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01-05-2019, 09:13 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
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Mega yacht dumping trash in the Exumas, caught on camera
Miami Based 82’ Sunseeker “Top Gun” caught red handed dumping garbage in the park.
Story and pictures going viral on FB and Instagram.
Idiot Captain flipped off the photographer.
Hope he rots away in a Fox Hill.
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01-05-2019, 09:19 PM
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,257
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The horror....the horror....
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01-05-2019, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
The horror....the horror....
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Yes it is.
The park is unique and pristine.
Read more about it here:
https://bnt.bs/exuma-cays-land-sea-park/
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01-05-2019, 09:32 PM
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Guru
City: Signal Mtn., TN
Vessel Name: Stella Maris
Vessel Model: Defever 44
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,742
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Glad they got him.
Not being snide here—and I know Sunseekers are nice boats—but is an 82-footer really a mega-yacht?
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01-05-2019, 09:35 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by angus99
Glad they got him.
Not being snide here—and I know Sunseekers are nice boats—but is an 82-footer really a mega-yacht?
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Not in my opinion but then there are a couple of different classifications by industry publications and one says 100'+ and the other counts 80'+.
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01-05-2019, 09:36 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by angus99
Glad they got him.
Not being snide here—and I know Sunseekers are nice boats—but is an 82-footer really a mega-yacht?
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I heard different classifications: 80’ and over = Mega Yacht, 140’ and over, Super Yacht.
Whatever, we will change it to Motor Yacht, Point is the idiots polluted in paradise.
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01-05-2019, 09:54 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LN-RTP
I heard different classifications: 80’ and over = Mega Yacht, 140’ and over, Super Yacht.
Whatever, we will change it to Motor Yacht, Point is the idiots polluted in paradise.
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And the Bahamian authorities generally do not react to such things softly. It's a chartered boat, chartered with crew, so there's a licensed captain accountable as well.
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01-05-2019, 09:57 PM
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,257
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I imagine someone picked it up and threw it in the proper receptacle. If man is present it is not pristine. Some ass will always dump his garbage where it doesn't belong. Some one else is paid to pick it up, job security. You cannot educate or legislate indifference and stupidity.
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01-05-2019, 09:58 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
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Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
And the Bahamian authorities generally do not react to such things softly. It's a chartered boat, chartered with crew, so there's a licensed captain accountable as well.
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Rumor says they are still in the Bahamas, perhaps they are in deep do-do as we speak..Hopefully.
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01-05-2019, 10:00 PM
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LN-RTP
Rumor says they are still in the Bahamas, perhaps they are in deep do-do as we speak..Hopefully.
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Bahamian authorities have been known to hold violators and the boat until a sizeable fine is paid.
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01-05-2019, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
I imagine someone picked it up and threw in the proper receptacle. If man is present it is not pristine. Some ass will always dump his garbage where it doesn't belong. Some one else is paid to pick it up, job security.
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Uh no.
Some of these islands are uninhabited and the rule is you take nothing, you leave nothing. Nobody is paid to pick it up. You keep it on the boat until you get to a marina at the next island, then you dispose of it in garbage containers.
Guess you have never been there..
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01-05-2019, 10:01 PM
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#12
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Veteran Member
City: East Central Florida
Vessel Name: Joy Shared
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 44 Motor Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 41
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Viral? I can't find anything about it on FB. Got a link?
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01-05-2019, 10:02 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
Bahamian authorities have been known to hold violators and the boat until a sizeable fine is paid.
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Nice..Hopefully the fine will be 5 digits.
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01-05-2019, 10:03 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,329
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB
Viral? I can't find anything about it on FB....
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Viral in terms of infectious?
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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01-05-2019, 10:06 PM
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Senior Member
City: Fort Lauderdale
Vessel Name: Odin
Vessel Model: Albin 28TE
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Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GMB
Viral? I can't find anything about it on FB. Got a link?
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Look for yachtnerd on FB and Instagram: A bunch of outraged Yacht Captains and crew spreading this as fast as they can and I am happy to help.
Name and shame, ban the scumbags forever, etc.
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SWIPE SCUMBAG ALERT !
Please take the time to like and post a comment as we need some reach on this post! This is a small “charter yacht”. I’m not even into, or crazy about environmental issues, but this is just insane, especially from what is supposed to be “professional crew”. The guy’s even flipping off the camera in one of the pics *♂️ Let’s make these losers famous!
“Morning all,
I thought this went without saying... but, it is illegal to dump trash in the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park.
Here’s a few photos sent in from a buddy in the Cambridge Cay Mooring Field of M/Y Top Gun blatantly discarding their trash near one of the trail heads onshore at Cambridge.
Please; let’s all do our part to protect the park, and respect the rules.
Take nothing, leave nothing. It’s easy.”
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01-05-2019, 10:36 PM
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Veteran Member
City: East Central Florida
Vessel Name: Joy Shared
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 44 Motor Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2012
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Lots of SM chatter but no corroborating news yet. One claim that "the warden posted" the pics. I'd be convinced if I saw that official posting. Dumping certainly happens and it's atrocious when it does but I'll monitor for other data on this particular act/actor before I get my BP up.
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01-05-2019, 11:23 PM
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Guru
City: Sharon, Ma
Vessel Name: Slow Lane
Vessel Model: 2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,167
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Where do you think all of the tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of other fishing trawlers, cruise ships and military vessels traversing this planet's oceans dump their refuse??
Just because they are offshore does that make it okay? There's not a darn thing we can do about it. Commerce is too important. The average person has no clue about the amount of goods that are transported via water.
Here is the plaque from my boat. Every time I read it I am amazed. Marine pollution is mind boggling if you do the math on it. I try not to think about it...... Lol
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2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht
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01-05-2019, 11:35 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Been drilled in my head for decades: pack it out.
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01-05-2019, 11:41 PM
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Guru
City: Adelaide
Vessel Name: Kokanee
Vessel Model: Cuddles 30 Pilot House Motor Sailer
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 3,218
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Mega yacht dumping trash in the Exumas, caught on camera
There is plenty we can do about it. First of all, don’t accept that it is going to happen. Report anyone dumping garbage. Show your government that you want action to stop it. It is changing because most people are NOT accepting this type of disregard for the health of our oceans and shoreline.
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01-05-2019, 11:44 PM
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Master and Commander
City: Vallejo CA
Vessel Name: Carquinez Coot
Vessel Model: penultimate Seahorse Marine Coot hull #6
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 12,559
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Quote:
Originally Posted by South of Heaven
Where do you think all of the tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of other fishing trawlers, cruise ships and military vessels traversing this planet's oceans dump their refuse??
Just because they are offshore does that make it okay? There's not a darn thing we can do about it. Commerce is too important. The average person has no clue about the amount of goods that are transported via water.
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On the several cruise lines I'm familiar with, their ships have their own sewage plants, recyclables are recycled, unrecyclables are transferred to docks/barges, and food leftovers are fed to the fishes.
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