Seabreeze Restoration part 1: The Bilge

Dealing with the bilge is truly the nastiest part of boat ownership. In our case, the previous owner had allowed a significant amount of motor oil, to leak into the bilge and mix with the already muddy water down below. Now, in a relatively clean bilge, the standard way to get rid of water, is as easy as flipping a switch connected to an electric bilge pump. Which vents the water over the side and back into the bay. However, if oil is involved, this is immediately out of the question for the responsible boater.
  Not only would your conscience try to strangle you, when you saw the black swear spread out behind your boat, but there is a $5000 fine for oil discharge. So, that leads me to my solution. I did some research online and found an awesome way to deal with even the nastiest bilges. Let bacteria do the work for you; and in a completely eco-freindly way. I bought a product called OilGoneEasy, which uses special nutrients to get naturally occurring, oil eating bacteria to have a population explosion inside the bilge. The bacteria feed on any available oil and break it down into non hazardous organic compounds. It takes a while to work on bad cases like mine. But after about a month, the greasy soup in my bilge, turned into nearly crystal clear water, with a few chucks floating on the surface. Super awesome:)!!!!