Some New Things Coming...

Summer is certainly here with all it's heat and humidity... We're going to be making some changes to our Website, Products, and Logo. We're still looking for the Project Boat of our Dreams to renovate and restore with Eco-Friendly Products. On the other side of things we have acquired a new, but used 5th wheel to live in Full-Time. It will require our attention in the near future for some changes we have planned.

We have eliminated a few Product offerings from our Website and have tried to stream line it to make it a bit easier to use and understand. We will be adding several new Product lines in the next couple of months. Please let us know of any Products that are Eco-Friendly and/or Green that you can recommend to us...

Our new Logo...

Not much has changed, just simplified!!!

That's it for now, check our site and stay tuned for more, keep the wind on your quarter!!!http//:www.greenboatingusa.com

The Gulf and it's Affects on all of us...

We are recently back from the Gulf of Mexico area, I have been pondering for a few days on what my thoughts would be once I started to put it into our Blog...

We did not know what to expect upon arriving in the Mobile Bay area, had the News Networks exaggerated as usual, was it still busy with tourists coming down after school has gotten out for the summer, would we be able to visit our favorite little Hole-in-the-Wall-Seafood Restaurant and get a fresh Shrimp or Oyster Po' Boy sandwich, we just didn't know. Early the next morning we headed out to see what was going on...

Arriving in Fairhope at Fly Creek things seemed to be pretty normal. There was one apparent thing not going on, there was no one going out or launching out of the Dry Storage... We asked around a bit and it had been that way for days. There was no oil in the water, no sheen, and no smell in the air. Once in awhile people or Fisherman would venture out, but nothing like it had been in recent days before.

Next was Orange beach and Gulf Shores, here we got a real dose of what was going on... Every Public Parking Lot was being used as some type of staging area for the Beach Clean-Up, Bulldozers, 4 Wheeler Carts, Workers with their reflective safety gear, Trash Trucks hauling full and leaving empty bins, and hardly any Tourists. The mood of everyone we walked past was overwhelmingly somber, but still friendly, as if we were at the wake of a close friend who we all have admired...

We then left there to go to Perdido Pass to see if the oil was really coming in the Inlet as had been reported, it was. Not a lot of oil, but enough to let you know it was there on and in the water. We could see it, smell it, and watch it being flushed out of  Perdido Pass on the outgoing tide, yes, I said out!!! The Pass had Booms everywhere in every direction, boats patroling the area, but none trying to absorb the oil on the surface, it was apparent, we could see it from the shore. As we walked out to the beach on the Gulf we saw boats 50 feet off the shore to the horizon all working in teams with absorbent tubes trying to slowly get what oil they could. I counted 30 teams of 2 boats just within eyesight.

We came away from our adventure with a sad feeling, but it has really motivated us to try and do what we can do... The good news is that we have become a Representative for a Company out of Canada that has an extremely unique, simple, lightweight, and reusable Oil Sorbent Barrier that works!!! The Company is Murrenhil Corporation, the Product is their Rapid Oil Containment (ROC) Sorbent Barrier System. We had the pleasure of meeting the Owner, Glenn Murray, while we were in the area. He has been working tirelessly to get his ROC Product in use with BP in the Gulf. BP has used the ROC Product in Alaska, but the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, as we all have witnessed. There have been several good Press Reports, numerous meetings, and much interest. What initially started out for Glenn as a one week trip to the Gulf area, has turned into 3 plus weeks! We commend Glenn for all he is trying to do to help and bring a Product to the Gulf area that works!

For more information on the ROC Sorbent Barrier System go to our Oil Spill Page at www.greenboatingusa.com . We are excited to offer a Product such as the ROC Sorbent Barrier, the uses are many: From an accidental spill at the Fuel Dock, protecting your Boat at the Marina, Shore Front Property Protection, complete Marina protection, to assisting in the Clean-Up in the Gulf. Please contact us with any questions or if you know of someone who may benefit from using the ROC Sorbent Barrier  System. Let us know if you would like a sample to test for yourself...

In the coming days we will have other Eco-Friendly Products to add on our site. I'm sure we will be spending more and more of our time and efforts in the Gulf Region. We will always try as best we can to keep you up to date on Twitter with what is going on both with us and the Gulf... 

Oh, almost forgot, I did get that Fresh Shrimp Po' Boy as we were leaving the Mobile Bay area, I hope it won't be the last one for awhile...

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The Clean and Green Boater...: Have You Calculated Your Carbon Footprint???

The Clean and Green Boater...: Have You Calculated Your Carbon Footprint???