Peggy, I bought your book and it is great. Was at the show on Monday stopped by
the booth couple of times but you weren't there. Sorry I missed you.

JJ

On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 02:02:59 GMT, Peggie Hall wrote:

Lew Hodgett wrote:
...laid up my own tank using knitted glass and epoxy complete with a vertical
polypropylene screen to keep the suction tubes from ever plugging.

What's to keep the screen from becoming clogged up, Lew? Tell me more
about this, 'cuz I'm having a hard time visualizing any screen in a
holding tank that wouldn't cause more problems than it solves.

The problem I see with any type of screen is, waste contains animals
fats...they're what clogs up internal holding senders...they build up
inside the tank--and I would assume on any screens--the same way fats
and grease can build up in sink drains. Are you onto something I need
to know about?

Btw...while I have at least a few people's attention...I may or may not
be MIA from this group for a week starting Weds...I'll be at the
Annapolis Sailboat Show. Fawcett's Boat Supply carries a lot of my
publisher's books (including mine, I hope!) and has given Seaworthy
Publications some space in one of their booths for "vendor support."
It's PRIME "real estate," too! In the big A-tent, right across the asile
from Raritan. I'll be there for the duration...so if any of you are
planning to come to the show, I hope you'll stop by the booth and say hi.

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://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

James Johnson
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James Johnson wrote:
Peggy, I bought your book and it is great. Was at the show on Monday stopped by
the booth couple of times but you weren't there. Sorry I missed you.

I'm sorry too. Monday was my day to crawl around as many boats as
possible to see how they're plumbed, so I was out of the booth quite a
bit that day. But I'm glad you bought my book anyway...thanks!

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://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

I missed you too on Monday.

Joe Wood

Peggie Hall wrote:

James Johnson wrote:

Peggy, I bought your book and it is great. Was at the show on Monday
stopped by
the booth couple of times but you weren't there. Sorry I missed you.


I'm sorry too. Monday was my day to crawl around as many boats as
possible to see how they're plumbed, so I was out of the booth quite a
bit that day. But I'm glad you bought my book anyway...thanks!

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://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

Joe Wood wrote:
I missed you too on Monday.

Well, rats. Unfortunately, until I can be cloned, there's no way to be
in more than one place at the same time...and one of the reasons I go to
shows is to gain first-hand, hands-on knowledge of how the builders are
plumbing their boats. Equally unfortunately, it appears that, for most
of 'em, the sanitation system continues to be just something that's not
part of the boat design, but just a required nuisance they shoe-horn
into any location it'll fit, and in the least expensive way possible (a
single 30 gallon holding tank on a 40' boat with two toilets, one of
which requires a head discharge hose run of 22'? Ye gods!).

Anyhow, I guess we'll just have to try to connect again next year.


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://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

x-no-archive:yes Peggie Hall wrote:

Joe Wood wrote:
I missed you too on Monday.

Well, rats. Unfortunately, until I can be cloned, there's no way to be
in more than one place at the same time...and one of the reasons I go to
shows is to gain first-hand, hands-on knowledge of how the builders are
plumbing their boats. Equally unfortunately, it appears that, for most
of 'em, the sanitation system continues to be just something that's not
part of the boat design, but just a required nuisance they shoe-horn
into any location it'll fit, and in the least expensive way possible (a
single 30 gallon holding tank on a 40' boat with two toilets, one of
which requires a head discharge hose run of 22'? Ye gods!).

Well we've replaced one of our holding tanks (we have two toilets).
Both of them were 12 gallon jobs (we thought ten, but after Bob took
the old one out, he measured). We've put in a 20+ one in the aft head
because we expected to be in a place where the LectraSan would not be
legal. The old holding tanks would last us barely 3 days. (Bob used
the forward head and I used the aft head.)

They did have two pumpouts so they weren't on a single hose. But the
fitting wasn't so good (didn't fit a lot of hoses) so Bob's replaced
those too.


Anyhow, I guess we'll just have to try to connect again next year.


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://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

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