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Recommendation on head system for a 266 Chap. sunesta. Currently is has a carry pot porta pottie and I do not like having to carry it out to dump. What system/head would you recommend? I would like a pump out for ease of use. I boat on lakes in Georgia.

Thank you

FWIW, our aggressive rinse, and then dry-pump until it burps, has meant that
4 years of cruising, using that head mostly, there was NOTHING in the PVC -
no scale and no discoloration, let alone solids. So, that method works a
treat. Thanks for turning us on to that all those years ago.

Hope all is well with you. We've just come off a 2-year refit, and this
turned up in our shakedown. We're currently stuck on the hook and hoping
the coasties don't pay us a toilet visit until we get this stuff ordered
somewhere we can pick it up...

L8R

Skip and Lydia

Morgan 461 #2


When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land.
- Dr. Samuel Johnson

However, I'll also need a slight bit of hose; recall that my system is all
PVC (and both heads' plumbing survived the wreck!), but the geometry of the
forward thru hull makes it such that I have to use a short piece of hose to
make the final bend.

The folks who took over the SeaLand private label (or took it back, better)
don't make the stuff any more.

What's the least likely to ever smell, and, if it's different, which is an
acceptable substitute, but very flexible?

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Hi,

I think my email address for you may be incorrect, so, my apologies for duplicating that here if you already got it, and my having to do it in two parts due to character count.

The best way to get back to me is my name, all one word, at gmail.com...

Hi, Peggie,

Long time no hear. rbc is still stumbling along, but I saw your name in a
relatively recent forum post here so thought this might reach you.

I've had to do some major refit in the forward head, due to my prior Y
valve - and all my aged backups - failing. Things don't fit the same way
with the new gear, so I'll have to figure that out.

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Dear Peggie, thanks for the correction re: the Baby Blake. Bad assumption on my part. On another note, I read of your retirement. Congratulations! I hope you will be lurking about for some time, though. I must tell you that I have scrupulously followed your advice over the years. As a consequence, I overhauled my own sanitation system and fabricated an aerobic digester using your guidelines. Mounted above the waterline, it allows me to discharge (when far enough offshore) using gravity instead of macerators. And, thanks, again, to K.O., mine is the only holding tank on the dock that doesn't advertise its presence. Your contributions to the art and science of marine toilet systems, while not as glamorous as exotic rigging or hull shapes, have made my life, and career, more productive and rewarding. You are terrific.

Wanted to say 'thanks' for advice re: portapotti, and thanks also for your helpful book and Internet presence.

Hi Peggie,
I would first like to thank you for all your informative posts on various Internet bulletin boards. I've been doing a lot of reading about installing a pumpout pump from the holding tank overboard when offshore and consequently read a lot about the Federal requirements for securing seacocks. I can understand how one would take the handle off to be in compliance, but how can one lock a seacock in the closed position? When I look at all my seacocks I see no way to lock it closed--I mean, it's just a handle that when closed is parallel to the hull which has no place for a wire tie or lock. Is there some way you know of or some additional collar one can obtain that would meet this requirement? I can't see my self removing the handle everytime I'm inshore. I also cannot lock the cabinet where the seacock is since there is a big cut-out for a hamper directly over the seacock. Thanks for your help. Ken

Thanks for all the light you have shed on marine holding tank issues. I got your book on Amazon and it was helpful. I am planning to replace my sailboat's current holding tank and plumbing based on information I've gotten over the past few months, much of which came from you. Would you be willing to look at my idea for a new system at some point? Will pay reasonable consulting fee.