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Post by Juan on Nov 25, 2019 3:53:21 GMT -6
I've been seeing a lot of floating trash lately and it got me wondering...Where do you throw your trash when you're on the water? I use the small rear live well as a trash container and empty it when I get home and I never intentionally throw anything overboard but I admit I have thrown trash in the bottom of the boat when it wasn't convenient to throw it in the live well and then have it blow out when I got underway, ( I know ...not cool 013 ). IMO recreational boat manufacturers need to start building trash containers into their consoles or somewhere else on their boats and I don't know how you'd catch someone for littering but there should be serious fines for littering the waterways.
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Post by gtightline on Nov 25, 2019 5:45:44 GMT -6
I tear my beer cans in half and sink them, everything else, especially plastics I place in a trash bag that I keep under the center console..
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catchersrock
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Post by catchersrock on Nov 25, 2019 7:29:58 GMT -6
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Post by gnrphil on Nov 25, 2019 15:27:35 GMT -6
I use one of the livewells when it's not in use otherwise it goes in a trash bag in the console. I recycle my beer cans.
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Post by Juan on Nov 25, 2019 17:08:09 GMT -6
I like that. What size do you have and how many beer cans will it hold? |
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catchersrock
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Post by catchersrock on Nov 26, 2019 6:45:16 GMT -6
I like that. What size do you have and how many beer cans will it hold? I got the smaller one. It holds all I can put away in one day! Thats not a lot. I think it would hold 8 or 10 cans, maybe 12. |
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Post by mosquito13 on Nov 26, 2019 8:15:12 GMT -6
I carry a trash bag in my cooler. Anything that comes out of the cooler goes back in the cooler, salt water rinsed if needed. Florida waters do not need any of my help to mess them up. When I lived on my sailboat I would steer by a trail of empty bottles , but that was then. Some times we would try to shoot skeet or target practice with them. Not easy with buckshot and 9MM from a moving sail boat, but great fun.
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Post by Simple Man on Nov 26, 2019 9:50:03 GMT -6
I use my front console livewell as a trash can. I Just be sure and put the plug in so nothing will go down the drain and plug it up. Easy to empty and hose out afterwards.
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Post by freezerfiller on Nov 30, 2019 17:29:09 GMT -6
I have a 5 gal bucket with an emergency toilet seat lid I keep under the leaning post. It works well as a trash can, I haven't had to find out how the other use works yet.
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Post by AHHHH-Spray on Feb 18, 2020 19:48:44 GMT -6
I made a container for line cut-offs out of an empty trail mix container and a couple nitrile gloves. Other trash goes in a bag in a livewell or back in the cooler.   |
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Post by Juan on Feb 19, 2020 5:19:31 GMT -6
I made a container for line cut-offs out of an empty trail mix container and a couple nitrile gloves. Great idea. I need something like that. I wish I could say I didn't just throw my cut line on the deck. What's the glove for? Why not use the whole lid? |
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Post by AHHHH-Spray on Feb 19, 2020 6:53:38 GMT -6
. What's the glove for? Why not use the whole lid? There are two gloves overlapped on top so you can slip the trash through without having to remove the lid. To make it, I cut the top out of the lid, leaving a ring with threads and a small lip. I stretched the gloves across the top with about a half inch overlap, screwed on the ring, and then cut off the pieces of glove that were hanging out under the ring. |
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Post by freezerfiller on Feb 19, 2020 17:15:43 GMT -6
There are two gloves overlapped on top so you can slip the trash through without having to remove the lid. To make it, I cut the top out of the lid, leaving a ring with threads and a small lip. I stretched the gloves across the top with about a half inch overlap, screwed on the ring, and then cut off the pieces of glove that were hanging out under the ring. That reminds me, I need to schedule that colonoscopy..  |
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Post by Juan on Feb 19, 2020 17:34:07 GMT -6
That reminds me, I need to schedule that colonoscopy.. Had mine yesterday.  The best part about those is the stuff they give you to put you to sleep. Best sleep ever! I told the doc to give me some to take home. I changed my mind when he told me it's the same stuff that killed Michael Jackson.  |
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The best part about those is the stuff they give you to put you to sleep. Best sleep ever! I told the doc to give me some to take home. I changed my mind when he told me it's the same stuff that killed Michael Jackson. 