So, you’re sailing through the Gulf Islands and your sewage holding tank is full, but there’s no pump-out station within range and new federal regulations say boaters can’t discharge untreated sewage within three nautical miles of land. What to do? Pick the mid-point, find a fast-flowing current, get up some speed and dump, according to regulations that came into effect this month. “The regulations do allow you to do a discharge close to land if there’s no pump-out station available, but there’s no definition of available. It’s very vague,” said Michelle Young, Georgia Strait Alliance clean marine program co-ordinator. Navigating the new sewage rules
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