potentillaCO32
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I am not sure i would want to sleep in a bed a foot or so away from a tank of shyte
Locating a black water tank up in Fulmar bow.
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dgadee
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When my Seawolf lost its bow in Storm Babet the delays in getting it sorted were (partly) the reason I bought the Fulmar as a project. Sailed and raced it the first season then brought it ashore for a refit. No pics because I am the untidiest worker in a boatyard.
Mind you the boat which dragged and took my bow away is still awaiting repair.
dgadee
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Most yachts have heads just a few inches from heads. I haven't noticed any smell from the Seawolf's tank under the bow berths.
Concerto
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Back in 1987, my Feeling 286 that was brand new in May, was badly damaged when the hurricane in October passed over SE England. After cutting through two oversized bow lines on a fore and aft mooring due to being at the end of a mile long reach facing SW, and then laying alongside another boat for hours, with waves at 6am estimated at 6 to 10 foot still. The hull cracked from the waterline and up and into the cockpit and across a cockpit seat. Nearly a quarter of the deck was cut away with a new section fitted. The hull was just laminated. It took 18 months to get the boat repaired. It was almost impossible to see she had been repaired. It almost cost the same as a new hull and deck for everything to be transfered over. When I sold her several years later, the buyer had a full survey, but never noticed the repair as it was that good.
fredrussell
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Same reason I got a divorce.
dgadee
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Thanks, Vyv. My fabricator can produce the tank as required. I will get him to weld in the pipe connections, too.
