ONBOARD Magazine summer 2021

UPFRONT
PROTECT OUR OCEANS
The future of the ocean is numbered
85
8
70
OPEN TO QUESTION
WHAT IS YOUR YACHT
DOING TO BE MORE ECO
FRIENDLY?
SAM KEMPSON, ENGINEER
I’ve just installed a sparkling water
system onboard. Massive environmental
space and time saver. No more san
pal bottles to dispose of. No more
lugging cases of bottled water around.
Fresh chilled sparkling water from the
tap. It’s a no brainier. Crew and guests can help themselves
whenever and they love it.
1
PEOPLE REQUEST
THE STRANGEST THINGS
A female guest decided
to venture out for a swim
in search of wildlife Not
feeling too confident
about spotting potential
predators; she asked crew
to trap rare fish and turtles
before she went out.
FOUND IN THE MED
RISSO’S DOLPHIN
5.25
Microfibres make up as much as 85% of all beach trash that do not break down.
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste estimated to be in our oceans.
Ocean pollution kills more than one million sea birds each year.
Almost 70% of ocean garbage sinks to the seafloor never to be seen again.
At least 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans each year. That’s similar to
emptying a garbage truck of plastic into an ocean every minute.
GET
TOOLED UP
A tool no respecting deckie
should ever be without and
for that matter anyone who
likes a bit of spur of
the moment DIY. The
latest Leatherman
is called BOND
and has 14
essential tools.
www.leatherman.com
ABBY EMERY, SY CAPTAIN
I make my own cleaning products. I
use glass bottles and label them, and
use water, vinegar and a selection of
essential oils, depending on what
purpose they’re being used for. Also,
water filtration and re-mineralisation
systems to stop the use of plastic bottles!!!
PAUL MCMORRIS, CAPTAIN/
ENGINEER
Yup, we had filtered and screened
(UV) water, re-usable and individual
aluminium drinking jugs. No plastic.
Not a major deal and guess what no
one complained or said anything about
it. I have no idea why more yachts are not seriously jumping
on to this very easy system of reducing plastic. Come on
people get with the programme. After all, the ocean is
where we make a living.
YASMIN WEARING, SAILOR
Learnt this on Sea Shepherd, soft
plastics get stuffed into an empty
bottle with a lid and the help of a stick,
one bottle takes months to fill or less,
but it saves on space and if we can
also stop using plastic, you won’t even
have to play this little game. I think we are all getting better,
but there is still a long way to go...
Risso’s dolphins or Monk dolphins are usually
sighted a few miles from the coast in small to
medium sized groups. They have slightly bulging
foreheads and distinctive scratches and scars
mostly from social interaction over their bodies.
Therefore body colour tends to lighten with age.
Men in a ship are always
looking up, and men
ashore are usually
looking down.
John Masefield
JAMES WILLIAMSON, CHEF
It’s not a lot, but refillable shampoos
and soaps, plastic tubs instead of
clingfilm, marine friendly soap for
washdowns. Having said that, ‘very
little does help’ and if we all try to
make one or two little changes, then
the overall effect could be massive. Come on - let’s all
make an effort and save our oceans.
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