http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=125373@kcbs.dayport.com Pat catching the small waves inside Newport Harbor. He didn't get a fine, and the winds didn't blow 106mph, but yes, a 6 man canoe and an OC-1 did wipe out, desinigrate and sink.

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1. DeAnne,
   According to the OC Register today, the Harbor Patrol sent out two Fire rescue boats to a capsized OC-6 just outside the harbor entrance. They started to pull the boat in, but their tow rope broke, so they had the 6 guys from the boat swim to the rescue boats. They said their motors kept 'flaming out' because there were 14 to 17 foot waves. I didn't realize there is a $1000 fine for surfing inside the Harbor. Does that count when we ride the swells back in from the Harbor entrance?
   Posted by Bob Knight   on  01/24   at  10:38 AM
2. Hi Bob:
   I don't think you can get a fine on a ski. Its meant for surfers on surfboards, I think.
   Posted by DeAnne   on  01/25   at  11:16 AM
3. The act of surfing is not alowed in the harbor. You can paddle a board around as much as you want, STANDING on it while on a wave is against the law.
   
   For all you nit pickers out there... a surfboard is defined as any floatation device that has any combination of the following: a stringer, longer than 32", made of a hard substance, has fins or a skeg.
   
   Paddeling a surfski into waves is ok because we are not standing (surfing).
   
   That being said PLEASE DON'T be a tool and ruin it for everyone. If paddelers become a problem and constantly have to be rescued, they will change the law.
   
   KNOW YOUR LIMITS!
   Posted by Rich   on  01/25   at  10:25 PM

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