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u/whyrumalwaysgone

This is what it looks like when you empty your holding tank in your slip. Everyone can tell it was you. Please stop.
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This is what it looks like when you empty your holding tank in your slip. Everyone can tell it was you. Please stop.

Edit: I'm going to leave this here, or if anyone has a better resource please post it

https://cms.santamonicabay.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/when-nature-calls_FINAL_2019_for-web.pdf

Edit 2: for the "Ackshually pollen" crowd, visible bits of ground up toilet paper can be seen both in the pic and in person. If you have these "pollen" slicks in your marina I suggest looking a bit more closely at them before diving in.

Nothing else makes this specific "poop slick" on the water, and it takes days to go away. This is untreated human waste dumped directly into the marina I work in, I see it every day.

Its illegal. Also, divers clean bottoms, kids swim off boats here. People live here.

Everyone can see which boat did it. "Oh the wind will take it away". Guess what. Your neighbor downwind knows it wasnt him. Its super obvious, all your neighbors see it and know where it came from.

Please stop macerating and dumping your "black water" in the marina. /rant

u/whyrumalwaysgone — 2 days ago
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Dock neighbor A is fighting a years (decades?) long, expensive battle with pigeons. Dock neighbor B appears to be raising pigeons. What do?

Some context: I dont live in this marina, so I do not have a stake here, purely an ethical question.

Recently installed a lithium bank for "Andy", noticed pigeon poop everywhere and tons of anti-bird stuff. Fishing netting stuffed in the sail covers to block it, various strings and spinny bit, still bird poop everywhere. He pays a hefty fee for boat cleaners every time he goes out, or spends hours scrubbing it himself (75yo guy).

Now I'm installing a genset for his dock neighbor "Bob", and I cant help but notice he seems to be raising (or at least providing shelter to) a couple families of pigeons. See baby bird pic above.

Some points of interest:

  1. neither boat owner lives aboard, weekend sailors.

  2. boat cleaners are real money here, its a fancy(ish) marina that requires insurance and stuff, cleaner have work vans and uniforms. Not cheap.

  3. I dont love pigeons, but have no desire to see baby birds get wiped out by an angry sailor.

  4. I'm kind of friends with Andy, the guy who is getting pooped on. Not close, but hes invited me sailing and I dont dislike the guy.

  5. I've never seen a pigeon on the docks anywhere else, its down near the end of a long dock in a big marina (700+ boats)

My first instinct is to keep my mouth shut, but I'm open to suggestions.

u/whyrumalwaysgone — 2 days ago