The boat is constipated!!

[Papawads]

I have 100 litres of poop in my black tank, above a 2" through hull that's seized.
The handle was stuck, but now moves freely, but clearly no longer connected to the ball.
Suspect its brass or dzr brass. We're in the med.

Anyway, the Admiral now has a 15m walk for a loo, and im in the dog house.

Will replace with Tru Design but need to clean/flush that tank first

Thanks guys :-)
Papawads

[gnetwerker]

You need a pump-out. Are you somewhere that does one? Many of us (in the continental US) live in places where they're pretty much required 100% of the time.

In my marina there's both a mobile (floating) pump-out service that will come for a hundred bucks or so, as well as a thing you can drag along the dock to pump out. In either case you pump out, then fill with water from a hose, then pump out again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Then haul out to replace the thru-hull. Can't avoid that.

Edit: Pump-outs technically required all over the Med, but in practice it seems to vary widely. My experience in Greece and Turkey is several decades old, so not helpful to you.

[Fuss]

Originally Posted by Papawads

I have 100 litres of poop in my black tank, above a 2" through hull that's seized.
The handle was stuck, but now moves freely, but clearly no longer connected to the ball.
Suspect its brass or dzr brass. We're in the med.

Anyway, the Admiral now has a 15m walk for a loo, and im in the dog house.

Will replace with Tru Design but need to clean/flush that tank first

Thanks guys :-)
Papawads

If there’s a way to pressurise the tank from the top, this should free up the ball even if it is no longer connected to the handle.
It’s not an easy task but 30 bar is usually enough.

[Lee Jerry]

Originally Posted by Fuss

If there’s a way to pressurise the tank from the top, this should free up the ball even if it is no longer connected to the handle.
It’s not an easy task but 30 bar is usually enough.

I'm not sure I'd want to be pressurizing a full holding tank. No, wait, I am sure...

[Fuss]

Originally Posted by Lee Jerry

I'm not sure I'd want to be pressurizing a full holding tank. No, wait, I am sure...

its fluid dynamics…i wrote a theory on it…
just a little more Lee, nice…..just a little more.

[landsend]

Originally Posted by gnetwerker

You need a pump-out. Are you somewhere that does one? Many of us (in the continental US) live in places where they're pretty much required 100% of the time.

In my marina there's both a mobile (floating) pump-out service that will come for a hundred bucks or so, as well as a thing you can drag along the dock to pump out. In either case you pump out, then fill with water from a hose, then pump out again. Lather, rinse, repeat. Then haul out to replace the thru-hull. Can't avoid that.

Edit: Pump-outs technically required all over the Med, but in practice it seems to vary widely. My experience in Greece and Turkey is several decades old, so not helpful to you.

A hundred bucks for a pump out!!! That's some expensive sh..t!!

[Bearkeeper]

Originally Posted by Fuss

If there’s a way to pressurise the tank from the top, this should free up the ball even if it is no longer connected to the handle.
It’s not an easy task but 30 bar is usually enough.

You are kidding?. Right??

[jordanbettis]

Originally Posted by Lee Jerry

I'm not sure I'd want to be pressurizing a full holding tank. No, wait, I am sure...

You'll empty that tank one way or another!

[jigray3]

The tank he'll empty is the one leading to his pants.

[Fuss]

Originally Posted by Bearkeeper

You are kidding?. Right??

lets get this emptied,
i admit, 30bar is a bit on the light side

[Shrew]

Originally Posted by Fuss

If there’s a way to pressurise the tank from the top, this should free up the ball even if it is no longer connected to the handle.
It’s not an easy task but 30 bar is usually enough.

There would be no way to pressurize a holding tank. There is a vent line and there is no way to prevent the contents from pushing past the check valve back into the head.

I also have to wonder how 'fluid dynamics is going to rotate a ball 90 degrees in the seized seacock.

[CrispyCringle]

30 bar?! That must be some kind of joke. Thats over 400 psi. Yeah, I would not take that advise. Especially with a tank filled to the brim with crap.

[CarlF]

Go get a treatment for house septic tanks to dissolve it. Fill with water to disolve it. Keep treating, fill with water, pump out over and over until you've worked it out.

[CaptTom]

This is exactly the situation I try to avoid. My overboard discharge is via a macerator pump mounted on top of the tank. The thru-hull can never have a tank full of waste backed up behind it.

Without seeing the OP's setup, I'm assuming a hose directly from the tank to the thru-hull. Ouch. If there were any way to shut off or pinch off the hose, that would be the best solution. Failing that, I'd be looking for a way to pump out the tank from above. Maybe stick a hose from the intake of a trash pump or macerator pump into the tank's upper, inlet fitting. I don't see any solution which doesn't involve some unpleasantness.

@Papawads, be sure to come back and share all the glorious details.

[captain465]

I think this entire thread should be transferred to the joke thread!!!!