May 17, 1980 Sail Bay has been open to the public for many years, but it wasn’t always so. Many homeowners had private docks and patios on public land. In 1980 a master plan was for all the private docks and piers to go to make way for a new ten-foot extension of Bayside Walk. The plan called for one hundred new parking places and recreational facilities in the area. Proponents of the plan said that after almost 50 years of almost exclusive private use, it was about time to make it public. Paula Zahn filed this report.