Poo Poll

Do you put your toilet paper in your sea toilet and flush into the sea?

  • No. I put it in a separate bin and remove from the boat.

    Votes: 83 45.4%

  • Yes. It's just toilet paper and it will biodegrade.

    Votes: 99 54.1%

  • No. But I do put it over the side.

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Total voters
    183
Tim Good

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As part of an article I'm writing about going green on the water then I'd like to find out who puts toilet paper down their sea toilet. The poll is totally 100% anonymous so please answer it truthfully.
 
How about why some dont put toilet paper down their toilets, envirinmental concerns or blocked toilet concerns ?
 
RupertW said:
Because we swim where we anchor and paper can float miles into anchorages and beaches when people empty holding tanks whereas crap lasts no time at all before being eaten.
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Absolutely. But also to avoid blocking the pipes. The only times I’ve had to unblock the heads has been when folks have put paper down them.
 
duncan99210 said:
Absolutely. But also to avoid blocking the pipes. The only times I’ve had to unblock the heads has been when folks have put paper down them.
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I once had to unblock mine when a devoutly Christian and unmarried couple flushed a condom down it while I was away shopping ... they subsequently denied all knowledge of the offending object. Perhaps it was a miracle.
 
I answered yes to flushing it, but we would invariably retain it in the holding tank when in harbour or near shore, for which no choice was given. I don't see the paper as anything more than an aesthetic problem to snorkellers, but it would be antisocial to put E Coli or viruses into places where people might swim, even though natural forces will eliminate them eventually.
 
Spirit (of Glenans) said:
If the paper is of the right quality, it will not cause a problem for the pump. Just make sure to provide the paper yourself and to brief the crew about overuse. Perhaps a rule that"he who blocks the loo unblocks it" might help:)
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Not the pump, but the scaled up pipes. I wont bore you with the details of running commercial yachts! :)
 
The bin when it can be reasonably emptied ashore. More than around fifty miles off, out the portlight.

Never ever ever down the head. Yes there is always someone who pops up at this stage and says 'in all my years of sailing blah blah'.

Ever had to rod through the hull vv of a holding tank from the outside? Double yuk every time! :eek::eek:
 
capnsensible said:
The bin when it can be reasonably emptied ashore. More than around fifty miles off, out the portlight.

Never ever ever down the head. Yes there is always someone who pops up at this stage and says 'in all my years of sailing blah blah'.

Ever had to rod through the hull vv of a holding tank from the outside? Double yuk every time! :eek::eek:
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Never...

Well, twice in over 30 years. Both times caused by a tissue. Not loo paper, which can be pumped out. Even through well scaled up pipes. But a tissue has this wet strength...

The idea of a holding tank fills me with horror. Would rather go ashore or on passage.
 
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