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Default Head Trip -- Thoughts on Vacuflush Etc.

RW Salnick wrote:


I'd skip the use of the head hose, except as for flexible connections to
hard-mounted items, unless the runs are very short. Instead, plumb with
rigid white PVC pipe - it has an essentially infinite permeation time -
unlike the hose.

bob
s/v Eolian
Seattle


Hi Bob,

I'd love to plumb with PVC pipe, but I've heard
that the flexing of the boat causes it to develop
cracks over time. Is that true?

Don W.