I think the marina manger would have a problem with that
The other thing I could do is dissasemble the frame out of the sofa to
lighten it but I still like the over board route, much less to deal with.
I wonder if it would be illegal.

"LaBomba182" wrote in message
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Subject: Can I dump my boat sofa in the chesapeake bay?
From: "Scott Downey"

It is large heavy and ugly.
I was thinking of going into 40 foot or deeper water and heaving it over
the
side. Does anyone have a problem with this?

Not me.

In a few years the metal frame would be gone and of course the wood and
cloth would rot as well. It is an old sleep sofa and IMO, too hard to lug
back up the dock.

Why not just leave it on the dock and let it rot there.

Capt. Bill

"Scott Downey" wrote in message
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It is large heavy and ugly.

Don't give anybody any ideas. They might be married to someone fitting that
description.

Ya but will it sink? The frame might not be enough to overcome the rest of
it.

-W

"Scott Downey" wrote in message
...
I think the marina manger would have a problem with that
The other thing I could do is dissasemble the frame out of the sofa to
lighten it but I still like the over board route, much less to deal with.
I wonder if it would be illegal.

"LaBomba182" wrote in message
...
Subject: Can I dump my boat sofa in the chesapeake bay?
From: "Scott Downey"

It is large heavy and ugly.
I was thinking of going into 40 foot or deeper water and heaving it
over
the
side. Does anyone have a problem with this?

Not me.

In a few years the metal frame would be gone and of course the wood and
cloth would rot as well. It is an old sleep sofa and IMO, too hard to
lug
back up the dock.

Why not just leave it on the dock and let it rot there.

Capt. Bill

I wonder if it would be illegal.

Yes it would be illegal.

If it wasn't illegal then every waste removal company in the area would be
buying barges and dumping crap in the water. Even with the cost of the barge
they would save big money on the tipping fees.

I believe if would be illegal to dump it anywhere is US waters.

Ron

I used my reciprocal saw on the major sections of my old piece. Got it to
small enough pieces to get it out the door and then used a 5 lb sledge to
make those pieces smaller. Took about an hour and made it easy to throw
into the marina trash bin (but I asked the manager first and brought him a
six pack of nice microbrew a couple of weeks later).

More sweat investment but much less expensive than fuel and guilt.

jps

"Scott Downey" wrote in message
...
It is large heavy and ugly.
I was thinking of going into 40 foot or deeper water and heaving it over
the
side. Does anyone have a problem with this?
In a few years the metal frame would be gone and of course the wood and
cloth would rot as well. It is an old sleep sofa and IMO, too hard to lug
back up the dock.

With homeland security, U.S. Coast Guard. Maybe they are monitoring this
group for complete morons willing to dump garbage in the sea. Where we get
our food and pleasure from. If they are. I hope you go to jail, and rot
there till you can no longer pose a menace to society, and the boating
public.

Jack
"Scott Downey" wrote in message
...
It is large heavy and ugly.
I was thinking of going into 40 foot or deeper water and heaving it over
the
side. Does anyone have a problem with this?
In a few years the metal frame would be gone and of course the wood and
cloth would rot as well. It is an old sleep sofa and IMO, too hard to lug
back up the dock.

Subject: Can I dump my boat sofa in the chesapeake bay?
From: "Jack Rye"

With homeland security, U.S. Coast Guard. Maybe they are monitoring this
group for complete morons willing to dump garbage in the sea.

First it's terrorist, now it's complete morons. If this keeps up I want some of
my tax dollars back.

Where we get
our food and pleasure from.

I think have a sofa or two on the water might enhance our pleasure.

If they are. I hope you go to jail, and rot
there till you can no longer pose a menace to society, and the boating
public.

Yes, sofa killers are a true menace society. Not to mention cereal ottoman
killers.


Capt. Bill

"... much less expensive than fuel and guilt."

Not to mention the $25000 fine for dumping.

Rick

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:12:36 +0000, Scott Downey wrote:

I think the marina manger would have a problem with that
The other thing I could do is dissasemble the frame out of the sofa to
lighten it but I still like the over board route, much less to deal with.
I wonder if it would be illegal.


First, it's repusive to me to think a boater would even consider dumping a
sofa into the sea.

But, "dissassembling" can be fun. We were throwing out an old sofa, and we
started by throwing it off the balcony onto the back driveway. Then we
thought of taking it apart a bit so it would be easier to take to the
dump. Out came the axes, the sledgehammers, the chainsaw...we had a BALL!!
You could probably charge money: $.50 per hit or something. Then take the
pieces to the dump. Easy.

Lloyd