Her adamant stand about this kept us from trying to buy a piece of property with beach that we wanted to use for a small sailing center, back in the early 1990's.