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boats
I fish out of Padnaram with a buddy of mine. I am amazed at the nice sailboats that are at anchor in the inner and outer harbor there. I can tell you that in some areas of the cape such as Nauset Light I have seen several hundred feet of lost to nature in the last 35 years. There used to be a small sandwich stand at Nauset that the Whiting family owned. Used to frequent it everyday. My buddies and I used to roam the outer cape and go surfing then at places no one knew of but now are extremely popular places. The bar in Wellfleet on the ocean just up from Newcombs Hollow beach when I was a kid still had dirt on the floor in the head. Now its a wildly popular place. When I was a kid anyone got serve there and I mean everyone. Marconi beach had yet to be born, while Marconi station was there the only beach access was along and old service road along the top of the dunes that was put in place to deliver stuff to the troops in the bunkers that have seen since been removed. We used to surf down the dunes and the n rides waves all day and walk back up the dunes dog tired. I used to travel to North Beach in Chatham before the split. Used to stay in a cabin that disappeared during the bad storm in February, 1978. My opinon is that fxd's do very little damage as compared to mother nature. They do exacerbate what nature does certainly, but it is minor in comparison.
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