Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

Libel. You will be hearing from my lawyer. Time
to get tough with some of you losers.

S.Simon


"The Carrolls" wrote in message ...
No it's pedophile thieves that give live aboards a bad name, IMHO.

Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

Jonathan Ganz wrote:


Portos are easy... add water and chemicals, dump and
dump. Yes, they smell up the boat.

Not if they are properly used & properly taken care of.

If your porta potty is 'smelling up the boat' then you should get a new one and
this time, read the instruction manual.

FOr all that, I still would not recommend living aboard with a porta potty. It
would get very tedious emptying the thing every couple of days, plus marinas &
shore side facilities generally do NOT want them dumped into their septic tanks.





Installed heads smell too, unless you really deal with them.

"Really dealing with them" so that they don't smell is actually pretty easy.

Knowledge is your best weapon. Get & read & follow Peggie Hall's book about
marine sanitation.

Regards
Doug King

Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

They don't keep the smell down for more than a day or so
in my experience no matter how well you follow the directions,
which as you say, means a lot of trips to the dump out. I guess
I just rather not do that every other day.

Of course, holding tanks can get nasty too if you don't do the
regular maintenance. One of the other instructors had a very fun,
exploding holding tank experience, when he decided to do a pump
out. Apparently, no one had bothered in a couple of weeks... yuck.
Glad I wasn't there.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Jonathan Ganz wrote:


Portos are easy... add water and chemicals, dump and
dump. Yes, they smell up the boat.

Not if they are properly used & properly taken care of.

If your porta potty is 'smelling up the boat' then you should get a new
one and
this time, read the instruction manual.

FOr all that, I still would not recommend living aboard with a porta
potty. It
would get very tedious emptying the thing every couple of days, plus
marinas &
shore side facilities generally do NOT want them dumped into their septic
tanks.





Installed heads smell too, unless you really deal with them.

"Really dealing with them" so that they don't smell is actually pretty
easy.

Knowledge is your best weapon. Get & read & follow Peggie Hall's book
about
marine sanitation.

Regards
Doug King

Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

Did he call you a pedophile? Does this hit close to home?
Are there any other crimes you've committed or behavior
problems you have?

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Libel. You will be hearing from my lawyer. Time
to get tough with some of you losers.

S.Simon


"The Carrolls" wrote in message
...
No it's pedophile thieves that give live aboards a bad name, IMHO.

Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

I am certian he has other problems, I don't know if being an asshole is a
crime though.
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
...
Did he call you a pedophile? Does this hit close to home?
Are there any other crimes you've committed or behavior
problems you have?

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
Libel. You will be hearing from my lawyer. Time
to get tough with some of you losers.

S.Simon


"The Carrolls" wrote in message
...
No it's pedophile thieves that give live aboards a bad name, IMHO.

Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

Jonathan Ganz wrote:

They don't keep the smell down for more than a day or so
in my experience no matter how well you follow the directions,

On or the other of the two seals is shot. Usually the flush valve seal is the
culprit.

Seriously, if you can smell the contents of your porta potty when it's closed
up, then something is wrong with it.

It is entirely possible & practical to have an odor free head.


which as you say, means a lot of trips to the dump out. I guess
I just rather not do that every other day.

Yeah, me too.



Of course, holding tanks can get nasty too if you don't do the
regular maintenance. One of the other instructors had a very fun,
exploding holding tank experience, when he decided to do a pump
out. Apparently, no one had bothered in a couple of weeks... yuck.
Glad I wasn't there.

That's gotta be one of the perks.....

A common problem (seen it four or five times this summer with boats in our
marina) is a clogged holding tank vent. Makes it difficult & slow to empty the
HT and tends to make it splatter when trying to pump out.

But a lot of people would rather sit around and drink beer & brag instead of
either 1- going sailing or 2- fixing their boat so it will work properly. Human
nature, I guess.

Regards
Doug King

Just a little question/survey about living aboard
 

Yep...... it was a clogged valve that caused the "explosion." Man am
I glad I wasn't there. A couple of people almost puked.... yuck.

Well, I'm going sailing for an hour or two. The wind is up on the
lake and I have to get some sailing in before we get rain.

"DSK" wrote in message
...


Jonathan Ganz wrote:

They don't keep the smell down for more than a day or so
in my experience no matter how well you follow the directions,

On or the other of the two seals is shot. Usually the flush valve seal is
the
culprit.

Seriously, if you can smell the contents of your porta potty when it's
closed
up, then something is wrong with it.

It is entirely possible & practical to have an odor free head.


which as you say, means a lot of trips to the dump out. I guess
I just rather not do that every other day.

Yeah, me too.



Of course, holding tanks can get nasty too if you don't do the
regular maintenance. One of the other instructors had a very fun,
exploding holding tank experience, when he decided to do a pump
out. Apparently, no one had bothered in a couple of weeks... yuck.
Glad I wasn't there.

That's gotta be one of the perks.....

A common problem (seen it four or five times this summer with boats in our
marina) is a clogged holding tank vent. Makes it difficult & slow to empty
the
HT and tends to make it splatter when trying to pump out.

But a lot of people would rather sit around and drink beer & brag instead
of
either 1- going sailing or 2- fixing their boat so it will work properly.
Human
nature, I guess.

Regards
Doug King