Question on holding tanks
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:00 pm
Hi,
My Dad has just bought a boat in Rhode Island which doesn't have a holding tank - it's set up for old-fashioned straight into the harbour flushing. He lives in Saint John, NB, where this is the norm, so it's not an issue once he's gotten home (at least not yet, hopefully someday pumping stations will be common and a law will be written, but not so far). The issue is: what to do about the sail home? We don't plan to head out to three miles offshore and stay there, although there will be some of that, but there will also be some coming in to land here and there, so we would be in violation of the rules.
Does anyone know what the rules are for visiting vessels? Can we postpone instaling a holding tank until it is practical to have on in New Brunswick, or will we absolutely need one for the trip?
Thanks for any and all advice!
Cheers,
Chris
My Dad has just bought a boat in Rhode Island which doesn't have a holding tank - it's set up for old-fashioned straight into the harbour flushing. He lives in Saint John, NB, where this is the norm, so it's not an issue once he's gotten home (at least not yet, hopefully someday pumping stations will be common and a law will be written, but not so far). The issue is: what to do about the sail home? We don't plan to head out to three miles offshore and stay there, although there will be some of that, but there will also be some coming in to land here and there, so we would be in violation of the rules.
Does anyone know what the rules are for visiting vessels? Can we postpone instaling a holding tank until it is practical to have on in New Brunswick, or will we absolutely need one for the trip?
Thanks for any and all advice!
Cheers,
Chris