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  1. chrispsails

    Salish Sea/Puget Sound boatpunx

    i've seen people carry the tiny tank from the porta-potty to the bathroom and just dump& flush. it has a lid and a carrying handle. i also know boat people who made their own composting bucket, not sure about where they dump that (i could ask) but anything is better than having your neighbor go...
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    Salish Sea/Puget Sound boatpunx

    crow's points are all legit, however, while it's true about discharging or dumping your bucket OFF SHORE in the ocean, please, if you're in an enclosed water way like a marina/cove, please don't dump your shit over. whether it's coming from your tank or a bucket, it is still not 'legal,' and...
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    Intro from Florida

    Ha! If you think it’s tough in Florida you wouldn’t believe how it is in the SF Bay Area. Man, I have some stories. Not only the points you mentioned, but there is such a crazy desperate housing crisis due to the tech boom, gentrification , the crazy increasing gap between rich rich rich and...
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    Salish Sea/Puget Sound boatpunx

    crow, and whomever else. i just stumbled on this site tonight, saw your post. your location sounds dreamy, especially the hot tub. my boat's in the marina, but the shower's shared with a public bar, and essentially, a bunch of folks from local homeless encampments, and its never cleaned, so...
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    sailors in Florida/NOLA?

    i miss new orleans, and i hear there's a salty, diy sailing scene in florida. i'm in oakland but burnt out, it's not what it used to be, i miss the work ethic of the east coast. all the tech bro's and 'burners' with money and entitlement and gentrification and increasing class and racial...
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    Intro from Florida

    hey, i got into sailing a few years ago and while i never thought i'd want to live in florida, i've heard there's an active diy, salty, punk sailing scene. i'm just not at all connected to it, so i decided to look about online. i'm looking to see where would be a good area to move to where i...
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    News & Blogs Unique Travel Jobs: Working On Super Yachts & Sailboats

    just leaving this here: i'm an ER nurse. I know how to sail. i'm on this forum as i figure out how to transition into jobs on boats and get out of this full time hospital job and leave the SF bay area and looking at moving south. i found this forum when googling for a bit of info on finding a...
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    Boat to stay on in Florida keys

    yo! so glad to find this forum when i sat down and searched 'florida sailboat punks' this is the first site i found and the second mention of sailing in florida. i'm searching through the threads for likeminded people in florida because while i'm not 'traveling' in the way i was when i was...
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    Turns out if you spend enough time in Florida you will eventually be given a sailboat.

    yo! so glad to see your story and this forum when i sat down and searched 'florida sailboat punks' this is the first thing i found. i'm not 'traveling' in the way i was when i was younger but i'm needing something new. i got into sailing a few years ago and while i never thought i'd want to live...