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	Name:	Pier Pressure -
	Subject:	private property
	Date:	2/18/2008 1:51:16 PM

About 4 years ago my family and another family got caught on the water during a pretty nasty storm (4th of July weekend). I couldn't see 20 feet. I had my family get out of the rain into the cuddie, but my buddies boat was a bowrider and they had nowhere to go. We pulled up to the first dock we came to and another boat was already there. It was a large dock. I asked them if it were their dock and their reply was "It's ours until the rain slows" with a smile. We tied off momentarily until the rain slowed down a little and we were off agian. What would you say to people coming to your dock to get away from danger? I also had an experience where my battery cable was just loose enough that the engine shut off and wouldn't start. It took me 30 minutes or so to realize it, and by that time I had drifted onto someones dock. These things happen. I wonder what the rule is as far as right-of-way. Of course you build and maintain it so there is ownership rights, but since it is over public water surely there is a legal standing somewhere. Does anyone know of the law which mentions this?