Where do you put trash (beer cans) on boat?
 

I usually just use a plastic grocery store T shirt bag tied to the bow step and crush the cans. But when there is 6-7 people on board this doesn't cut it. I HATE clutter!!! Just curious as to how others handle trash. This weekend I am taking a plastic kitchen trash can and going to put it in the engine bay some how....hoping to screw it to the firewall. Even considering putting a can crusher on the fire wall as well....

1. Make sure used can is empty.
2. Place can on floor.
3. Make sure foot has a shoe on it.
4. Stomp can flat.
5. Dispose in trash bag.
6. Open new beer.

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I have used different methods, but seem to keep coming back to a 5 gal plastic paint buckets with a larger Lowe's, Home Depot, Northern Tool type of bag inside. 1/8" cord tied to the handle and through a hole in the lid to keep it from sailing away.

Amazing how many crushed cans fit and it can also be used as a seat.

Once I had one become flotson and it was easy to swing around and rescue.

I have also used one for dry storage for a weekend's worth of chips, smokes and tissue.

Even in the smallest of boats, they generally fit inside a hatch or well.

Tie a garbage bag to a grab handle but I have been eyeing up the camping style pop up garbage cans

smash them flat and put plastic trash bag,any cuddy hole you can find.i have a anchor locker between front seats works great.

I use one of those recyclable/reusable grocery bags you can get at a grocery store. The kind that have the hard plastic bottom and sometimes put a paper bag in it as well. Then I just pull off the boat and throw the entire thing in the recylcing bin.

My brother has an old boat and just puts his recylcing bin directly in the boat.

I have two lighted, self-rinsing trash containers on my CC.

I think others may refer to them as livewells. :D

(I obviously don't fish)

Switch to Vodka and just carry ice, bottle, mixer.

No mess - 1 reusable cup.

sink em

Opps sorry...

What if you live in a state where the cans are returnable and they cannot be crushed?

i have a $7 kitchen/bathroom can i use. i used to tie a bag to a hand rail but got sick of it dripping all over my floor and making a huge mess.

I am a diver and see that WAY too many people are simply hiding them under the boat.....:angry-smiley-038:....I like my lake - ocean clean so if i ever catch someone doing this i will be forced to see how many cans and bottles will fit up yo azz !! :party-smiley-004:

move:evilb:

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i leave them on my friends cruiser..

:kiss:....:lolhit:

The capitan cant drink much. First mate handles the guest. If You bring it on You take care of it. I take care of the boat an passengers. You make a stop an they clean up there trash. Artie

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beer out of a can? hello trailer park:evilb:

I have two holes in the cockpit floor that I can put a garbage bag in, then just drop cans in.

Thats what I do. Its big, holds alot of cans and is easy to dispose of at the end of the day.

Neither my wife nor I drink, and it seems like because we dont, other people on the boat shy away from it lol. Helps keep the clutter down. All the other trash goes into a bag in the cabin.

A gent on a nearby lake has the same approach - baitwell for empties and the livewell keeps everything on ice... if he goes fishing with the grandkids - he just brings a cooler that he can bleach out later.

Back in the Soft sided cooler. end of day you just gotta dig deeper.

Same here, sucks when you go digging for that last one, and it is not there though:lolhit:

Consider them Sacrificial and crush them anyway.

Keep a small bathroom trashcan in the cabin and put a small trash bag in it. When it starts getting full, pull the bag out at the next stop.

The Fish Popo be enjoyin dis thread .....:party-smiley-004: :ernaehrung004:

I always thought it was a no brainer - you take a bottle out of the cooler and when you're done, you put it back in.

We bring bottles, shatter them on a exhaust manifold and vacuum the bilge when were done for the day.

I LOL'd :lolhit:

Grocery bag around the passenger seat grab handle. But I really like the whole 5gal pail idea with the top tied on!! Makes for a seat, trash can, step in and out, and it floats! I mean how genius is that! Close the lid and voila, no-one drinking on this boat sir!!!! :daz:

That doesnt work too well when you have one cooler as a staging area for the 5 cases of beer in the cabin.....

That brings up an interesting point. Is it illegal to have open containers on the boat up there? Just curious. Only law down here is that the driver can't be legally drunk.

We do that once the trashcan is full but for some reason I hate digging through an ice chest full of empties. Some OCD thing I guess.

Somewhere along the way we picked up one of these. Works pretty slick as it attaches to any smooth surface with suction cups and holds kitchen trash bags.


http://www.amazon.com/Boatmates-Supe.../dp/B001448VVQ

BINGO! I always encourage my passengers drink hard alcohol. :D

3 fifths of booz and a couple two liters of mix vs 48 beers. 5 empty bottles at the end of the day vs 48. LOL

Yeah, but then you have to deal with a bunch of drunks pouring drinks in your boat all day. I have this image in my head of my cabin covered in cranberry and vodka. :angry-smiley-038: I let them drink hard liquor but the rule is, only make drink while in the idle zone or stopped and the cup has to have a lid and a straw.

Like Michigan, I suppose if you are worried about the deposit, you really shouldn't own a boat :) The deposit pays for maybe one gallon of gas...which is about 1.5 miles according to my current calculations, less if I keep pushing the go stick :D

I toss them in the sink/cooler in front of the passenger seat, then use the sink water to rinse out.

Stupid deposits...

EDIT: Or invite friends from Toledo and tell THEM to bring the deposit free beer ;)

We save the better plasitc bags like from Target, Gap, Old Navy etc. (tons around Christmas)
Tougher; less puncture, tear resistant than cheaper plastic grocery bags.
User smaller to medium sized, the huge ones clutter and take up too much space, get heavy.

I would not try to put a large single trash in bilge, too much opening the hatch. Just tie off and start another. (use a master in the bilge if you need multiple containment.
Try to rinse as many cans as possible with just a slosh of water before crushing to minimize sticky drips.

LEO harrassments have gotten worse, I have started policing up tight when leaving. Remove all day's "probable cause evidence" and even suggest a "spacer" for the ride back as long as its not too much of a party buzz kill.

I have one of those as well and it works great for me

You print up bar codes on full page sticker paper. Slice the bar codes up. Put them on the cans. Bring them to Michigan and get 10 cents each in the machines......Or you could sink them. They won't hurt anything on the bottom will they? Maybe hermit crabs will move into them. :)

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