Dene wrote:
I've never put bilge cleaner in. I'll try that.

Unless you actually clean the bilge and flush all the dirty water out,
it won't help much

I've forgotten (if you ever mentioned it)...what IS your new
boat...size, make, age?


It's a 2000 Maxum 2400 SE, roughly 25 feet long. It's been in the water
since 2002, stored in a boathouse.

If the bilge is wet, after sitting for 3 years, it could very well be
the source of your odor.

The hoses you speak of. Are you referring to the ones in the head?

Not just the ones in the head...the hose from the head to the tank and
from the tank to the pumpout fitting, and possibly the vent line too. If
the head intake hose is clear plastic, it should be replaced with a hose
that's rated for below-waterline connection whether it stinks or not.

To find out if your hoses have permeated, wet a rag (use a clean one for
each separate section of hose) in HOT water...wring it out, wrap it
around the lowest part of the hose. When the rag is cool, remove it and
smell it. If you can't smell anything on the rag, that hose is
fine...but if it stinks at all, replace the hose.

If so,
then we'll replace them when the Raritan is installed.

That would be the time to do it. Btw...you'll find some tips in my book
that should make that job a little easier.

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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"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304