How many warning plaques do you need?
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How many warning plaques do you need?
I've got the requisite "Discharge of Oil Prohibited" and "Illegal to Dump" plaques but now I'm hearing you need a "Waste Management Plan" plaque or sticker, at least that's what the guy at West Marine here in Charleston said. It looks to me as if this (free from WM) sticker is the same thing as the "Illegal to Dump" plaque. It does look like you need a written "Waste Management Plan" if you are 40 ft LOA or greater but it can be a letter simply stating we collect the garbage and dispose of it in the proper receptacle when we go ashore. Anyone heard anything about this?
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Pretty soon we won't need to worry about interior decoration, the gov't will have decided how we do it.
Dave Finnegan
builder of Spindrift 9N #521 'Wingë'
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Try this website:
http://cruisinglife.org/waste.htm
It allows you to design and print a customized waste maangement plan for your vessel.
David
http://cruisinglife.org/waste.htm
It allows you to design and print a customized waste maangement plan for your vessel.
David
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What exactly is a plaque or written waste management plan going to do to actually manage waste?
The only waste out there is the government, when you get right down to it. I'll stop lest I break my own forum rules.
The only waste out there is the government, when you get right down to it. I'll stop lest I break my own forum rules.
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Over 40' LOA, eh? Perhaps we'll be seeing 'docked' boats, with their noses clipped off. Like the gelded ones, with their keels shortened and Mars-ed.
I'll bet it's a real problem being 'green' for many of us. Our old boats don't usually have pans under the engines for one example.
I'm officially at 38'3 but with the bow roller and CQR and the Monitor, I might have to cover up some more of that nasty old varnished Makore with a nice new plaque!
I'll bet it's a real problem being 'green' for many of us. Our old boats don't usually have pans under the engines for one example.
I'm officially at 38'3 but with the bow roller and CQR and the Monitor, I might have to cover up some more of that nasty old varnished Makore with a nice new plaque!
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EXACTLY!!! :(Hirilondë wrote:Pretty soon we won't need to worry about interior decoration, the gov't will have decided how we do it.
The answer is obviously nothing. I can have 40 plaques on my boat and none of them will stop me from dumping garbage overboard, although the additional weight of the plaques will necessitate dumping more often.Tim wrote:What exactly is a plaque or written waste management plan going to do to actually manage waste?
The only waste out there is the government, when you get right down to it. I'll stop lest I break my own forum rules.
With regard to the forum rule, as with most rules that effect us mere mortals, there should be an exemption for the government. ;)
David, thanks for the link, I now have a Waste Management Plan even though I'm a bit short of an LOA of 40 feet.
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