Do you think having the valve closed (no tie wrap), in the bulkhead behind a screwed in inspection port would be in compliance? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Crawford Hall" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 9, 2010 11:45:18 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Easy CG Boardings
Reading from the Coast Guard publication "Federal Requirements & Safety Tips for Recreational Boats," page 33, "Marine Sanitation Devices:" it says "....the operator must secure the device in a manner that prevents any discharge. Some acceptable methods are: padlocking.....valves in the closed position, using non releasable wire tie to hold.....valves in the closed position, closing .....valves in the closed position and removing handle, locking the door........to the space enclosing the toilets........" I've opted for the "wire tie" method on Apella. Happy Sailing. Dogaboard aboard Apella Ithaca, NY On Aug 9, 2010, at 2:38 AM, < [email protected] > wrote: [email protected] wrote: > Norm, > > I am in Florida. My head has a Y valve one side to holding tank and > one side over the side. I leave it in the holding tank position, but > it does not have a lock. Is a lock required? ------- We don't live in Florida, but our boat does. We also have a Y value. We use those plastic zip ties. We have been boarded by the park rangers at the Dry Tortugas and they seemed to think having the zip tie was acceptable. I think we are the only people that were boarded that particular trip. Not sure why. We arrived around 9-10 AM and went straight to bed. We were woken up around 1 PM by the rangers knocking on the boat. Of course, there was this Park Ranger (in charge), that was a particular arse. He was such a jerk, I sent a complaint letter. -Anita Austin, Texas & Punta Gorda, FL Why Knot Upgrades & Dis-Masting Why Knot IP 37 Bahamas 2007 Southwinds Magazine Jan. 2008 Last page <ATT00001..c> _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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