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E16@telus.net

Mon, Sep 4, 2000 4:26 AM

Many thanks, everyone. I have some work to do before heading to Washington.
My boat has a holding tank, but it's never been hooked up. Fortunately, a
friend just did his. Now I wonder how many cases of beer...

Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian waters. The
only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in
recently is "disgusting".

Cheers, Garrett

Many thanks, everyone. I have some work to do before heading to Washington. My boat has a holding tank, but it's never been hooked up. Fortunately, a friend just did his. Now I wonder how many cases of beer... Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian waters. The only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in recently is "disgusting". Cheers, Garrett

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rhj@pacific.net.hk

Mon, Sep 4, 2000 11:13 AM

Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian waters. The

only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in
recently is "disgusting".<

Garret, you've seen nothing until you see Aberdeen Harbour in Hong Kong just
after a rain storm when the fishing fleet is in harbour. As some one
recently said "it's not rubbish it's decoration." Nets and ropes frequently
wrapped around the prop and plastic bags in the water intakes so common it's
second nature to open up and pull them out. Hong Kong pumps all it's
sewerage into the sea so holding tanks are not an issue!!

Rob Harrington-Johnson
Cheoy Lee 42
Hong Kong

>Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian waters. The only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in recently is "disgusting".< Garret, you've seen nothing until you see Aberdeen Harbour in Hong Kong just after a rain storm when the fishing fleet is in harbour. As some one recently said "it's not rubbish it's decoration." Nets and ropes frequently wrapped around the prop and plastic bags in the water intakes so common it's second nature to open up and pull them out. Hong Kong pumps all it's sewerage into the sea so holding tanks are not an issue!! Rob Harrington-Johnson Cheoy Lee 42 Hong Kong

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scaramouche@tvo.org

Mon, Sep 4, 2000 11:58 AM

E16@telus.net writes:

Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian
waters. The
only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in
recently is "disgusting".

I don't know what Canadian waters you've been sailing in, but around
here recreational boaters must have holding tanks, Y-valves are
illegal and all marinas have pumpout stations. The major pollution I
see on Lake Ontario comes from international tankers and ships that -
under cover of darkness flush holds and bilges, leaving usually large
oilslicks interspersed with solid debris.

George of Scaramouche on Lake Ontario, Canada

E16@telus.net writes: > >Frankly, I wish holding tank regs would be extended to Canadian >waters. The >only word to describe the water in some of the marinas I've been in >recently is "disgusting". I don't know what Canadian waters you've been sailing in, but around here recreational boaters must have holding tanks, Y-valves are illegal and all marinas have pumpout stations. The major pollution I see on Lake Ontario comes from international tankers and ships that - under cover of darkness flush holds and bilges, leaving usually large oilslicks interspersed with solid debris. George of Scaramouche on Lake Ontario, Canada

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