On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:30:56 GMT, Peggie Hall
wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
Peggie, if you were outfitting a boat for serious cruising, with
reliability and ease of maintenance important concerns, what type of
head would you choose? Sorry, but manually operated is not an option.

There is no "one size fits all" answer to your question...it depends on
your budget, the amount of space in your head, whether you want to use
sea water or pressurized fresh flush water, whether flush water volume
is a concern (holding tank size, or whether you can also use a treatment
device...etc. I need more information before I can recommend a toilet.

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The boat is most likely to be a Hatteras 53 Classic or Yacht Fish.
They have decent sized heads but not enormous. They also have a good
sized holding tank in the 200 gallon range if my memory is correct.
The choice between fresh water and sea water is not all that important
to me but all other things being equal, I'd probably pick salt water.
In the interest of simplicity and reliability, I'd probably not choose
a treatment device. My first priorities are reliability, and ease of
maintenance if something does go wrong.