With two of us on our boat with a large 25 gallon holding tank we have to empty once a week. Capt. Jay calls it "Beam reaching to Poopville." The rule in the US is to go to the 3-mile line on the chart.

We're in Grenada on our boat in 2-week quarantine in the quarantine anchorage. The Grenadian Coast Guard is cruising the anchorage and checking boat names against their list - about 60 boats now, but it peaked at over 110 boats. The Coast Guard is quite grumpy about allowing us to leave to dump holding tanks. Most are just pumping over as they go.

The BVI/USVI need to get serious about having the infrastructure to pump out. In Maryland all marinas and fuel docks are required to have pumpout facilities.

Cheers, RickG