Sydney Harbour Wash Campaign this weekend

3:52 AM Thu 24 Feb 2011 GMT

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Sydney Harbour will be the focus of a NSW Maritime campaign this weekend aimed at reducing and preventing excessive ?wash? ? the waves vessels produce while underway. NSW Maritime Chief Executive Steve Dunn said the large amount of water traffic on Sydney Harbour meant it was doubly important that each skipper was aware of how much wash their vessel created and ways of minimising it. 'All skippers have to be mindful of the wash that their vessel creates,' he said. 'The sheer number of vessels on any given section of Sydney Harbour, and especially on weekends, means the message about ...

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by NSW Maritime