So what happens to your old anti foul ?

[Firefly625]

Well, if jetted off at mercury by Hamble yacht services, here it is. Is this normal ? Not noticed at Hamble point where we come out. I would have thought this waste water would have gone through an interceptor drain, but obviously this is just pouring straight back into the marina… not sure about this

 

[MoodySabre]

Same where I am but I recall reading about the possiblity of marinas having to instal holding tanks and disposing of hazard waste. That is going to make it very expensive. Good selling point for Coppercoat etc.

 

[Firefly625]

Same where I am but I recall reading about the possiblity of marinas having to instal holding tanks and disposing of hazard waste. That is going to make it very expensive. Good selling point for Coppercoat etc.

Good point! We have to have interceptors for all our car washing facilities, it's an expense to get them emptied but if you have correct filtering you are not doing it very often.

 

[Cardo]

I'm surprised they don't get done for it. I thought it was illegal to contaminate waters in such a fashion?

 

[rafiki_]

What about the a/f that leeches off your boat? Where does that go? Same place?

 

[Alpha22]

Not quite at the same rate though!!!

 

[rbcoomer]

The fish ingest it and thus ultimately, so do we!

 

[CX54WEK]

We wondered this also. We scraped ours of this year back to bare GRP and when the boat was moved ready for relaunch there was a fair covering of blue on the ground where she had been stood. We asked what would happen with this and they just said it would wash into the gritty yard covering.

Seemed a little odd to me but hey ho.

 

[rlw]

Interesting. Our boatyard in Holland has a special drain to that collects the runof with AF when jetblasting boats. It is pumped in a large tank for chemical waste water collection.

Rob

 

[omega2]

Ah yes but you are in the E.U. LOL

 

[Winchy51]

Hello firefly625. Not sure this is hys staff no life jacket hys jet boats off on the hard standing usually not over the water could it be an owner having half an hour in the slings

 

[TerryW2]

I bet a friendly email pointing out the issue is all that is needed to get the offenders to comply. Nobody wants to **** on their own doorstep.

 

[Firefly625]

Hello firefly625. Not sure this is hys staff no life jacket hys jet boats off on the hard standing usually not over the water could it be an owner having half an hour in the slings

Nice thought Winchy, but it was HYS staff, owners are not allowed to do such dangerous activities, there are strict regulations to adhere to do you know....

 

[Winchy51]

Sorry completely forgot health and safety rules I can remember when we could do jobs like that

 

[omega2]

All boats that do not move from the berths at least once a week should be hauled out and burned. Then the A/F would be gone forever. Those of us who use the boat spread ours about a bit.