Re: Safe relief, was..Re: [Cal_Boats] wear your PFD (John)

I don't have any personal knowledge to back this up but I was told by a friend who looked into it that was legal to piss off the side of the boat but if you flushed that same piss thru the head and into the water that it was illegal on the Chesapeake. Paul West Adventure Kwest '80 Cal 39 In a message dated 2/1/2010 2:12:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dn… [at] sbcglobal.net writes: I simply assumed we were only talking about when it was legal to go overboard. When in the SF Bay I always use my holding tank. We have two very easily accessed pumpouts in our marina that are self use. I don't believe in polluting inland waters. However, in Jersey City, my point was that it wouldn't have mattered much considering the huge volume dumped by the city into the Hudson. Our marina did not have pumpout -- it was there, but never worked. Donald Dutton, 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: "jraxter@triad. "jr<jr… [at] triad.jraxte> To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou C Sent: Mon, February 1, 2010 9:22:17 AM Subject: Re: Safe relief, was..Re: [Cal_Boats] wear your PFD OK, I hate to bring up fed regs, even though I have been guilty my self. (g) Peeing over the side may be the only discharge overboard choice. The only law (unless three miles offshore) would be indecent exposure) Peeing into a vessel would constitute discharging a sanitation devise overboard At least that is the way I understand the "rules". YMMV John

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, pw… [at] aol.com <pw… [at] aol.com> wrote: I don't have any personal knowledge to back this up but I was told by a friend who looked into it that was legal to piss off the side of the boat but if you flushed that same piss thru the head and into the water that it was illegal on the Chesapeake. I can just imagine the head policeman in wetsuit, fins, and scuba, swimming along the bottom of your boat with a salinity test kit, examining the conductivity of the water at your head outlet with a waterproof ohm meter, just waiting to roust you! All I can say is, make sure you're read your Miranda rights if you're busted, or that your jail cell has a PC with internet so you can tell us about it. Sounds like a novel topic for next week's exciting episode of "Sea Hunt". My, how times have changed! Jerry _

maybe its legal to just empty your ballast instead of just pissing over the side --- On Tue, 2/2/10, Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: Gerald Sobel <so… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Safe relief, was..Re: [Cal_Boats] wear your PFD(pwestla) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 1:21 AM --- On Mon, 2/1/10, pwestla@aol. com <pwestla@aol. com> wrote: I don't have any personal knowledge to back this up but I was told by a friend who looked into it that was legal to piss off the side of the boat but if you flushed that same piss thru the head and into the water that it was illegal on the Chesapeake. I can just imagine the head policeman in wetsuit, fins, and scuba, swimming along the bottom of your boat with a salinity test kit, examining the conductivity of the water at your head outlet with a waterproof ohm meter, just waiting to roust you! All I can say is, make sure you're read your Miranda rights if you're busted, or that your jail cell has a PC with internet so you can tell us about it. Sounds like a novel topic for next week's exciting episode of "Sea Hunt". My, how times have changed! Jerry _