First of all i have a question for lucky. I see you just joined sowal today so i assume you're somehow affiliated with sanctuary by the sea? It seems you joined to talk about this subject so please state your affiliation. Lucky do you know the definition of "mean high water mark". its the average high tide of the past 18.6 yrs. i looked at all sanctuarys 'legal documents" and there flawed as there not up to date. the documents are from 2004 i believe thus are out of date. lucky the whole pt of this conversation is greed, yes i say greed as the beach in front of sanctuary is massive and is basically very deserted and will always be that way. to stake a claim to an area that has so few people is pure greed. again this creates ill feelings among all who use the beach and can backfire. as i said people can put 100's of tents 10 yards in from the shore and create havoc. or maybe 100's neighbors of the preserve and redfish get together and all have boom boxes rumbling.at my home i have a walkway thats in my yard but i allow my neighbors to use it. do i have to? no but its the neighborly thing to do.i showed my father this today and he immediately called them greedy people. it angers people and belittles them like they're second class citizens. the beach is for all to use and enjoy. but again i blame the county for ever allowing the sale of beach area.the definition of mean high water is below. please tell me how anyone can enforce this without constant surveys.as the months and yrs wear on and thousands of renters blop on the "private" beach the sanctuary will give up. oh by the way if sanctuary is "private" why are the "public" walton county trash cans serviced by my tax dollars locate on your "land". last yr these trash cans were 20 yards further
to the left and right and not on the sanctuarys"private" property.i think the county must be informed of this.
(14) "Mean high water" means the average height of the high waters over a 19-year period. For shorter
periods of observation, "mean high water" means the average height of the high waters after corrections
are applied to eliminate known variations and to reduce the result to the equivalent of a mean 19-year
value.