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"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

Your boat also has an interior that is original and holding up well.
That is like a luxury for Mooron,


....and the owner of a Plastic & Veneer Palace speaks about real wood fit.

BTW- The only refit to any wood was to rip out my galley and replace it with
a stainless steel one. Wood has no place in a galley..... not that you'd
have any concern about an excess of timber on your lightly wood-accented
pretend teak.... VENEER !!

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa...

CM


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I used to do a lot of back packing. ( PA Blue Mtns. AP Trail) .
My buddy and I would make fun of those with campers and the RV
park crowd. A few years later he bought a camper.
I used to cruise, a week at a time on a Mac 26'. very minimal
accommodations. But we loved it. As I got older I wanted more
room, a decent stove, a real head, stand up room, etc.

Scotty

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wrote in message
oups.com...
Once spent 3 weeks aboard with myself, my wife, and two small

kids.
Maybe were just less full o' **** than most. My wife suggested

the
porta-potti. Yes, I did read everything I could find on marine

heads
and replaced the old piping with supposedly impermeable stuff

before
deciding to make the switch. I never have head problems and

never work
on it now. I just haul it ashore every few days when we use

the boat,
no big deal. You have to understand that my wife and I were

always
outdoors fanatics so the boat is like luxury to us. We spent

our
honeymoon (1980) camping for 3 months along the continental

divide in
Colorado and WY. She was finally hurt in a climbing accident

(broken
arm, chunk outa her hip and broken toe but still wanted to

camp. We
finally gave it up and went back to civilization when the snow

was
collapsing the tent every night. AND that was just the

beginning so
you can see that having the luxury of a porta-potti and real

drinkable
water aboard seems like the Hilton by comparison. My daughters

dont
seem to mind the porta-potti either (19 and 9.)



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Scotty wrote....

"But we loved it. As I got older I wanted more
room, a decent stove, a real head, stand up room, etc. and I wanted
these things more than a boat that was well built or capable of any
real performance. Luckily companies like Siedleman, US Yachts and Mac
cater to my motor home mentality."


RB
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NY

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I used to get airlift by helicopter into heavily forested boreal areas
inaccessible by other means to undertake geotechnical sampling and testing
for weeks at a time.
You were talking about 500 miles from the nearest settlement ...

No trails or paths. No help or possibility of rescue unless you made it back
to camp to access your radio. Camp was often 20 miles away. I'd carry 60lb
sample bags to predetermined clearings for eventual pick-up.

They wondered why I insisted on carrying my Mossberg .12ga and never knew I
also packed a .44 Dan Wesson Handgun under my jacket.

CM

"Scotty" wrote in message
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I used to do a lot of back packing. ( PA Blue Mtns. AP Trail) .
My buddy and I would make fun of those with campers and the RV
park crowd. A few years later he bought a camper.
I used to cruise, a week at a time on a Mac 26'. very minimal
accommodations. But we loved it. As I got older I wanted more
room, a decent stove, a real head, stand up room, etc.

Scotty

.
wrote in message
oups.com...
Once spent 3 weeks aboard with myself, my wife, and two small

kids.
Maybe were just less full o' **** than most. My wife suggested

the
porta-potti. Yes, I did read everything I could find on marine

heads
and replaced the old piping with supposedly impermeable stuff

before
deciding to make the switch. I never have head problems and

never work
on it now. I just haul it ashore every few days when we use

the boat,
no big deal. You have to understand that my wife and I were

always
outdoors fanatics so the boat is like luxury to us. We spent

our
honeymoon (1980) camping for 3 months along the continental

divide in
Colorado and WY. She was finally hurt in a climbing accident

(broken
arm, chunk outa her hip and broken toe but still wanted to

camp. We
finally gave it up and went back to civilization when the snow

was
collapsing the tent every night. AND that was just the

beginning so
you can see that having the luxury of a porta-potti and real

drinkable
water aboard seems like the Hilton by comparison. My daughters

dont
seem to mind the porta-potti either (19 and 9.)





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On 11 Jan 2006 15:50:31 -0800, wrote:

Years ago when I bought my boat used, it came with a marine head and
unused holding tank. I forget what brand the head was except that it
was the highest rated one by Practical Sailor. I hated it. No matter
what I did, replacing all hoses, rinsing it, etc, it stank and so did
the boat. I spent more time working on it than all other boat systems
put together. One day in a fit of "I'm gonna simplify my life", I took
it out, wired the thru-hulls shut and replaced it with a porta-potti.
Then I carried that damned thing around in my truck for awhile till a
sailing buddy saw it and asked about it and I gave it to him. I then
gave the holding tank to someone else. Now, both of these people still
act as if I had done them some huge favor when all I wanted to do was
get rid of it. So, for getting rid of the smell of **** and gaining
some storage space, they think I am a great friend, best investment I
ever made.
After 2 porta-pottis, I am still very happy I did this and my boating
life is much easier and less smelly.


I chased a smell that I kept blaming on the head. Nothing I did to the
head could keep it from being there if I closed up the boat for a few
weeks. Turned out it wasn't from the head at all. Each bilge access
plate was for a different bilge compartment and although when a
certain level was reached they would drain back to the lowest point,
each would hold a small amount of bilge water. I would pump my bilge
before leaving the boat but that very small amount of stagnant water
would cause the most foul odor to build up. I took to dropping about
a quarter teaspoon lysol in each bilge compartment before I left the
boat and the problem was solved.

Frank


 
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