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Peggie Hall
 
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sailct41 wrote:
Use the thickest wall tank you can find, this can delay the odor seeping
out. I had no oder for the first year or so and then it was pretty bad. I
flushed with fresh water and never allowed # 2 in the tank and it still got
me.


That's because the source of your odor inside the boat had nothing to do
with the tank...most likely your hoses permeated with odor. Or, you
needed to clean your bilge--really CLEAN it, not just dump in more bilge
cleaner and/or bleach, followed by flushing out all the dirty water.
Dirty sumps are another source of odor that can make a boat smell like a
swamp, or even a sewer, because they generate the same gasses as a sewer.

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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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