None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?

Messing In Boats wrote:
None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?

None that I'm aware of.

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"
http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

None. You can dump directly overboard. As a matter of fact you
will be hard pressed to find a pumpout. As you correctly surmise,
dumping in an anchorage is bad manners. Many of the anchorages
are pretty open so things get swept away quickly. More enclosed
anchorages like Marsh Harbor, Hopetown, etc are pretty much
open sewers anyway just due to the town waste in addition to the
many anchored boats.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Messing In Boats" wrote in message
...
None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?

SWIM CALL!! ALL HANDS FOR SWIM CALL!!........(c;



On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:57:36 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

None. You can dump directly overboard. As a matter of fact you
will be hard pressed to find a pumpout. As you correctly surmise,
dumping in an anchorage is bad manners. Many of the anchorages
are pretty open so things get swept away quickly. More enclosed
anchorages like Marsh Harbor, Hopetown, etc are pretty much
open sewers anyway just due to the town waste in addition to the
many anchored boats.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Messing In Boats" wrote in message
...
None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?





Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

If the e-coli doesn't get you a dingy or a ferry will

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
SWIM CALL!! ALL HANDS FOR SWIM CALL!!........(c;



On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:57:36 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

None. You can dump directly overboard. As a matter of fact you
will be hard pressed to find a pumpout. As you correctly surmise,
dumping in an anchorage is bad manners. Many of the anchorages
are pretty open so things get swept away quickly. More enclosed
anchorages like Marsh Harbor, Hopetown, etc are pretty much
open sewers anyway just due to the town waste in addition to the
many anchored boats.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Messing In Boats" wrote in message
...
None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the
Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?





Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

If the e-coli doesn't get you a dingy or a ferry will

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
SWIM CALL!! ALL HANDS FOR SWIM CALL!!........(c;



On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:57:36 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

None. You can dump directly overboard. As a matter of fact you
will be hard pressed to find a pumpout. As you correctly surmise,
dumping in an anchorage is bad manners. Many of the anchorages
are pretty open so things get swept away quickly. More enclosed
anchorages like Marsh Harbor, Hopetown, etc are pretty much
open sewers anyway just due to the town waste in addition to the
many anchored boats.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Messing In Boats" wrote in message
...
None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the
Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?





Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

SWIM CALL!! ALL HANDS FOR SWIM CALL!!........(c;



On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:57:36 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

None. You can dump directly overboard. As a matter of fact you
will be hard pressed to find a pumpout. As you correctly surmise,
dumping in an anchorage is bad manners. Many of the anchorages
are pretty open so things get swept away quickly. More enclosed
anchorages like Marsh Harbor, Hopetown, etc are pretty much
open sewers anyway just due to the town waste in addition to the
many anchored boats.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Messing In Boats" wrote in message
...
None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?





Larry W4CSC

"Very funny, Scotty! Now, BEAM ME MY CLOTHES! KIRK OUT!"

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Messing In Boats wrote:

None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?

The only place I saw anything said about discharge was Highbourne Cay
marina basin where any discharge was forbidden. They also had no
pumpout and no shore toilets.


grandma Rosalie

When I picked up my boat in Abaco two summers ago I was told there
were no regs. , but it was appropriate to go to the middle of the Sea
of Abaco and grind and dump enroute. Seemed like a shame, such a
pretty place. We ended up going outside for a deep water sail and
dumped out there.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:53:07 -0600, Messing In Boats
wrote:

None of the cruising guides I bought for my upcoming trip to the Bahamas
tell me anything about whether I can use my macerator there. Of course
I'm not going to use it in anchorages or populated areas but are there
any regulations about this?

Most of the boats have a Y-valve and just discharge wherever they happen to
be anchored - As a result it is unwise and likely unpleasant to take a swim
in most of those picturesque Bahama anchorages


"Frank Boettcher" wrote
When I picked up my boat in Abaco two summers ago I was told there
were no regs. , but it was appropriate to go to the middle of the Sea
of Abaco and grind and dump enroute. Seemed like a shame, such a
pretty place. We ended up going outside for a deep water sail and
dumped out there.