Will be picking up a mooring in Vero Beach this afternoon. The drill is to come to the fuel dock for a pumpout, then they want to tie wrap you Y valve shut before you go to the mooring field. I've decided not to argue with him. I'm going to open the lazarette hatch, let him climb down in, and cable the valve closed. Only problem he will have is that the valve handle is in the drawer next to the helm.
I shall report back on how it all went tomorrow. I do understand their problem though. They have a lot of mooring and encourage rafting during the peak snowbird season. While these long term transients aren't exclusively sailboaters.... If you look at the satellite image on Google maps, you can better understand the problem. Not much water flow and too many frugal sailboaters. Moorage is very inexpensive there ($16.25 per night / $375 per month).
Stay tuned for tomorrow's report.
Ted