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From: John Titterton (no email)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 05:53:48 EDT
Ron,
I delivered a 34' Lyle Hess Channel Cutter from southern Africa to Ft
Lauderdale earlier this year. During the leg from the south Atlantic to
Grenada we came across the odd item that somebody had dumped overboard -
mostly plastic in content. From Grenada onwards, the trash that we came
across was frightening, consisting of anything from bottles, plastic
bags and containers, waxed boxes, floating rope and nets with buoys
still attached to whole vegetables. At the moment the sea appears to be
a huge dumping site - not nice for the next cruiser!
On board we had 2 litre plastic cooldrink bottles. After the contents
was consumed we kept a few for cold water and the remainder were used as
storage for compacted garbage. All plastic bags and wrappings and paper
wrappings were stuffed into the bottles until the bottle was full and
the cap put on - it can then be stored in a cool place and will not
leave odours in the boat. Cans are washed out and crushed. Vegetables
and other perishables that had passes their "sell-by date" were cut into
small chunks and fed to the fish - never dump whole vegetables overboard
as salt water "pickles" most of them and they do not break down for a
long long time. Left-overs from meals are dumped overboard. On
deliveries we do have the odd glass bottle on board and these are dumped
overboard, but sealed and with a note inside - some fun for the crew -
but in the 10 years I have been doing deliveries, I have never had a
reply to any "letter in a bottle". Paper, if not stuffed into cooldrink
bottles, is kept in extra thick garbage bags. All the stored garbage is
then brought ashore at the first available landing where there is a
facility to dispose of it.
You will find at most foreign ports of call that the customs officer
will want to know what vegetables, meats and other perishables are on
board and if you intend to dispose of anything in their country. Some
countries are more strict than others but please remember, irrelevant of
the attitude of the customs officer or the begging of citizens of the
country, never sell or dump any vegetable or seed in a foreign land.
Declare such items and tell the customs officer that you have, for
instance, a sack of onions, you need to dispose of and let them send the
goods off to be incineratored.
My 2 cents worth.
John Titterton
Cape Town
-----Original Message-----
From: ron 'coyote' lussier [mailto:]
Sent: 29 July 2003 19:51
To:
Subject: [world-cruising] Dumping offshore
Hey there,
What is the consensus on dumping refuse more than 25nm offshore? I
know that plastic is verbotten, but how do people feel about other
sorts of refuse, such as cans or paper?
I'm ramping up to my first serious cruise, and I'm wondering how best
to deal with these things.
Ron Lussier
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