Candid Story- Poo to big for the Loo

[ben2go]

I took my youngest son, 20, to check out a boat for a friend. I told him, before leaving the marina, to hit the head because we don't want to do any plumbing tests under way. Leaving the marina was fine, but making our way out of the river inlet was a little bumpy with an in coming tide, almost high tide, and about 10-12 knots of breeze helping it. Once out of the river everything calmed down and the motion was more gentle. My son pipes in and asks to use the head. I really thought he had to wizz. The owner and myself set sail for a marina to pull the boat, power wash the bottom, and dunk her back in. He walked me through his sail setting technique. When we finished, and was on course, I looked around for my son. He came out of the head wide eyed and said we have a problem. We went to look at his problem. His poo was the size of two soda cans stacked and TP was packed around it. No way was anything going down that little hole in the bottom of the toilet and making the 90 degree turn to go through the valve to the tank. The owner came back with a kebab skewer. My son looked at me in a way I'd never seen. His face had taken a twist that he could probably never duplicate. Then, the owner handed him a bucket with a pair of blue nitrile gloves hanging over the edge. He told my son the choice was his, the skewer or the bucket. I handed him the bucket. It turned out to be a shi!!y day for my son, but that'll be a memory he'll eventually look back on with fondness and laughter. Oh, the owner wasn't angry. He thought it was the funniest moment of his boating career. He was in his late 60s and been boating since his conception.

[rslifkin]

I've had to find a chopstick to break a turd in half once before due to how it landed across the opening. The electric macerating heads will swallow almost anything, but if it doesn't fit through the hole at the bottom of the bowl, then you're SOL without manual intervention.

[siamese]

I am hereby closing this thread. CLOSED!

[BlueH2Obound]

We've got a similar story with our daughter . . . yep, not going into that here . . . .

[marcjsmith]

Originally Posted by BlueH2Obound

We've got a similar story with our daughter . . . yep, not going into that here . . . .

have had to remind female passengers that OB's don't flush...

[ben2go]

The turlet seems to be the great downfall of civility on a boat.

[deblen]

Never fails.

[CrispyCringle]

My son is officially banned from #2 on the boat. Since earned the nickname "Spud".

[Chotu]

Don’t ever get the Raritan elegance toilet. Has a 90° turn just like that. You can’t even use it without bringing a knife in with you. Or having Taco Bell and natty light beforehand. Awful

We actually kept the knife in the head right next to the toilet. Because you needed it anytime that you used it.

It would be good to put together a list of ones that don’t function properly so that we could avoid buying them.

[RaymondR]

The key to getting a buoyant item to stand end on and feed down into the throat is to fill the bowl and get a whirlpool going as you flush, they'll usually break up then. If not the only solution is a dietary modification.

[JPA Cate]

People who use dessicating heads don't have these problems. Gravity is pretty much a constant on a boat, and the poop just drops right down.

Ann

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

People who use dessicating heads don't have these problems. Gravity is pretty much a constant on a boat, and the poop just drops right down.

Ann

This problem on my recent monohull is exactly what caused me to switch. Gravity drops are the only way. Interestingly, RVs have solve this problem many many years ago. They use a gravity drop also.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

People who use dessicating heads don't have these problems. Gravity is pretty much a constant on a boat, and the poop just drops right down.

Ann

Beat me to it Ann. Yet another plus on the side of composting (desiccating) heads.

Worst thing that would happen in this case is you toss in a bit more desiccant material.