Originally Posted by
john gill
#1. Yes indeed. We were all guilty of polluting our planet whilst sailing the world. As galley boy my rosie throwing activity would have contributed to filling the ocean.(Although always on the lee side- we didn't want our own back)! Sometimes the excuse was that the sea creatures would feed on our waste, but what fish can digest empty corned beef tins, old sea boots and the like. Considering how long it takes for some rubbish to bio degrade, looking at the pic on #1 makes me wonder if it's all come back to haunt us.