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Re: [world-cruising] Dumping offshore!!

From: Rick Bradshaw (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 18:59:02 EDT

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    Somehow, I don't think 23 years racing round the buoys indicates
    someone who is new to sailing. Cruising perhaps. Certainly not
    sailing.

    Steve, what size boat do you have? How are you proposing to keep it
    all onboard while you are offshore? True, the amount of time spent
    offshore really isn't usually that long. Not more than about 30 days
    maximum unless you have a very small boat with, therefore, a low
    speed. I was just wondering if you have a "special" way of keeping it
    or minimizing the size and probably odors. I'm presuming that before
    you leave the dock or before you bring things onboard you transfer
    things from cardboard, and maybe glass, to plastic containers of
    different kinds and that these are used over and over again and not
    tossed out when they are empty. Also presuming that you use a
    permanent marker to indicate what is in those metal cans should the
    labels come off in the bilge. Sometimes, I've heard that cans will
    sometimes rust through (pin holes) and the contents will become
    contaminated. Do you have a preemptive cure for that? Would I be
    correct in saying that you plan to rinse out the empty cans and such
    after using and then crush them? What about the foam, paper, foil,
    etc. that you might use during cooking and such? Do you have a locker
    that is dedicated to trash and from which odors do not escape?

    Rick

    >What? What?
    >Was that what Vinnie used
    >to say?
    >Something like that.....
    >
    >Since you say you are "new" to
    >sailing/cruising, it becomes easier
    >to recognize your inexperience in
    >terms of ...... " packs .... smaller".
    >
    >I'll just steer well clear of your
    >hardy vessel when sighting her
    >off my weather beam, c'est tout ~
    >
    >
    >SeaWolf
    >~~~~~~~
    >
    >vinnie_barberino2000 <> wrote:
    >Greeting all , I am new to the group and to voyaging.I have spent 23
    >years swinging my yachts around the buoys and screaming at crew and
    >have decided to give it a rest(the bank balance that is)and go
    >cruising.I live on the Northern East Coast of New Zealand and
    >regulary see foreign rubbish washed up on shore or out in the
    >harbour.Why throw anything overboard?The packaging weighs less and
    >stores less than when you put it on board , it suprised me when I saw
    >this discussion.
    >It is amazing what you see floating out there.
    > Regards
    > Steve

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