Photo: Dave Dumas drops the anchor on his yacht, Kinship, outside his home. Dumas was charged with violating the city's anchoring ordinance in January, but the charges have since been dropped and the ordinance declared unconstitutional by a judge. The city filed recently to appeal that ruling, which will send the case higher into the courts, and cast a wider net across Florida municipalities struggling with how to regulate boaters. - Marco, FL

Dave Dumas drops the anchor on his yacht, Kinship, outside his home. Dumas was charged with violating the city's anchoring ordinance in January, but the charges have since been dropped and the ordinance declared unconstitutional by a judge. The city filed recently to appeal that ruling, which will send the case higher into the courts, and cast a wider net across Florida municipalities struggling with how to regulate boaters.

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