So today in a fit of
boat maintenance boredom between coats of Cetol on the toe rail, I had a call from Mother Nature. As I sat on the best seat in the house, it dawned on me that it was a pain in the butt to add enough
water to the bowl for ol' number two.
My
boat was built with an
electric head (which was the first thing taken shore side when I took possession of her)... I replaced the porcelain god with a good old
Jabsco manual pumper. A legacy of the old device was a big pushbutton and a handy wire run to the rear of the
head. I had an old vane
pump sitting in my E-150
Dock Box up in the parking lot as well.
A few fittings Tee'd into the lines on the
Jabsco and I had a HYBRID! For liquid waste, the head works as it always has with the manual handle. But when solids are in the offing, a quick push of the rubber button adds
salt water to the bowl.... VOILA`! Poo soup!
Needless to say the olfactory benefits of depositing last night's dinner into a bowl full of
water were well recognized by Mr Thomas Crapper (the inventor of the modern flush
toilet.... Not to slight John Harrington who actually had the idea 200 years prior)
Oh well... back to the brite-work