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