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nsuring that what you do to, or onboard, your boat won’t contaminate
the water means you’re helping to preserve it for the ˕˘˘Ѓ˧ ˙ ˣ˘ˣ˘ ˔˗ ˜˗˜˙˘ʡ Here’s how to make water- friendly changes.
Blackwater Try to make use of on-shore toilets. Consider installing a holding tank and using pump-out facilities. Find your nearest pump-out station at The Green Blue website’s Environmental Facilities Map.
Oil and fuel Using a fuel collar over nozzles will absorb ‘blow back’ when refuelling and catch drips when moving the nozzle across the deck. Also check the engine bilge for oil before pumping and use an absorbent sock to remove oil and fuel in the bilge. Install a ˕˜˚˘ Ѓ˧˘˥ ˧ ˖˔ˣ˧˨˥˘ ˔ ˜ or debris when pumping out.
Onboard cleaning It’s recommended to avoid
Tips to avoid polluting the water with your boat
cleaning products altogether and only use fresh water and a good scrubbing brush. This also helps to protect any sealants which can perish and lose colour from using certain detergents.
Paint When antifouling, consider more environmentally friendly paints, such as low volatile organic compound paints and non-biocidal coatings, such as silicone, vinyl or ultrasonic technologies. Compounds found in many antifoul paints can build up in marine organisms that are then ingested by marine wildlife.
Be prepared Keep a spill kit for accidental spills. The pads and booms included don’t absorb water, allowing more fuel to be collected. Avoid using detergents to clean up a spill which will spread it further. Find environmetally friendly products at
thegreenblue.org. uk/green-blue-business- directory
Take the RYA boating quiz
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Over what arc, in degrees, should a red or green sidelight show?
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What is a katabatic wind?
How many Olympic gold medals have the British Sailing Team won since 1896, when sailing made its Olympic debut?
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If a rigging wire is called by-wire halyard 6x19, what does that mean?
When setting off a red ˣ˔˥˔˖˛˨˧˘ Є˔˥˘ ˧ ˘˦˨˥˘
it remains as close to overhead ˔˦ ˣ˦˦˜˕˘ ˦˛˨˗ ˨ Ѓ˥˘ ˜˧ upwind or downwind?
What is a gnomic chart?
Which is more accurate: ˔ ˧˛˥˘˘ʠˣ˜˧ Ѓ ˜˧˛ ˔ ˛˔˗ bearing compass or crossed transit lines?
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Use The Green Blue’s Facilities ˀ˔ˣ ˧ Ѓ˗ a pump-out station.
ˊ˛˔˧ ˔˦ ˧˛˘ ˔ˠ˘ ˙ ˧˛˘ Ѓ˥˦˧ purpose-built trans-Atlantic
steamship? Its maiden voyage was from Bristol to New York in 1838.
What does the symbol ‘
fS.M.Sh’ on a chart tell you?
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A skipper eases the genoa sheet, keeping one hand on
the turns round the winch. Is this dangerous?
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