Sunshine Skyway Launch is No More!
 

The Skyway Launch Area is Being Turned Into 10 Boat Ramps!

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http://www.observernews.net/artman/p...e_002012.shtml



Damm Boaters!

This is one of the best spots we have for kiting certain wind directions!

Any ideas to prevent this catastrophe???:confused:

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( Southside by the way , but maybe north is next )

Seems like if they do it at South Skyway, it would be less likely to be done on the north end.

Looks like there is still a lot for them to figure out. It's hard to imagine that they would actually build this right where we actually launch, right, or are they talking about filling that entire area in?

They mention servicing the potential ramp from the fishing pier access road. Hopefully that may indicate a ramp on the west side of the bridge.

It's a lot more protected and makes much more sense.
The public boat ramp situation is pretty bad, especially over on that side of the bay.

The hi-n-dry situation isn't much better. The owners are selling them to be converted to waterfront condos and dock-o-miniums. You obviously already know all of this, Bob. ;)

Thanks for the Heads up BigR. If they did pour the cement what would we do? Someone Pmail head of the Kite Media, RickI. Ebone you is a lawyer right?
Long live SW!

Common sense tells me they will put it on the gulf side.... that's where the channel is, and it's where everyone is going (to the beaches and the gulf). Maybe backside is toast.

Gotta Organize
 

hey all

where I grew up they were going to get rid of our windsurfing beach - we organized all the windsurfers and went to the city/county meetings - they had no idea they were even impacting us - we showed up in pretty large #s (over 40 men and women) - city/county ended up modifying their plans to ensure our access and use

we have this wonderful forum and it should be pretty easy to get everyone involved and ,after all, we are all tax payers funding this potential boat ramp thing, right?!

they probably have no clue kiters would be impacted

OS

It couldn't hurt to try oldschool's idea... If someone posts the time and place, I'm in...

A handful of kiters who are nothing but a liability, or a boat ramp for a hundred people who will buy gas, beer, and food... not a battle we can win unfortunately... money talks louder than words.

Have you seen the mobile home area over by the VA hospital? Fenced up and abandoned like a nuclear spill. A hundred or more people kicked out of their mobile homes and given $1500 in compensation.... just so that a new condo can be built for the northerners to live in a few months per year. Sad. Money is not our god.. or maybe it is. Big oil, big drugs, and now big real estate stomping on the little guy.

petition/ghandi "non-violent" protests