Floating Docks

[Pippen]

Can a person just drop an anchor and have a floating dock anywhere they choose?

There are now two of them in and among the trailer park of squatter boats by the Maritime Museum.

 

[beemer]

No , docks are not considered vessels. Good luck finding anyone to enforce the shitshow that passes as Transport Canada "rules".

 

[agentaqua]

My understanding is that if it is only anchored - and not a hazard to navigation - and not subject to by-laws or regs from the Canada Ports Act or the Transport Canada Vessel Restriction regs - yes is the short answer.

Shore tenure and tie-up is a separate and Provincial issue. Fish habitat referrals to DFO is another.

 

[ziggy]

File a complaint with Transport Canada. Nothing might happen, but if you don’t complain you can be sure nothing will happen. If they have a formal complaint it’s tougher to ignore and frankly they probably don’t have the manpower to find problems on their own.

 

[beemer]

Yes technically you are right AgentAqua , The dock cannot be attached to the seabed with a mooring chain only an anchor and be there for a short period of time. (that period was defined by the BC supreme court as 4 days of the month).
But the reality is people are setting up floating homes for all the obvious reasons , and no one is enforcing the actual rules. here is some reading regarding the issues if anyone is interested.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...wn-land-uses/residential-uses/private-moorage

https://www.leaguelaw.com/posts/regulated-private-mooring/

 

[Dogbreath]

There are now two of them in and among the trailer park of squatter boats by the Maritime Museum.

And come the first good November blow they'll be on the beach.

 

[sixohfour]

Wouldn’t a random dock anchored in an unexpected location without appropriate lights be considered a Hazard to Navigation?