Comments on: TSUNAMI DEBRIS WORKSHOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/tsunami-debris-workshop-at-university-of-hawaii/ WE CAN ALL BE OCEAN HEROES Sun, 11 Jun 2023 19:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Bryan Reid https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/tsunami-debris-workshop-at-university-of-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:08:42 +0000 http://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/?p=192#comment-218 Hi,
I have friends sailing a boat back from Hawaii to Vancouver and I am a little concerned about them running into the debris. I am very aware of how difficult it is to see debris while sailing in swells and wind wave but especially at night when you just can’t see debris in the water.

Is there a recommendation for navigating back to avoid the field?

You help would be much appreciated

]]> By: Gee Randhawa https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/tsunami-debris-workshop-at-university-of-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:49:19 +0000 http://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/?p=192#comment-204 I’m a stay-at-home-mum living in Texas. However, we love the ocean after experiencing California. We heard about the Trash Vortex some time ago, but there has been no recent updates. Are you any closer in discovering a way to extract the debris out of the ocean and to reduce its impact on marine life?

]]> By: Trevor Gillespie ~ Marcon Engineering Services, Inc. Baltimore, MD. https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/tsunami-debris-workshop-at-university-of-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:33:11 +0000 http://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/?p=192#comment-116 Would like to discuss with Ms. Mary Crowley about Intercepting the Tsunami Debris Slick with Clean-Up / Scooping Ocean Vessels prior to the Debris reaching the Pacific Northwest Bays & Beaches, it should be possible to use Trash-Debris Scooper Vessels
and off-load same into Cargo-Bulk-Type Vessels (Mother Vessels) for Transporting to
a suitable Discharge Port for Disposal – needless to say this will be a Major Operation, but a lot less of a Problem of having this Debris/Trash wash up in USA. ~ we do have a Major American Ship Operator interested in discussing this proposal.

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