Sink, shower and washing machine discharge in Turkish Marinas

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What is the general opinion about discharging the galley sink, shower tray and washing machine in a Turkish Marina or in Turkish waters for that matter. Please don't quote MARPOL back at me its more "What actually happens in real life rather than the regulations.
 
I got ticked off in Marmaris Yacht Marina last year for pumping out washing water (it had blue dye in it and looked a bit like diesel) - didn't do it again. The marina suggested (unofficially) waiting till after dark to pump anything into the water.

This year we've been in Fethiye and were warned by a local English sailor who's lived here for over 20 years not to pump out anything with detergent in it as the Sahil Guvenlik (coastguard), which is moored next door, come and slap a fine on you if they're in a bad mood.

I know people who regularly pump out anything, including their toilets, straight into marina water, but it is a risk. There's no real excuse as in a marina you have toilets, showers, sinks and washing machines. You can buy eco/sea-friendly detergent in Turkey, which I use.
 
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at the risk of appearing to be a bit of a stuffed shirt ( which no-one acquainted with me has, as yet, described me )
- why do you appear to be more interested in how you can breach the regulations than in observing them ?
 
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why do you appear to be more interested in how you can breach the regulations than in observing them

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Let's be realistic about this. We can't always observe the rules and what we'd like to do in an ideal world. Sometimes expelling the boat of washing up water, for example, is unavoidable.

To answer the OP's question: don't get caught.
 
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why do you appear to be more interested in how you can breach the regulations than in observing them

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Let's be realistic about this. We can't always observe the rules and what we'd like to do in an ideal world. Sometimes expelling the boat of washing up water, for example, is unavoidable.

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Fair enough, but the shower and washing machine are taking the mick a bit I feel. It seems a bit out of order to pollute the place just because you can get away with it.

Still. My opinion ain't going to stop people being lazy is it, so carry on /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I'm at a loss to know how to do the washing up or take a shower without allowing soap/detergent residue going overboard. Do we take washing up ashore or something?

And outside the Marina? (where bloody gulets and grockle boats pump raw sewage into the swimming places...)
 
We keep our yacht in Turkey. When we are in a marina and our wives want to wash their hair on board, they rinse their hair into the heads bowl. The suds are then flushed into the holding tank and not into the marina.
 
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You'd be a true saint to be able to exist and NOT discharge grey water over the side.
JOHN

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Quite. As far as I know MARPOL has nothing to say on the subject of grey water(2010 requirements not withstanding); all the merchant ships I've been on discharge grey water straight over the side in port and at sea. The only stuff that gets treated is engine room bilge water, galley discharge and black water. The former gets put through a oil/water separator, and the latter two go into the jobby tank and discharged once a suitable distance offshore.
 
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