volvopaul
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Kivi I can see her from here 100 metres away,arch is off, polishing man was doing his stuff today, showers all day hampering his progress. Boat looks great, maybe you fly me out next time or service!
Boat purchase completed!
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scubaman
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Thank you Paul. Did you see if the arch is on the front deck?
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volvopaul
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I will have a look in the morning.
Marine Reflections
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Radar arch is on the foredeck, all secured. 
scubaman
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jfm
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Toiletery
If they are Sealand Vacuflush, with a foot pedal and a vac tank under the floor of the boat, you'll find they will flush fine with very little water, but don't do it. The vacuum tank/generator unit under the floor will clog, gradually during say 1 year. The only way to have a trouble free life with those WCs is to use loads of flushwater every time. Before you flush, lift the pedal to put lots of water in the bowl. Then as you press the pedal to flush, keep it pressed for ~10 seconds so loads more flushwater goes down the pipe
If you don't, you will find that toilet paper etc will gradually fill the vac tank and then the whole thing will finally stop working. The actual holding tank will be fine. You then have to dismantle the vac tank and scoop it out. Or buy a whole new one (the preferred option!) for €1000
I had these loos on my first Sq58. 4 years/800hours cruising. I therefore know these vacuflush loos inside out and have serviced and changed every component many times. They are good, if you use lots of flushwater, but they have many idiosyncracies that you will get to know. Have a back of sticks (eg 400mm lengths of dowel wood, or offcuts of 15mm plastic pipe, or something that will serve as a prodder). After you've had the boat 3 months you will know why. When you press the pedal, the vac sucks the bowl contents thru a nozzle about 20mm dia, much smaller than the 38mm pipe dia. this is to break up the solids before they go down the pipe. Perfectly fine, until there is a hard solid.
That's why I always buy Tecma now and I'd still say to anyone changing or speccing loos to get Tecma. The only one you never have to unblock or fix.
If they are Sealand Vacuflush, with a foot pedal and a vac tank under the floor of the boat, you'll find they will flush fine with very little water, but don't do it. The vacuum tank/generator unit under the floor will clog, gradually during say 1 year. The only way to have a trouble free life with those WCs is to use loads of flushwater every time. Before you flush, lift the pedal to put lots of water in the bowl. Then as you press the pedal to flush, keep it pressed for ~10 seconds so loads more flushwater goes down the pipe
If you don't, you will find that toilet paper etc will gradually fill the vac tank and then the whole thing will finally stop working. The actual holding tank will be fine. You then have to dismantle the vac tank and scoop it out. Or buy a whole new one (the preferred option!) for €1000
I had these loos on my first Sq58. 4 years/800hours cruising. I therefore know these vacuflush loos inside out and have serviced and changed every component many times. They are good, if you use lots of flushwater, but they have many idiosyncracies that you will get to know. Have a back of sticks (eg 400mm lengths of dowel wood, or offcuts of 15mm plastic pipe, or something that will serve as a prodder). After you've had the boat 3 months you will know why. When you press the pedal, the vac sucks the bowl contents thru a nozzle about 20mm dia, much smaller than the 38mm pipe dia. this is to break up the solids before they go down the pipe. Perfectly fine, until there is a hard solid.
That's why I always buy Tecma now and I'd still say to anyone changing or speccing loos to get Tecma. The only one you never have to unblock or fix.
scubaman
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Thanks JFM. Do you think using this http://www.mrmuscleonline.co.uk/drain/sink_drain.html or something similar on a regular basis would help in keeping the system working?
simon
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Scubaman
Have had my P43 for 7 years and only blocked a toilet once, and they are heavily used!! This was down to using soft paper. As long as you use economy toilet roll they are fine.
Simon
Have had my P43 for 7 years and only blocked a toilet once, and they are heavily used!! This was down to using soft paper. As long as you use economy toilet roll they are fine.
