I think that your poll needs a few more options to fully capture the situation. We never pump sewage overboard in bays and inlets like Narragansett or the Ct River. But I do pump overboard in the middle of LI Sound. A related poll might be: Do you have a functioning pump out nearby?
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I would think unless someone cruises offshore a lot or has a type 1 MSD, the answers will come back as pumpout heavy...
Unless a bunch want to declare they are breaking the law.....
I use Incinolet toilets. No mess, no fuss, no macerator pump failures, no plugged sewage lines. My current boat had 3 marine heads. I was looking at MSDs, but about that time the early news of ND zones in Puget Sound was being talked about. Since the fed and state EPAs only get worse, I assumed MSDs would be illegal and didn't want a tank full of crap aboard anyway, or finding a pump out where I could fit, etc.
Please share more of your Incinolet experience to this point. I had never heard of them, but they certainly look interesting.
We always pump out never overboard. We have a pump out at our marina but it has been winterized until this past Saturday. We needed to pump out in the worst way. I knew we were getting close to full but didn't know it was this bad. I used the head sometime during the night on Friday and Saturday morning we were within 2" from the toilet rim. I eased the boat over to the pump out only to find out they were still winterized . They were planning on getting it ready this week . I told them I would help out getting it ready if they would . Luckily they didn't mind and we were pumped out within the hour . Saved our weekend .
When we first bought our boat the previous owner told me that he kept the boat set up with one head as a "pee toilet" that went directly overboard ... and the 2nd head went to the holding tank. He also told me that although no one talked about it, a lot of the other people in the marina did the same. I've always been curious if that was a common practice anywhere else.
You California boys don't have to concern yourself with winterizing . We've had a mild winter and have been down to the boat a bunch . We're at a state park and they usually don't get the pump out ready until sometime in April .Thanks for that! Now I know too much ��!
Well a choice is missing. We dump legally 12+ miles offshore if needed. Otherwise it's a pump out.
I hold and treat. Usually hold in marinas and anchorages and then treat a discharge when under way.
I would think unless someone cruises offshore a lot or has a type 1 MSD, the answers will come back as pumpout heavy...
Unless a bunch want to declare they are breaking the law.....