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Location: BlogsChristy Martin, Publisher and Riverrat    
Posted by: christy@lifeonthewater.org 2/4/2008 6:00 PM

Several of you visited us at the Huntsville Boat Show and the Birmingham Boat Show...and a few asked about the MSD (marine sanitary discharge) fees that will go into effect very soon.  It's $75 now...used to be no charge...and performed by the Alabama Marine Police...which seems strange to me that they have to check bathrooms on boats and patrol miles of shoreline, too.

Over dinner, Larry Long brings up a good point.  What about the boats that do not have a head?  Please understand...we're not picking on fishermen...we're fishermen, too.  But if the state is going to charge, let's just call a spade a spade.  It's not completely for the sake of keeping our waterways clean...or else there would be 'fines' for the guy relieving himself or the lady floating happily with a lifevest on and a smile on her face.  I don't mind a bit being charged $75...and if it's completely to fund the Alabama Marine Police, I'm great with that...they need the funding.  Just say it out loud that if someone owns a boat big enough to have a bathroom, they can afford a $75 MSD inspection and sticker so we're going to finance X with that money. 

You see, that's the scary part.  Nobody will say where the money is going...

Love to hear your comments...

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Our company is Daymarker Enterprises, LLC, established in 2000.  Captain Billy Martin is President and wife, Christy Martin is Vice-President.  We are proud sponsors of

--America's Great Loop Cruisers Association, a group of amazing boaters that travel the eastern half of the United States, epitomizing the sense of adventure we hope to promote in boating. 

--The North Alabama Marina Association, established for better communication and better enhancements to our marinas for customers.

--North Alabama Boaters Association, dedicated to educating business and political leaders of the economic impact of boating and outdoor recreation on our region.

Billy and Cole for web.jpg      We own YachtSouth, a yacht brokerage company based in Huntsville, Alabama.  As an affiliate of the MLS and YachtWorld, the largest collection of yachts for sale in the world, our customer base is world-wide.  We are Florida-licensed brokers networking with more than 2600 brokers in the United States and around the world.  Captain Billy Martin is a U.S.C.G. 100-ton Master, currently working on an upgrade to 500 ton.  He ransports inland as well as East Coast, Atlantic and Gulf Coast waters.  We offer education and training after the sale to insure safety and comfort behind the wheel or on the bow. 

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Life on the Water Magazine and www.lifeonthewater.com is our mission to bring more people to the water, exploring the Tennessee River, the Tennessee Tombigbee and surrounding waterways.  The print magazine covers the people, places and things to do in the 4 state region of the Deep South, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.  Publisher, Christy Martin has served on the Huntsville/Madison County Marina and Port Authority and lead their effort in obtaining more than half a million in U.S. Fish and Wildlife grants for enhancements to the marina.  Christy is dedicated to women and kids education on the water.  Organizing events such as Cruise for the Cure, a boating 101 course for women that raised money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure with Rambo Marine, Boys' and Girls' Club Fishing Rodeos, boating badge seminars for Boy Scouts, and Boating for Women with Pickwick Yacht Club. 

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Daymarker Enterprises, LLC is a family business.  You're just as likely to see our 12-year-old son, Cole, washing boats as you are to see our 10-year-old son, Jake, taking photographs for the magazine.  You'll find us on the Tennessee River every weekend.  We've seen firsthand that 'life on the water' makes you better...a better couple, a better family.   

Turn off the TV news and video games...go to the river as fast as you can.

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photo by Ellen Hudson, The Huntsville Times
in an October 7, 2007 article for ENJOY! Magazine
'Christy Martin's Life on the Water'

 

 



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