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From: SeaWolf (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 04 2003 - 19:37:05 EDT
"New" to sailing/cruising: is what was stated.
Quite easily understood.
And: As on Buoy Race Trophy Winner~ to
possibly another........... I say~
New to the concept of doing anything other than
that which I considered routine when racing various
one designs, catamarans, and class offshore yachts;
relative to the disposal of accumulated waste aboard.
Never on our Swans did we consider that disposal at
sea was a viable option. Nor when pushing the Maxis
to their beam end limits. Day on end thru those gales~
A Tornado has no stowage capability for trash either.
Hobies require you have pockets.
Flying hulls gather no moss!
Bagged ashore was it all.
Yet the ol' Lightning .... she'd stash a reasonable wee bit
in 'er forward reaches......
Yet when running an offing of say 65W with the 02S as
a sight..... down Trinidad way, ne'er understood was how
that damned trash was so much a'bother.
Sixty five feet became small.
Then once again after a slow one back from the Marquesas
bound Miraflores..... right staunch were we of odour!
81 foot o'trash compacter!
Steep Seas & Howlin' Gales~
Admiral SeaWolf
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Rick Bradshaw <> wrote:
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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