Milagros
Member II
Hi All,
My '76 E27 is still equipped with what I assume in the original Raritan marine head which discharges directly overboard. Since we sail in SF bay this puts us in the quite literally uncomfortable position of having to "hold it" or run afoul of environmental regulations. My inclination is to rip the whole thing out and replace it with a portable cassette-type head, but before I do that I wanted to hear if anyone thinks I might be better served installing a holding tank and pump out port, and how much of a pain it is to do.
My marina has a free and conveniently located pump out, as well as facilities where I can easily dump a portable toilet tank. We use the boat mostly for day sailing but enjoy the occasional overnight to several day excursion.
We got the boat last fall, so we've had a very limited number of guests aboard, making this an easy problem to ignore. Now we're hoping to have more friends out and I can only imagine the righteous scolding my father (a serious sailor and a leader in the Coast Guard Auxiliary) will give me if I don't have this sorted by the time he visits in July...
Thanks!
Ian
My '76 E27 is still equipped with what I assume in the original Raritan marine head which discharges directly overboard. Since we sail in SF bay this puts us in the quite literally uncomfortable position of having to "hold it" or run afoul of environmental regulations. My inclination is to rip the whole thing out and replace it with a portable cassette-type head, but before I do that I wanted to hear if anyone thinks I might be better served installing a holding tank and pump out port, and how much of a pain it is to do.
My marina has a free and conveniently located pump out, as well as facilities where I can easily dump a portable toilet tank. We use the boat mostly for day sailing but enjoy the occasional overnight to several day excursion.
We got the boat last fall, so we've had a very limited number of guests aboard, making this an easy problem to ignore. Now we're hoping to have more friends out and I can only imagine the righteous scolding my father (a serious sailor and a leader in the Coast Guard Auxiliary) will give me if I don't have this sorted by the time he visits in July...
Thanks!
Ian