[Rhodes22-list] Clean up cockpit - Question for Mike W

[Michael D. Weisner]

Ed,

The situation is as you understand.  Pressure washing is prohibited because 
it is capable of removing bottom paint and if allowed, trailer boaters would 
be washing much more than marine debris into the river.  The simple solution 
was probably just to ban the use of the machines all together.

At the end of the season, I always have a crowd of "environmentalist 
watchers" when I pull the R22 and return a season's marine life to the river 
using a scrub brush and a hose (my finger applies the nozzle pressure.)  On 
several occasions, they have even summoned the police to stop me from 
"polluting" the waterways.  The police have simply asked me to hurry and 
finish the job quickly.

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net> Friday, August 31, 2007 10:03 AM
>
> Mike:
>
> Define the situation more.  You are allowed to wash a boat with water, but
> not allowed to pressure wash with the same water going to the same place?
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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