GL: Head configuration required on Lake Champlain

[Peter Brownell]

Just one added note, on Lake Champlain, in both Vermont and New York,
 you are actually required to disconnect and store any line that would
allow you to pump overboard from your holding tank.  This is the
applicable section of the Vermont Statute.  New York statute is almost
exactly the same:

  (e) Every marine toilet on board any vessel operated on the waters of
  the state shall also incorporate or be equipped with a holding tank.
  Any holding tank designed so as to provide for an optional means of
  discharge to the waters on which the vessel is operating shall have
  the discharge openings sealed shut and any discharge lines, pipes, or
  hoses shall be disconnected and stored while the vessel is in the
  waters of this state.

The law enforcement folks are pretty serious about this one.  It is a
hassle but we generally end up disconnecting the discharge line from the
holding tank somewhere on the Hudson before we enter the Troy Lock
traveling north. Hope this doesn't discourage anyone from coming up here.
Lake Champlain is one of the highlights of the Great Loop trip.
Best Peter & Linda :-)
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Peter Brownell, MV Destiny
Lake Champlain, VT