GL: U.S. boats in Canadian waters

[Ted Stehle]

Ed,

Check out www.turncouple.com. An interesting product that addresses the 
issue you face.

Ted Stehle, Editor
Waterway Guide/Skipper Bob Publications
www.waterwayguide.com
www.skipperbob.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ed" <ekcine at gmail.com>
To: "Bill Donovan" <trailersource at mindspring.com>
Cc: <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: GL: U.S. boats in Canadian waters


> What if you have a lectrasan?
> What if you are coastal cruising up the Nova Scotia coast and want to go 
> off
> shore 3 miles to discharge?
> You say it's easy to disconnect hoses...speak for yourself! I'm in the
> process of replacing my head hoses. They are VERY difficult to access.
> Removing hoses can damage the hose. I spent $120 for the forward hose and
> about $100 for the aft hose. I don't have a macerator on the holding tank 
> or
> I'd have 2 more hoses to disconnect. A LOT of difficult work.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Donovan" <trailersource at mindspring.com>
>
>> Ed:
>>
>> The answer to your concern lies in the paragraph just prior to the one 
>> you
>> quote.  The website states, "...a pleasure craft fitted with a toilet 
>> must
>> also be fitted with a holding tank and if fitted with a piping system 
>> that
>> allows the discharge of sewage directly overboard, then this discharge
>> must be visibly disconnected."
>>
>> The solution is to close the thru-hull for the macerator discharge, 
>> remove
>> one end of the discharge hose leading to the thru-hull, and put a wooden
>> plug into the thru-hull as a safety measure to minimize risk of leaking.
>>
>> That way, you have "visibly disconnected" the discharge.  By the way, I
>> would also wire the thru-hull closed so there is no chance of scuttling
>> the ship.  Once back in US waters, or when the fancy strikes you, put the
>> hose back together.  It isn't a big job at all.
>>
>> The bit about "congruent" just means "compatible" or "harmonious" or
>> "appropriate."  Any professionally installed holding tank will most 
>> likely
>> be so.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> At 07:57 AM 2/19/2009, ed wrote:
>>> >From the Canadian gov't. website:
>>>
>>>Portable Toilets
>>>
>>>Portable toilets are illegal on Ontario waters.
>>>*The owner of a pleasure craft shall ensure that each toilet and the
>>>holding
>>>tank(s) is/are installed so that;
>>>..snip...
>>>I may have to re-think my plan for this summer
>>>to visit Ontario, I'm not ripping out my Y-valves and overboard discharge
>>>lines. Not sure at all what that last line means.
>>>
>>>Ed K
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