In my town of Wantagh/Seaford there's no regulation that prohibits it. Go a mile or two East, to Massapequa and its a different situation - or so I’m told. Might have to do with Wantagh/Seaford being so heavily thought of as a waterfront community.
Years ago I had one uppity neighbor surreptitiously attempt to recruit some of my other neighbors into filing some some sort of complaint. That went nowhere, as I keep a good amount of them in fresh fish. Plus a bunch of them are admirers of the Lep, and enjoy chit-chatting with me every Spring, during my annual Spring spiffing - and are very good friends with my wife as well.
So in frustration (I guess) the wanna-be “ring leaders” went all alone to the 7th Precinct, where they were told “the way the cow eats the cabbage” here in Wantagh, regarding this subject. Case closed.
The funny part is they think I don’t know what they tried to do. They talk “Patty-cake” nice with me, when they see me. Yeah, real authentic people. Regardless, I do try to stay on otherwise good terms with them. No sense in being antagonistic - though one day I WILL tell them what I think of them and their antics, and in no uncertain terms too.
What did LBJ used to say? “Better to have your enemies inside the tent peeing out, rather than outside the tent peeing in.” As a professional salesman, that’s just one of the many mottos I live by.
As far as putting a hardtop on her, I passed on that option when I first bought and fish-rigged her 25 years ago. Stability while drifting in an ocean trough was one of my prime objectives, that’s why I bought a keeled inboard in the first place. Putting several hundred pounds of fiber-glassed plywood up high would seriously detract from an 8’-beamed boat’s stability, whilst drifting in a bad ocean. Which unfortunately, happens all too often.
Years ago I had one uppity neighbor surreptitiously attempt to recruit some of my other neighbors into filing some some sort of complaint. That went nowhere, as I keep a good amount of them in fresh fish. Plus a bunch of them are admirers of the Lep, and enjoy chit-chatting with me every Spring, during my annual Spring spiffing - and are very good friends with my wife as well.
So in frustration (I guess) the wanna-be “ring leaders” went all alone to the 7th Precinct, where they were told “the way the cow eats the cabbage” here in Wantagh, regarding this subject. Case closed.
The funny part is they think I don’t know what they tried to do. They talk “Patty-cake” nice with me, when they see me. Yeah, real authentic people. Regardless, I do try to stay on otherwise good terms with them. No sense in being antagonistic - though one day I WILL tell them what I think of them and their antics, and in no uncertain terms too.
What did LBJ used to say? “Better to have your enemies inside the tent peeing out, rather than outside the tent peeing in.” As a professional salesman, that’s just one of the many mottos I live by.
As far as putting a hardtop on her, I passed on that option when I first bought and fish-rigged her 25 years ago. Stability while drifting in an ocean trough was one of my prime objectives, that’s why I bought a keeled inboard in the first place. Putting several hundred pounds of fiber-glassed plywood up high would seriously detract from an 8’-beamed boat’s stability, whilst drifting in a bad ocean. Which unfortunately, happens all too often.
Merry Christmas and Happ Holidays!