Simon
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Agree 100%. Never had a blockage with Tecma toilets but had plenty of blockages with other types of toilet. The only thing I would say is that I have experienced a failure of the control unit so I now keep a spare on board
Elessar
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unless someone puts a wet wipe down.
and they are buggers when they do block, especially if the builders have cut the pipe to length, rather than leaving slack..........
you know which boat I had to do this on. yuk.
jfm
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Yes, with Sealand Vacuflush use every strong chemical you can get your hands on, to keep the vacuum tank free of gradual waste build up. All the parts are plastic so try everything
Ref Simon's boat, he doesn't say if he has Sealand Vacuflush or another system
Anyway, sorry about the fred drift.
Boat looks stunning after the Marine Reflections shine up. I would stick the new transom name decal over the polish. It will stick fine. I wouldn't remove the nice polish. Glad you're changing the name btw!
jfm
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Ah yes. With non functioning stabilser, too iirc
BartW
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Big congratualtions Scubaman, you've got yourselve a very fine boat.
I have been a few times on the same model from a acquaintance,
and have experienced myself that this is a very capable boat.
Yours appears in excellent condition.
good luck with her, and wish you many happy voyages.
V,
I have been told that years ago, a boat name was "branded" in a wooden hull,
for changing the name they had to polish away a layer of wood, which did decrease some of the quality's, stability of the boat,
and from there comes the myth that changing a boat name brings bad luck.
I have been a few times on the same model from a acquaintance,
and have experienced myself that this is a very capable boat.
Yours appears in excellent condition.
good luck with her, and wish you many happy voyages.
V,
I have been told that years ago, a boat name was "branded" in a wooden hull,
for changing the name they had to polish away a layer of wood, which did decrease some of the quality's, stability of the boat,
and from there comes the myth that changing a boat name brings bad luck.
trooper
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Interesting name
Don't often have a boat named after me!!!
Don't often have a boat named after me!!!
scubaman
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Right, a bit of an update again. I'm determined to keep this thread alive until the boat reaches Turku.
Osmotech told me that she had been shrink wrapped on Tuesday and that everything was ready for the lorry.
According to Peters & May, the boat should have left Swanwick today, although I have not received a confirmation on this.
If someone has spotted her, I'd love to hear
Osmotech told me that she had been shrink wrapped on Tuesday and that everything was ready for the lorry.
According to Peters & May, the boat should have left Swanwick today, although I have not received a confirmation on this.
If someone has spotted her, I'd love to hear
AndieMac
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If someone has spotted her, I'd love to hear
Maybe a project for the forum members along the proposed route to the eastern seaboard port of departure?
See how many photos can be taken and posted
rafiki_
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Maybe a project for the forum members along the proposed route to the eastern seaboard port of departure?
See how many photos can be taken and posted
Nice thought Andie, but with the torrential rain this drought has brought, I don't think anyone will be poking their heads out of any windows with camera's at the moment.
I blame Jimmy for the weather. Now he is on the med he doesn't care
AndieMac
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Nice thought Andie, but with the torrential rain this drought has brought, I don't think anyone will be poking their heads out of any windows with camera's at the moment.
I blame Jimmy for the weather. Now he is on the med he doesn't care
Let's hope there's another drought over the Olympic weeks
jimmy_the_builder
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I blame Jimmy for the weather. Now he is on the med he doesn't care
Has it been raining then?
Lovely down here yesterday, had one of those SoF lunches that started a bit later than planned and went on until midnight. Bit cooler today tho, and rain forecast for tomorrow (altho I will be back in the UK by then).Sorry for the drift. To the OP, good luck with the shipping, hope you get some en route photos. When mine was trucked down here I put a tracker in it and followed its progress remotely.
Cheers
Jimmy
scubaman
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Should have done that so I would know if the lorry has picked the boat up from Swanwick...
Once the boat goes into the ship I can follow the AIS-data and a few webcams along the way (eg. Kiel-canal). I'll post the details of the ship.
