Buriel at Sea
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scotty123
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Burials at sea, particularly the area marked as "dumping ground" off the Needles, requires a Licence.
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Well I was going to say that it must be the remains of the Tory party in that box but just did a quick google and turned up this http://www.burialsatsea.co.uk/
It seems that the owner of the AZ42 has made a commercial business out of this
Anyone we know on this forum?
It seems that the owner of the AZ42 has made a commercial business out of this
Anyone we know on this forum?
Rustyknight
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I think there have been a couple of incidents of bodies washing ashore in Christchurch and Poole bays, alledgedly after being buried at sea....
scotty123
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Plenty of mdf as well.
Seastoke
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ok who fancies cleaning my props
stelican
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So that's what the transom door is for
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I have been asked to skipper a “scattering of ashes at sea” on Saturday for a distant relative.
I’d really appreciate it if the jetskiers gave our wake a miss this time.
A boat full of people all dressed in black should be a good clue
I’d really appreciate it if the jetskiers gave our wake a miss this time.
A boat full of people all dressed in black should be a good clue
Bouba
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We’ve scattered some of the ashes of our dog at sea. It was moving and brought a tear to my eye
jimmy_the_builder
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There's a designated area for burials at sea off Newhaven as well.
scotty123
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Never scatter into the wind.
Switch
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Apparantly, the coffin should be weighed down with 200kg of ballast in addition to the body.
RupertW
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I scattered the ashes of my father from our boat. It seemed appropriate as he’d told me in my teens that if he fell over board I would be sailing on in my own boat. At that age I was quite tempted.
langstonelayabout
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I have been asked to skipper a “scattering of ashes at sea” on Saturday for a distant relative.
I’d really appreciate it if the jetskiers gave our wake a miss this time.
A boat full of people all dressed in black should be a good clue
You do realise that Royal Naval chaplaincy (HMS Nelson/Dockyard) will do this for free and have a Padre/Bish say a few words of commendation at the same time? They run a boat out into the Solent most weeks for this.
oldgit
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I have been asked to skipper a “scattering of ashes at sea” on Saturday for a distant relative.
I’d really appreciate it if the jetskiers gave our wake a miss this time.
A boat full of people all dressed in black should be a good clue
Done it several times.
Discovered it does not pay to let the port "authorities" know.
No need for all the dressing, just you and the deceased out there and the memory everytime you use your boat in the area.
There are very strict rules regards burial at sea. It is lot more expensive and the coffin has to have an internal steel frame.
Stories of bodies washed up ashore are probably more apocryphal than true.
maby
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I think that only applies to ex-military personnel, doesn't it?
Firefly625
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excuse my ignornance but had no idea this went on.. ashes yes, bodies no..
has slightly weirded me out.
I do recall a hilarious tale of ashes scattering in a MBY some years go.. I recall it was rather windier than ideal & boat rocking about caused the lid to come adrift of the urn which was being carried in a Tesco's carrier bag and so most of the ashes had to be shaken out the Tesco bag and on a windy day covered the scatterer in the dearly departed.. was funny as a story.. probably not at the time!
My Dad loved the sea, but as a practical chap said for god sake don't scatter me at sea, he didn't want to end up causing a similar incident.
has slightly weirded me out.
I do recall a hilarious tale of ashes scattering in a MBY some years go.. I recall it was rather windier than ideal & boat rocking about caused the lid to come adrift of the urn which was being carried in a Tesco's carrier bag and so most of the ashes had to be shaken out the Tesco bag and on a windy day covered the scatterer in the dearly departed.. was funny as a story.. probably not at the time!
My Dad loved the sea, but as a practical chap said for god sake don't scatter me at sea, he didn't want to end up causing a similar incident.
Ocean Star
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We used to scatter ashes when we chartered.
One occasion saw a fairly sombre goodbye to an old merchant navy bloke - one of his old pals played the flute as the ashes were scattered. Swiftly followed by the son of the deceased leaning over, rinsing out the urn and asking if we could make any use of it for a flare container :eek-new:
Another trip out was a guy who wanted as eco a cremation as possible - right down to the urn being a dissolvable 'pillow' type one. Over the side, bobbing along peacefully, just before the shitehawks decided to start pecking the bright purple object in case it was edible
One occasion saw a fairly sombre goodbye to an old merchant navy bloke - one of his old pals played the flute as the ashes were scattered. Swiftly followed by the son of the deceased leaning over, rinsing out the urn and asking if we could make any use of it for a flare container :eek-new:
Another trip out was a guy who wanted as eco a cremation as possible - right down to the urn being a dissolvable 'pillow' type one. Over the side, bobbing along peacefully, just before the shitehawks decided to start pecking the bright purple object in case it was edible
oldgit
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Programme on R4 not long ago about the various rituals that we feel need to go through after a death.
One episode dealt with burial at sea,, it included the last stitch thorugh the nose and the specs for burial at sea in a coffin.
One episode dealt with burial at sea,, it included the last stitch thorugh the nose and the specs for burial at sea in a coffin.