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25-03-2008, 19:19
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Oct 2007
Boat: Endeavour 42CC
Posts: 1,182
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Bladder Holding Tank
found a holding tank on a boat the other day that was some sort of black rubber bladder. I'd never seen a bladder for a holding tank. Is this a good idea?
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25-03-2008, 19:24
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Building a Bateau TW28

Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Iroquois, Ontario
Boat: Bateau TW28 Long Cabin
Posts: 3,585
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We've got one on our boat. Made by Vetus. Good idea where space for a conventional holding tank is problematic. You can't vent them and they're messy when pumping out. You have to pump water into them constantly while being pumped out to flush the system. Other than that they work fine.
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25-03-2008, 19:36
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hayes, VA
Boat: Gozzard 36
Posts: 8,700
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Mine had a vent but they last a shorter period of time than a conventioanl tank. After 16 years mine had the same problem the hose hose had. The "stink" eats through the tank just like premium hose does.
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Paul Blais
s/v Bright Eyes Gozzard 36
37 15.7 N 76 28.9 W
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26-03-2008, 13:43
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Satellite Beach, Fl.
Boat: 8 boats, to many to name
Posts: 65
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We have a bladder tank now and I am looking for a solid tank to fill the space. Our bladder is a little smelly now.
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26-03-2008, 13:45
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hayes, VA
Boat: Gozzard 36
Posts: 8,700
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Quote:
Our bladder is a little smelly now.
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About 15 years is all they last, but ours worked well until it started to stink.
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Paul Blais
s/v Bright Eyes Gozzard 36
37 15.7 N 76 28.9 W
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26-03-2008, 13:50
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Satellite Beach, Fl.
Boat: 8 boats, to many to name
Posts: 65
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Ours is working fine, just old and time to change.
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26-03-2008, 14:21
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 51,861
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My bladder lasted over 50 years, but I gotta admit it's been a little leaky this past decade.
Anyone know of a good source for "Depends"?
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Gord May
"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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26-03-2008, 15:10
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Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Winnipeg
Boat: None at this time
Posts: 8,462
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Gord, lol.
Try Xatral...
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26-03-2008, 17:24
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Building a Bateau TW28

Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Iroquois, Ontario
Boat: Bateau TW28 Long Cabin
Posts: 3,585
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Uh oh!
This is gonna get me in trouble!
A young GordMay with a disfunctional bladder!
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Yours Aye! Rick
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"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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26-03-2008, 18:42
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Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Winnipeg
Boat: None at this time
Posts: 8,462
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For the first time in a loooong time, I'm speechless. Well, almost.
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16-10-2009, 08:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Plimmerton, New Zealand
Boat: Samsara, a Ross 930
Posts: 380
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LOL. Nice thread on both sides ...
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16-10-2009, 08:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Eastern Seaboard
Boat: Searunner 34 and Searunner Constant Camber 44
Posts: 949
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Quote:
Originally Posted by knottybuoyz
This is gonna get me in trouble! 
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I don't even want to ask how or where you got that photo.
I think Vestus' new easy tank fixes most of those problems.
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Maren
The sea is always beautiful, sometimes mysterious and, on occasions, frighteningly powerful.
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16-10-2009, 09:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Liveaboard KW FL/Bocas del Toro
Boat: Shuttlecat 32
Posts: 286
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The new vetus tank looks rather cool, and a smart solution to installing a tank in a unique place. Only question I have is when it comes time to replace, what do you do? Is there a way to make it collapse?
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Ship O' Fools
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. - HST
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22-10-2009, 20:45
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In transit ( Texas to wherever the wind blows us)
Boat: Pacific Seacraft a Crealock 34
Posts: 4,115
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Anyone have experience with the Nauta bladders?
Erika
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22-10-2009, 21:14
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: SF Bay Area, CA, USA
Boat: Privilege 39
Posts: 664
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ocean Girl
Anyone have experience with the Nauta bladders?
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I went this route a few months ago to replace a horribly leaky rigid poly tank until I decided what to do long long term. So far it's been just fine. No leaks, no smell.
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