Bob wrote:
So have any of you right to dump guys ever actually lived around a
ship yard? Try traveling around southern TX or LA. What a hell hole.
The water in Morgan City, LA was the only drinking water that gave me
heart burn. Sure ya can kill the biologicals and filter out the big
stuff ............ but if you ever been on the lower mississippi river
I dare you to drink the stuff out of the tap.

So you know how much **** over 50 years has ended up in the water with
a yard on it?
Lets start with the red lead, Cu , arsenic, asbestos etc to name a few.
Oh, how about sand blasting the bridges. 1000s of pounds of zinc and
bridge paint falling into the estuary (that means bay for you smart
right to dump guys) ........Now that makes for some tasty clams.

Do not get me wrong. I worked offshore out of Patterson/ Morgan City,
LA, my now 85 year old mother welded at two ship yards, and my step dad
commercial fished the west cost for 30 years.
Boat yards are a very ugly places. I say, flange em up and keep them
clean.

But I guess you yachties dont see the need because your pretty boats
dont make a mess. Instead of hiring some mexican for $8/hr to sand your
bottom grab some 40 grit and go to it yourself for 16 hours and let me
know how "clean" a yard is.
bob

You're describing practices, (such as sandblasting into the bay), that
have been out of practice for a long time. If your mom is 85, you're
probably retired by now. Get out to a local boatyard and see how times
have changed since you last dumped everything into the water and
figured that was probably "good enough."