Having done this a few times on board ships, learned the hard way to put
the container holding the ashes on a long pole.
This allows you to get the container close to the water and away from
the hull, so that when you dump the ashes, they have less chance of
blowing up and back over the ship/boat, as there tend to be odd wind
currents around a hull.

Paul wrote:
I'm hoping I blow back into the cockpit and clog the scuppers ... just for
old times sake. ;-)

"Peggie Hall" wrote in message
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Richard Malcolm wrote:

Thanks everyone
it is great to hear you views.
besides thinking about my friend, I was actually thinking about it for
myself, but not until many, many more years of boating and living. I
am thinking of bagpipes, dixeland band and scatter ashes at sea.

Bagpipes at a memorial service...take the ashes out to sea with just a
few close friends...dixieland band at the party afterward.

Sounds like a plan to me!

Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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