Well said, Norm. I feel that one of the reasons why Boot Key Harbor at Marathon is so successful is that they provide two excellent pump out boats that visit every mooring twice a week to offer pumpouts. With that kind of coverage, having a "no discharge" zone almost makes sense. I say "almost" because I'm convinced that the outflow from our LectraSan does nothing to hurt the water quality. I believe that boats equipped with them or similar devices should be exempted from no discharge zone rules.
Unfortunately, Boot Key is the exception in our experience. Brunswick Landing Marina at Brunswick, GA is a great marina but it's also a great example of how *not* to run a pumpout service. For nearly three hundred boats in slips, their ONLY pumpout service provided by the marina is *one*cart-mounted pump powered by a lawnmower engine. While we were docked there recently, the motor wouldn't start and the tires on the cart were flat. It was a sick joke. Many of our fellow cruisers had been there for months and I know that a a lot of them were pumping overboard -- they had no choice. The water around the marina was, well, disgusting. Until the federal and state environmental police start *requiring* marinas to provide realistic pumpout services similar to what Boot Key provides, it's going to be very hard for me to take their rules very seriously. Phil McGovern s/v Sunshine On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Norm of Bandersnatch < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I believe unattended boats should be allowed for. A boat should have the > right to exist at anchor whether someone is aboard or not. > > The courts have ruled consistently that it is not allowed to run the > "undesirables" out of town, forcing them to go elsewhere. I think that > should apply to everyone, livaboards, full-time cruisers and simply anchored > boats. > > One giant problem is Condo developers buying up all the marinas, as in > Sarasota, throwing all the tenants out, building condos on the shore > adjacent to the former marina, then selling condos and dock spaces together. > > The boats that were ejected from the marina must go to anchor. There must > be a place for them > > If there are specific issues, such as the potty problem then these issues > can be addressed as they have been with great sucess in Marathon. > Composting toilets and treatment devices such as the LectraSan have shown > themselves to be far less polluting that shoreside facilities over and over. > > My basic outlook is that *everyone* should have a place to go where they > will be safe and free from persecution. > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* bella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 10/22/2008 3:01:35 PM > *Subject:* [Liveaboard] Redrafting of Proposed new FL anchoring rules... > amust read.. > > Bold my highlighting... > > Important - Proposed Florida Statewide Anchorage/Mooring Regulations May > Be Redrafted > [image: > Print]<http://www.cruisersnet.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4733&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=440> > [image: > E-mail]<http://www.cruisersnet.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=emailform&id=4733> > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >
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