Green sailing in Texas! - Sailors for the Sea

Green sailing in Texas!

 November 14, 2013  | By: Oceana

Lakewood Yacht Club’s Harvest Moon Regatta participated in the Clean Regattas program for the first time this year, and achieved bronze level certification.  

Eco cleaning products at Harvest Moon Regatta

Pictured above: Non toxic cleaning products for your boat available to participants of the regatta.

Clean Regatta liaison Jack Seitzinger has launched a clean boating campaign at the Lakewood Yacht Club in Seabrook, Texas. This includes running the Clean Regattas program, an essay contest about clean boating and removing marine debris from Galveston Bay.

Clean Regatta Best Practices implemented at the regatta include:

  • Establishing a Green Team
  • Paper Reduction 
  • Non-Toxic cleaning products  (Boats were given Shaklee non-toxic cleaning samples)
  • Disposable Water Bottle Reduction
  • Waste Reduction & Recycling
  • Gathering Metrics

A great addition to the best practices, participants were given reusable bags to be used for groceries, shopping, and some sailors suggested beach clean ups! 

Pictured above: Reusable shopping bags donated by West Marine to encourage sailors to ditch plastic bags!
All photos from the Harvest Moon Regatta Website.

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