Mega yacht dumping trash in the Exumas, caught on camera

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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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Glad they got him.

Not being snide here—and I know Sunseekers are nice boats—but is an 82-footer really a mega-yacht?
 
angus99 said:
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'+.
 
angus99 said:
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.
 
LN-RTP said:
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.
 
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.
 
BandB said:
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.
 
LN-RTP said:
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.
 
78puget-trawler said:
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..
 
Viral? I can't find anything about it on FB. Got a link?
 
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BandB said:
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.
 
GMB said:
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.

���� 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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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.
 
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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Been drilled in my head for decades: pack it out.
 
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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South of Heaven said:
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.
 
AusCan said:
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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Sir, please don't misconstrue what I said. I abhor polluting and anyone that consciously does it. BUT I have zero illusions about what is really going on OFFSHORE. Lol. It's a massive problem. It's really just "out of sight and out of mind".......SHIPS MUST MOVE CARGO. 24/7/365.

Of course the Top Gun yacht was wrong and absolutely should be held accountable. 110%....but the real violators do it legally all day long.
 
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"Leave a Clean Wake"


Is the honorable way to cruise.,,,,,,,,,,, The SSCA motto.
 
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78puget-trawler said:
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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No, no one who draws a paycheck picked it up. Perhaps a conscientious cruiser picked it up and packed it out to an island that accepts trash (sometimes at $5/bag, depending), but there ARE NO receptacles in the park. NO trash service. Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints.



I'm sure there are charters that treat their cruising grounds with respect, just as there are the slobs highlighted in the posts about the trash who treat the cruising grounds as their own private litter box. "The world is my trash can" mentality. They richly deserve as much negative attention as they can possibly garner, perhaps a stint in service as a garbage scow...:mad:
 
One can only hope:

Excerpt - Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park (ECLSP) Rules & Regulations:

• Trash disposal is not available within Exuma Park — take out everything you bring in.

• Offences carry a penalty not to exceed $500 and confiscation of any boat, vessel or aircraft and of all equipment, stores, provisions or other effects used in committing the offence.
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I think if this is true that there should be fines levied. However, a few screen grabs from an alleged video isn’t very substantial evidence. Nor is giving someone filming you the finger an illegal thing. Even in the Bahamas. I fear this is just standard-issue internet clickbait. But, of course, it is only a suspicion. Viral things like this tend to always turn out poorly for a hordes of people that get their panties in a bunch, only to be left holding the bag... so-to-speak. If there is better evidence, I think they should face the same fines as anyone for their crime, but i have become so skeptical of like/share shaming, that I will sit back and see where the truth will land.
 
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It's not staged or hearsay, we are currently in the central Exumas and heard the whole thing on the radio. Another yacht in the mooring field saw it happening and got video/pictures and called it in to the park warden but in the meantime top gun left the mooring field, I am unaware if they have been found or delt with as of yet. The park staff along with the Bahamian Defense Force do an outstanding job and I have faith if found they will be made to pay. As for the comment about it possibly being a misunderstanding, the park rules are crystal clear these are just some ignorant asses.
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I hope the Bahamian Govt. confiscates the boat and it bankrupts the captain and the owner. The Exumas are being ruined by people like this.


Also, though these are not under way, Jet Skis should not be allowed to be operated above idle speed anywhere in the Bahamas except in certain areas close to beach rental concessions. Certainly not in a National Park.
 
angus99 said:
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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What is a megayacht?

A mega yacht is another name for a privately owned yacht that measures over 24 metres long and carries a professional crew. This is the same definition for a superyacht, and the average price of a second-hand mega yacht for sale is €7.9 million, according to superyacht sales data from 2014.

There are currently more than 10,000 mega yachts in the world, with around 150 new yachts delivered each year. Motor yachts are the most popular by far, with sailing yachts counting for less than 20% of all mega yachts in existence.

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/mega-yachts-explained--27357
 
LN-RTP said:
What is a megayacht?

A mega yacht is another name for a privately owned yacht that measures over 24 metres long and carries a professional crew. This is the same definition for a superyacht, and the average price of a second-hand mega yacht for sale is €7.9 million, according to superyacht sales data from 2014.

There are currently more than 10,000 mega yachts in the world, with around 150 new yachts delivered each year. Motor yachts are the most popular by far, with sailing yachts counting for less than 20% of all mega yachts in existence.

https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/editorial-features/mega-yachts-explained--27357
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Thanks for clarifying. So, at 82 ft, the offending yacht is three feet over the (79-ft) minimum to be considered a megayacht. I did note that the asking price for used Sunseeker 82s seems to be just north of $1M—a paltry sum for something as pretentious sounding as a megayacht.
 
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