Burial at Sea?

It is my intention to also go the final float test method of body disposal. May as well feed the crabs and make some use of it. :D

Years ago we had to make an emergency departure from Portsmouth having just come out of refit. Skipper was asked to do an ashes job on the way out. Dockyard matties had only just finished painting the funnel...............yes, it happened.
Days later they had to scrape it off & re-paint the funnel....................no one told them what it was until afterwards........:D


Deceased F-i-L was a well know radio ham G3LCK. After his cremation Derek was kept onboard in a plactic container whilst we waited to carry out his wishes.
We now keep the plastic container in our Grab Bag with our emergency hand-held VHF's in it. We think he would have liked that.
 
Nostrodamus said:
The thought of some pimpley 6 year old student surgeon laughingat my naked body puts me off. If they had spent two weeks in a fridge let them see how big theirs would be!!!
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I believe some parts can be donated for re-use, but I guess it depends on their perceived quality at the time...

Whether left-overs can be used for research or teaching I have no idea. There must be some need for disposal eventually!

Mike (nearly 3-score + 10).
 
The chef at our sailing club died and his wife wanted his ashes scattered in front of the clubhouse, a number of elderly relative would stay in the club while about half a dozen younger people went out in the boat. On the morning it was blowing straight onshore, fairly strong with big waves and the boat that was to do it did not want to go out, I agreed at 5 mins. notice to take them out in our wheel steered Sigma 38 and found myself bouncing about in surf and not much less than 3m. of water trying to keep station head to wind with the cockpit to the clubhouse, the relatives were no sailors so we did not dare put them on deck so they all crowded in to the front of the cockpit. The clubhouse was on the vhf asking if I could ease in closer and I did my best, then his wife opened the casket and threw the ashes over me. I was concerned that most of him did not reach the water, there was a fair bit in the hood of my oilies and I had to swallow some as it would have been rude to spit him out, but his wife was really pleased that it had gone so well and that his parents had been able to be so close. I was quite moved that she derived so much comfort from our efforts.
 
Non-slip?

michael_w said:
You'll have to die in America if you want it done properly.

http://www.newenglandburialsatsea.com/
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Coming slightly from the left field - how would my ashes perform as a non-slip additive to deck paint? :)

I love my boat and I'd like to still be with her when future owners take the helm (which would only be after I'm gone!).

That lonesome groan might not come from the rigging but from me (as I lie scattered within the deck) perhaps because they have botched a manouevre or treated her badly.

:eek::D
 
Jcorstorphine said:
http://www.funeralinspirations.co.uk/information/How-to-obtain-a-Bural-at-Sea-licence.html
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4.11 A band of plastic or other durable material should be locked around the neck of the deceased and this band should be either punch-marked or indelibly marked with a telephone number and reference number that would allow the remains to be positively identified should the need arise.

Sometimes burocracy (sp?) is wonderful. But I think they meant "should the body arise"....
 
Reef Burial
Really like the sea? Then spend the rest of eternity there.

Neptune Memorial Reef will take your cremated remains and mix them with concrete, then place the resulting molded shape into an artificial reef structure. A commemorative plaque is placed later.

You’re not quite fish food, but you get to hang out with your favorite creatures. It sure beats the cemetery!

http://www.neptunesociety.com/memorial-reef/

the process:

http://www.neptunesociety.com/memorial-reef/Process/
 
Mrs FC wants cremating, then loading into a giant firework, and sent of whith a whoosh, a bang, a big sparkle and some oohs and aahs. Genius.

Surely she should be getting some of that whilst still alive?;)
 
Nostrodamus said:
The thought of some pimpley 6 year old student surgeon laughingat my naked body puts me off. If they had spent two weeks in a fridge let them see how big theirs would be!!!
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Actually, this is very unlikely. Of course, I can't speak for all medical schools, but I have knowledge that the medical school at Cambridge starts dissection classes with a very serious talk about the dignity of the persons whose bodies have been donated. And I gather that it is regarded as a disciplinary matter if things get out of hand.

Of course, there is no doubt some black humour in the bar afterwards - they wouldn't be students otherwise - but I gather that the atmosphere of dissection classes is serious and dignified. However, this obviously depends on the attitude of the person leading the classes. I'd hope that a senior doctor in a teaching hospital would have a high standard with regard to the dignity of the dead.

I personally don''t much care what happens to my body once I'm gone - the important bit is no longer in residence, so to speak! Funerals are mainly for those left behind; being able to say "It's what he/she would have wanted" can be an important contribution to the grieving process.
 
I was in Finland several years ago and I understand that their equivalent of the RNLI will scatter ashes at sea when they do training days and take several relatives along.

Not sure if the RNLI here would entertain such a thing - but maybe for a suitable donation?
 
Sandyman said:
Years ago we had to make an emergency departure from Portsmouth having just come out of refit. Skipper was asked to do an ashes job on the way out. Dockyard matties had only just finished painting the funnel...............yes, it happened.
Days later they had to scrape it off & re-paint the funnel....................no one told them what it was until afterwards........:D

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Had a similar experience when I worked offshore on an oil platform.

The platform legs were being painted, so the whole underside was covered in scaffold. Platform manager and some of the other top brass went down the scaffolding in the evening as the wind had fallen away quite a bit. After a few suitable words, the ashes were tipped out only to be blown back all over the wet paint.

He's probably still there, and if there is such a thing as an afterlife, he'll be pi$$ing himself laughing :D
 
I did an ashes scattering for a sadly missed friend. His family came aboard with a few bottles, the urn & a wreath. They told me his chosen spot & we simply stopped & drifted as a few words were said & the ashes were scattered down wind & close to the water, followed by the wreath.

It was a very dignified little ceremony & when the wine was poured we started to recall past events & incidents we had shared. By the time we returned to harbour they were tears of laughter, rather than sorrow. he would have liked that. I'd be happy if someone did the same for me.
 
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