The biggest flotilla ever?

[Halcyon Yachts]

An organisation called Clean Ocean Sailing are organising World Cleanup Day... On September 15th boat owners and yacht crew from all over the world are being asked to join force and collect some rubbish from the sea. They want this to be the biggest flotilla ever and hope to both raise awareness and reduce the amount of plastic in our seas...

We have offered to help in any way we can and our delivery crews will be getting involved on the day. If anyone else would like to help then please read their short blurb and follow the links:

"Wherever you are sailing the seas, anchored in a Caribbean paradise, moored up in the rain, on a pontoon or enjoying a couple of hours out in the bay, please take to your tenders and scoop with a net or row ashore to fill a bag with man-made marine litter. Let’s all do our bit for our precious playground the sea. Pick up any litter you find, weigh and photograph it with you and your boat in the background, and share it with us at Clean Ocean Sailing FB or Instagram or Twiter.

Fair winds and safe sailing to you all!"

https://www.cleanoceansailing.org/

https://www.patreon.com/cleanoceansailing

Many thanks for reading,

Pete

 

[Summer Sailor]

That's all very well, but shouldn't we all be collecting bits of rubbish from the sea whenever we can. Not just on one day a year.

 

[sailaboutvic]

It's call plastic Tuesday here in the Med .
Every Tuesday dinghy are use as wheelie bins .
Great idea , every bit helps

 

[johnalison]

That's all very well, but shouldn't we all be collecting bits of rubbish from the sea whenever we can. Not just on one day a year.

On the contrary, we shouldn't be throwing plastic in the sea in the first place.

However, taking your point, events such as this do serve a useful purpose in getting people involved and pointing the way to practical solutions. I'm not sure that a net in our local creeks would pick up much though.

 

[dolabriform]

Anything that highlights the problem, be it on land or sea is a good idea IMHO.

 

[mainsail1]

It would be nice to know exactly how the collected plastic is disposed of by the Authorities.
My guess would be mostly landfill or dumped back into the sea. The best idea would be to start from the start and get the whole process right.

 

[Cheery]

A few weeks ago I was snorkelling in Lindos and was appalled at the amount of plastic on the seabed. I acquired a net and scooped up as much as I could and exited onto the beach. Next to a man at the shorline was a plastic straw so I mad an exaggerated movement to pick it up and put it with all the other crap in my net. This I then made a show of, depositing the whole lot in a nearby bin.