. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. bookcases or hanging baskets for her to use as stowage. The situation is similar at Andy and Suzan's. Even with 800 square feet of space, it seems they always need more. The closets are packed, and things are tucked here and there all over the house. Residents never hesitate to tell visitors one other thing about the boat yard—it has a monster. The il- lusive Masonboro Monster lurks underneath the boats that moor there, grasps onto them and never lets them go. Sailors come intending to stay only a night or
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. bookcases or hanging baskets for her to use as stowage. The situation is similar at Andy and Suzan's. Even with 800 square feet of space, it seems they always need more. The closets are packed, and things are tucked here and there all over the house. Residents never hesitate to tell visitors one other thing about the boat yard—it has a monster. The il- lusive Masonboro Monster lurks underneath the boats that moor there, grasps onto them and never lets them go. Sailors come intending to stay only a night or two and end up docking for years. People take trips and come back, and others come back seasonally. Bob Pierce was one of those who became perma- nently entangled in the tentacles of the monster. He first came to the boat yard in 1972 when he and his wife were sailing the coast. They liked the place so much that every time they traveled by it they would stop and stay awhile. When Pierce and his wife stop- ped sailing, the tides carried them back to Masonboro, where they built their floating home. "We had been cruising, and we'd been on the water for 14 or 15 years," Pierce says. "We liked being on the water. We liked waterfront property, but we Photo by Kathy Hart. Mary Jo Bennett didn't like to rake leaves or mow the ; Like Pierce, "People just keep coming back," says Mary Jo. "Yes, that's the charm of the ; —Sarah Friday New wave in housing Regulating life on the water Most people prefer to live on dry land. But others like a wetter environment. They'll choose a house that rolls with the swells over one on solid ground any day. More people are moving into floating homes as a way to obtain low- cost waterfront housing. But the in- crease is causing some headaches for state and local governments as they struggle to regulate waterborne hous- ing. At the base of the struggle lie three main questions: what is a floating home,
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