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Originally Posted by JakeF
Just curious what the swimmer was charged with? Last I heard it was still legal to swim in the ocean.  I don't know the details of this story, but if a guy wants to climb out on a rock for a breather and someone calls the Coasties on him thinking he's stranded, that's not his fault. Just sayin.... |
Jake,
I read the story - apparantly it's not legal to swim in the state park areas that are not beaches and Brenton Point park falls into this catagory. This guy put lots of people at risk to attempt a rescue that was not needed. He was fined by DEM. The article did say that scuba divers were excepted from the law(but divers must display a diving flag). Sounds like if your gonna skish - better tow a diving flag.
DZ