First a quick background:
New boat owner (1979 Bristol 27.7). Original
plumbing and
head. Wife wants new
toilet (go figure....cheap fix to get her sailing).
Current plumbing configuration:
Raw water intake to flush, then a gate valve to divert to
holding tank or over board.
Holding tank uses either
deck pump or manual (whale gusher) to
overboard.
Nice old frozen Wilcox-Crittenden seacocks.
The plan is to keep the seacocks after dismantling, lapping and greasing. Changing all sanitation hose to Trident green stripe.
The question: Being a traditionalist, should I re-plumb as original? OR...eliminate the "Y" valve and send the
toilet waste only to the holding tank? I will still have the option to manually
pump the holding tank should conditions allow.
AND...if I do the latter, I will have an unused seacock. should that be capped off with a section of hose leading above the waterline, or just closed off?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts and opinions.
Jeff
Deltaville, VA