said boat having a first compartment including a cabin area having a cabinet housing and a second compartment spaced from and remote said first compartment, said first compartment is located toward the front of the boat, and said second compartment is an engine compartment, which is located toward the back of the boat;

a trash compacting assembly disposed in said cabin area of said first compartment in position within said cabinet housing to be readily accessible to persons in the cabin area for receiving and compacting trash;

the trash compacting assembly including a trash bin for receiving trash, and a reciprocating compacting head carried within said cabinet above the trash bin for compacting trash in the trash bin;

a sliding drawer supporting said trash bin for sliding movement between beneath said compacting head and outside said cabinet housing;

at least one fluid actuator unit for forcing the compacting head downward into the trash bin for compacting trash during a compaction cycle and for retracting the compacting head during a retraction cycle;

a fluid actuating assembly disposed in said second compartment spaced from and remote said first compartment and the trash compacting assembly in said cabin area for supplying pressurized fluid to the trash compacting assembly for actuating the fluid actuator unit;

at least one fluid line routed through the first and second compartments for connecting the fluid actuator in the cabin area and the fluid actuating assembly in said second compartment; and

a fluid control circuit for controlling flow in the fluid line to reciprocate the compacting head during the compaction cycle and retraction cycle, said fluid control circuit includes a plurality of control valves and switches, and control wiring located with said fluid actuating assembly in said second compartment;

whereby a minimum of space within said first compartment and the cabin area is utilized by said compacting system.