Dave, So that was what got our dog barking at 1 AM! It might be my imagination, but there seemed to be more "no porta- pottie dumping" signs in the San Juans than there were on the 2009 trip, and one marina charged for waste disposal. Perhaps the next innovation will be "no wag bag disposal" at the marinas. Eventually, humans will have to be genetically engineered to produce no waste, or we will have to fill the space under the v-berth with wag bags, and dump them at home. Tom Jenkins Scintilla On Jul 9, 2011, at 9:55 AM, W David Scobie wrote:
porta potti dumping is becoming increasingly impossible to do. for two weeks in june, while sailing in the san juan (WA) and gulf (CN) islands, finding a location to 'dump' was a continual problem. one time i got up at 1AM to dump in a marina bathroom because the 'pot was full' and there was no location to dump.
i would have needed to do more 'midnight dumps' if the group had spent more time 'on the hook'.
place to pump out a marine holding tank were not a problem.
i am close to 'transitioning' to 'wag bags' because of the challenge of doing the 'right thing' with waste.
:: Dave Scobie :: M17 #375 - SWEET PEA :: sailing Sage 17 #001 - AIR BORN
--- On Sat, 7/9/11, robbin roddewig <robbin.roddewig@verizon.net> wrote:
Hello listers, I just returned from a Boy Scout high adventure sailing around the FLA Keys on a Morgan 40. Not a very arduous trek! The head on the boat was a head where a foot lever opened a drop door directly into a holding tank under the toilet. The smell from this head permeated the whole boat which was hard to take. My boat needs a new head or porta potti and as I primarily day sail I was considering a porta potti for ease of installation and not having to pump out the holding tank. I also need to replace and rebuild all the plumbing for the head as well as the vent on the deck etc. Any advice on this trade? I have not had a porta potti nor a pump head on board so I do not know the pluses and minuses. I would not install the type of head we had on the Morgan.
Thanks in advance!
Robbin M-23 and M-10
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