"katysails" answered:
MC asked: what would you do?

I would have said something like "Excuse me, but it is illegal to pump
your sewage here. If you don't stop immediately, I will repoirt you to
the nearest authoity" Then I would plyg the holes made in my boat and
go report the a-hole.

I'll essentially ditto Katy. Tell him to stop. Stay and watch. If he
does, ok. If not, report him.

Frank

Is that what your boyfriend says about your armpits?

"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:37:54 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap:

Only you would smell it.

If it was sewage, you could smell it from five docks away, dumbass.


"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:03:15 +1300, MC wrote this
crap:

This weekend as I transporting gear to the car from the usual w/e away
I
noticed a powerboat running a small pump discharging what seemed to be
sewage in the marina. I made a loud cough but said nothing else. As I
walked along the pier I became annoyed with myself for not doing
anything else. It is prohibited to discharge untreated sewage within
500
m of shore -so what would you do?

You sure it was sewage? It might have been bilgewater, or something
out of his cooler. Did you smell it?




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MC wrote in message ...
This weekend as I transporting gear to the car from the usual w/e away I
noticed a powerboat running a small pump discharging what seemed to be
sewage in the marina. I made a loud cough but said nothing else. As I
walked along the pier I became annoyed with myself for not doing
anything else. It is prohibited to discharge untreated sewage within 500
m of shore -so what would you do?

Cheers


Here MC we have pumpout carts. That way If you do not want to pull
around to the pumpoff station you can wheel a cart around and pump out
on it than dump the cart at the pumpout. If you have the same perhaps
you should of brought him a cart. Or directed him to the pumpout
station. If he did not take a hint go back late at night and take a
big dump in his wheelhouse.

Joe
MSV RedCloud

Joe wrote:

MC wrote in message ...

This weekend as I transporting gear to the car from the usual w/e away I
noticed a powerboat running a small pump discharging what seemed to be
sewage in the marina. I made a loud cough but said nothing else. As I
walked along the pier I became annoyed with myself for not doing
anything else. It is prohibited to discharge untreated sewage within 500
m of shore -so what would you do?

Cheers



Here MC we have pumpout carts. That way If you do not want to pull
around to the pumpoff station you can wheel a cart around and pump out
on it than dump the cart at the pumpout. If you have the same perhaps
you should of brought him a cart. Or directed him to the pumpout
station. If he did not take a hint go back late at night and take a
big dump in his wheelhouse.



Now that's an intersting idea but the security cams might be a problem...

Cheers

MC said: Now that's an intersting idea but the security cams might be a =
problem...

"Blue moon, I saw you standing alone...."


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"katysails" wrote in message
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Donal asked: Is there a good reason why the discharge of raw sewage is
prohibited?

Good gravy, Doanl...that's disgusting. Kids swim in our marina. We swim
off our mooring. We fish off our boat and the kids at the Yacht Club fish
off the docks. You want to go slogging around in someone else's fresh
excrement be my guest, but keep it over in GB.


Ah! Nobody swims in our marina. Also, I never use the boat's head in
any marina either, apart from occasional liquid discharge in one of the
large French marinas, where the shoreside facilities are locked after 23:00
..

My question was genuine. Swimmers are a good reason to ban any discharge.

It is also possible that I see things a bit differently because we have a
good tidal range here. Most of the marinas that I visit have a complete
change of water twice a day.

I'm guessing here, but I'd say that 80% of the water gets replaced in
Portsmouth Harbour on a spring tide. Many of the French harbours dry
completely!



Regards

Donal
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Horvath wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:03:15 +1300, MC wrote this
crap:
You sure it was sewage? It might have been bilgewater, or something
out of his cooler. Did you smell it?

Certainly not. There were gallons being pumped... Since it was a glass
boat the bilgewater should be clean (unlike a rust bucket's bilge :-P)

Bing!!

We don't have many holding tanks here. It's totally illegal to empty a
holding tank within 2(??) miles of the shore.

I suspect that I would cough loudly. After that it would depend on the
appearance of the individual. If he looked like he could kick the crap out
of me, then I would smile politely and say "Nice boat!". If he looked like
a weasel, then I would politely ask if he was aware that pumping out a
holding tank carried a large fine.

Of course, hindsight is a great thing. In reality, most of us would walk on
because we need time to sift the information.



Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message
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We don't have many holding tanks here. It's totally illegal to empty a
holding tank within 2(??) miles of the shore.

I don't follow - are you saying its illegal to dump a holding tank, but it is
legal to direct discharge?

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:19:57 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap:

Is that what your boyfriend says about your armpits?

No. That's what your mommy says about you.

Only you would smell it.

If it was sewage, you could smell it from five docks away, dumbass.




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Oh wow. I'm so impressed by your sharp wit and big
tits.

"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:19:57 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap:

Is that what your boyfriend says about your armpits?

No. That's what your mommy says about you.

Only you would smell it.

If it was sewage, you could smell it from five docks away, dumbass.




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