Urine only
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If you are within the 3 mile zone, yes.
If you pee overboard without it going into the toilet, no.
If you pee overboard without it going into the toilet, no.
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Are you saying its legal to pee off the side of your boat?
I would think that would fall under public urination rules and be illegal!
I would think that would fall under public urination rules and be illegal!
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Legally, you have to be already IN the water to empty your bladder or your bowels into the water. Anything else is illegal.
Last summer at a raftup, a certain acquaintence who shall remain nameless, spent the whole day in the water up to his armpits, drinking beer all day long. He was completely legal.
But, if he were out of the water and used the swim platform to take a whiz, he'd be in violation of the law. (Of course he wouldn't do that, as there were about a dozen other people present at the time).
Last summer at a raftup, a certain acquaintence who shall remain nameless, spent the whole day in the water up to his armpits, drinking beer all day long. He was completely legal.
But, if he were out of the water and used the swim platform to take a whiz, he'd be in violation of the law. (Of course he wouldn't do that, as there were about a dozen other people present at the time).
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I think if a girl does it in public its ok?
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I thought the law regarding urine was that is was ok if it was not captured and then discharged.
Guess I read it wrong then.
I think this topic came up a few times around here over the years.
Guess I read it wrong then.
I think this topic came up a few times around here over the years.
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I remember this topic a few years back. And I found again, a subject on the topic from Peggy Hall as well.
Now, back to examining the definition of MSDs in general: There are two key words in this definition: the first is "installation." A bucket—unless it’s connected to any plumbing, nailed to the cabin sole or otherwise affixed to a vessel—is not installed. Therefore, there is absolutely nothing in any current Federal marine sanitation law to prevent someone from using a bucket to receive and retain (briefly) sewage and then throw the contents overboard. (However the MARPOL treaty does prohibit the dumping of raw sewage from any source into United States territorial waters.) Should you choose to forget the bucket and urinate or defecate directly into the water—from above it or while in it—you may run afoul of some laws regarding indecent exposure, but you will not be in violation of any marine sanitation law. But urinate or defecate into any piece of equipment installed on the boat for that purpose and flush it directly into the water, and you’re in violation of a whole flock of them.
http://boatbuilding.com/article.php/MarineSanitationFactvsFolklore
Now, back to examining the definition of MSDs in general: There are two key words in this definition: the first is "installation." A bucket—unless it’s connected to any plumbing, nailed to the cabin sole or otherwise affixed to a vessel—is not installed. Therefore, there is absolutely nothing in any current Federal marine sanitation law to prevent someone from using a bucket to receive and retain (briefly) sewage and then throw the contents overboard. (However the MARPOL treaty does prohibit the dumping of raw sewage from any source into United States territorial waters.) Should you choose to forget the bucket and urinate or defecate directly into the water—from above it or while in it—you may run afoul of some laws regarding indecent exposure, but you will not be in violation of any marine sanitation law. But urinate or defecate into any piece of equipment installed on the boat for that purpose and flush it directly into the water, and you’re in violation of a whole flock of them.
http://boatbuilding.com/article.php/MarineSanitationFactvsFolklore
Laws will vary. The only safe way is to be in the water where it is almost impossible for someone to question it. Piss while in the water, it's legal. Piss out of the water and then get rid of it; you could be in trouble for one reason or another. It doesn't make sence.