Info for Chesapeakers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051105212.html

This is certainly an interesting step forward for such a beautiful area. The next step hopefully will be the reduction of raw sewage from industrial and municipal sources that feed directly into the bay. It can be done. My hometown of Hamilton ON was in much worse shape from decade of steel manufacturing with no discharge limits into the Bay, mind you not as large as the Chesapeake. Took about 30 years to recover and today the area is a premier fishery for various trout species of which freshwater carp are the greatest source of income netting approx 1500/week/fisherman mostly from Europe who come to catch fish in the 35-45lb class. Unheard of in Europe and generally not accessible to local sportsmen. Sailing has returned as well with new water front developments that operates both on a non profit and for profit basis. Congratulations to all who participated as this is both a natural and historical resource one of few remaining on the eastern seaboard of the US. Best regards /ch

Chris, That's really a shame. We'll have to go to China's Yellow River, or Hungary's Danube to fall overboard from our Cals to land in truly stinky polluted toxic water. Used to be in America you could do that anywhere you wanted, except maybe reservoirs. When I was at Rutgers the Sophomores took delight in capsizing the 13' Alpha dinghies, scampering over the side of the boat, dry as a bone, and sail off leaving the Freshman well initiated, treading water. It took half a week for the stink to come out of your skin. I wonder what American Cynide was dumping in the river? Good American Cynide? Our river running by the campus, the Raritan, mean "pure waters" in the local Lene Lenape language. In Colonial and post Revolutionary times sailing ships would come up the river and fill their water tanks before crossing the Atlantic. Jerry --- On Fri, 10/8/10, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com> wrote: From: chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Info for Chesapeakers To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 9:24 PM This is certainly an interesting step forward for such a beautiful area. The next step hopefully will be the reduction of raw sewage from industrial and municipal sources that feed directly into the bay. It can be done. My hometown of Hamilton ON was in much worse shape from decade of steel manufacturing with no discharge limits into the Bay, mind you not as large as the Chesapeake. Took about 30 years to recover and today the area is a premier fishery for various trout species of which freshwater carp are the greatest source of income netting approx 1500/week/fisherman mostly from Europe who come to catch fish in the 35-45lb class. Unheard of in Europe and generally not accessible to local sportsmen. Sailing has returned as well with new water front developments that operates both on a non profit and for profit basis. Congratulations to all who participated as this is both a natural and historical resource one of few remaining on the eastern seaboard of the US. Best regards /ch

Now, hopefully, this agreement can be used as a model to set up a similar zone for the Hudson River and Raritan Bay. There was nothing more disgusting nor unhealthy than being in Liberty Landing Marina the day after a rain storm and the over-run, poorly designed sewage system of Jersey City was dumped directly into the Hudson through the Morristown Canal. The stench and garbage (condoms, tp, etc.) remained in the marina through two or three days of tide cycles following every large rain. Thoroughly unacceptable in this day and age of completely efficient sewage treatment facility design that is available to every municipality in this country. We went on vacation many times on our boat from this area. We never swam in the Hudson until we were north of the Pallisades Sill in New Jersey. And come to think of it, our cruise to Long Island Sound was tainted by the warning from the yacht club we visited to never swim in the waters surrounding their estuary as the communities that surrounded them inadequately treated their waste. Of course, their pumpout was "broken" and we had to wait till we returned to LLM to pump out our holding tank. Don Dutton, 1986 Cal 33-2, "Quantum Evolution" "Twenty Years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ........Mark Twain From: chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 9:24:10 PM Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Info for Chesapeakers This is certainly an interesting step forward for such a beautiful area. The next step hopefully will be the reduction of raw sewage from industrial and municipal sources that feed directly into the bay. It can be done. My hometown of Hamilton ON was in much worse shape from decade of steel manufacturing with no discharge limits into the Bay, mind you not as large as the Chesapeake. Took about 30 years to recover and today the area is a premier fishery for various trout species of which freshwater carp are the greatest source of income netting approx 1500/week/fisherman mostly from Europe who come to catch fish in the 35-45lb class. Unheard of in Europe and generally not accessible to local sportsmen. Sailing has returned as well with new water front developments that operates both on a non profit and for profit basis. Congratulations to all who participated as this is both a natural and historical resource one of few remaining on the eastern seaboard of the US. Best regards /ch