Now it can be told

[firstdive2005]

What I like about the trashy gang is nearly all the gang happen to be really good looking women. At least all the facebook blogs I get are from the ladies that are putting up the good fight. True helpful folk!

 

[elletek]

I think I know who I can contact at Carnival cruise lines- let's see what happens. Probably nothing but it's worth a try.

Go for it! Let's us know what they reply.

 

[Mike]

That's a great idea since most of the trash comes from the ships tossing stuff overboard. Now who's going to arrange this with the cruise ships?

Say what? Where do you get that from?

 

[ggunn]

Say what? Where do you get that from?

That's the widely held rumor, but I don't know if there's truth in it.

 

[lionfish-eater]

Please go start a new thread for the beach trash issue. This is very disrespectful to the OP. The entire island should be very proud that El Presidente chose Coz to vacation and the he dives. Imagine how much better the US would be if the prez was a diver! This is also a great honor for Aldora, Dave, Memo the captain and the entire shop staff. Please give this thread the respect it deserves.

David

Get out of the jar!

 

[Mike]

After 30 replies it's legal to hi-jack a thread. It's in the internet constitution section 12, paragraph 13, I read it online.

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Dear Gordon,

I really don't believe that a lot of the trash is from cruise ships. Maybe some from freighters or tankers but after observing the trash habits of the eastern Caribbean ( St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) I am certain that is is coming from land based slobs. Indeed, on my honeymoon in 1998 we put a romantic letter in a bottle in the Grenadines and it ended up in Galveston County Texas. That meant it had to come very close to Cozumel where I hoped it might land. This has another whole story!

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[old gaffer]

It is absolute malarkey that trash is washing up from cruise ships. The major cruise lines have very strict policies regarding how they handle the trash generated onboard ship. The only possible thing ending up in the ocean would be the rare idiot passenger that throws a bottle off the ship. Commercial freighters and what not would not surprise me if they dump at sea under the cover of darkness but I think Dave is right that most trash comes from the eastern Carib land based practices.

Gaffer

 

[jeancmo]

Dear Gordon,

Indeed, on my honeymoon in 1998 we put a romantic letter in a bottle in the Grenadines and it ended up in Galveston County Texas. That meant it had to come very close to Cozumel where I hoped it might land. This has another whole story!

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

How long did it take to travel to Texas???

 

[Dave Dillehay]

It took nine months and endured Hurricane Mitch. When we put the message in the bottle we dreamed that it might show up in Cozumel so we put our US home phone on the message. This is the good part...when the bottle was found it was on the beach in Galveston--about 40 miles from where our US home is!

The person who found it thought it was a joke since it was a local number but he called anyway. Man! Were we blown away.


Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers