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that you can hardly miss hitting one at times, because we might just have 1000 manatees visit there every year. Mr. Kramer asked by a show of hands how many marina dealers in attendance today are in favor of having boat operators licensed. Seeing none, he assumed no one was interested because it cuts down boat sales, and he didn't feel that is cooperation. Casey Lynn stated that he was not in favor of licensing, but was heavily in favor of education and enforcement. Mr. Kramer understood that the State of New Hampshire pulls your car license if you don't obey the marine rules. Don Kenny, dock master at the Sea Oaks Yacht Club, advised that the Sea Oaks community and the Sea Oaks Yacht Club support the waterskier's right and privilege to use the Indian River at the Narrows, and applaud the County's recognition of the difference between boat speed and boat wake and also their recognition that boat wake is the cause of the erosion along that shoreline. However, they wish to ask that a maximum speed limit be set within the Narrows in order to protect the boaters and the waterskiers from the high performance, cigarette -type boats. Mr. Kenny felt that representatives of all the users of the river should be appointed to the committee that will be recommending the boating safety regulations, which would include representatives from the sail boaters, waterskiers, and recreational fishermen. Rick Giteles, vice chairman of the Sebastian Inlet Taxing District Advisory Committee, requested that before a non -site specific recommendation is made for the St. Sebastian River, the Board take a good hard look at the interim proposal that the Sebastian Inlet Advisory Board has come up with. He felt the uniqueness of the north and the south forks and the east and west regions of the river need to be addressed. Commissioner Bird asked if his suggestion for a slow speed J zone in the St. Sebastian River westward from the U.S. #1 bridge ` 990 BOOK d � � 5 0 J