Toileting - worth a post

[Cobra25]

We have considered this toileting thing for a long time. We are sealing the seacocks off with blanks, putting a wooden seat, with a hole in, across the heads compartment and a bucket with a lid on under it. All waste matter to be disposed of immediately. Men, who generally think they are holding a rifle in their hand, when in fact it is usually a very short snub-nosed hand-gun, (ask any woman), will be required to pee over the side unless circumstances won't allow, in which case they must pick the bucket up and hold their todger in it for relief. The idea of all these poo pipes festering on our pride and joy is too much to bear. We think!

 

[snowleopard]

i recall a piece in the YM confessions column where a boat had just such an arrangement. husband was on the throne, head sticking out of the forehatch, wife is washing down the cockpit.

he: "i dindn't realise we had 2 buckets"
she: "we haven't"

 

[Talbot]

According to USCG, the majority of people who fall overboard and drown from yachts, are actively engaged in peeing over the side at the time of falling (I think it is known as the open fly syndrome.

 

[Anonymous]

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According to USCG, the majority of people who fall overboard and drown from yachts, are actively engaged in peeing over the side at the time of falling (I think it is known as the open fly syndrome.

[/ QUOTE ]Perhaps the peeing is the result rather than the cause! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[kds]

I learned cruising from an old naval guy, who had several traditions.
He Only ever used a saucepan for such purposes. He felt people in harbour would accept watching someone emptying "slops" from a saucepan over the side, but would take exception to probable contents of a bucket.
Don't ask the obvious question.
Ken

 

[bruce]

something to think about...with night vision glasses available to all at the local sporting goods store, the privacy of darkness is gone !

 

[HeadMistress]

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According to USCG, the majority of people who fall overboard and drown from yachts, are actively engaged in peeing over the side at the time of falling (I think it is known as the open fly syndrome.

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That's an urban legend. There have been a FEW cases, almost all on inland waters, in which someone out alone in a remote area in a small open fishing boat who was not wearing any floatation device stood up to pee over the side, fell in and drowned--most of whom also had a high blood alcohol count...but that hardly qualifies as a "majority of people who fall overboard from yachts"--or even the majority of drownings from small open fishing boats.

 

[Colvic Watson]

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all on inland waters, in which someone out alone in a remote area in a small open fishing boat who was not wearing any floatation device stood up to pee over the side, fell in and drowned

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If they were alone and in a remote area, how do you that's how they drowned? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[kds]

@cos they had their willie sticking out ?
Ken

 

[webcraft]

Allegedly the USCG refer to them in the reports as FIFOs

(Fallen In Flies Open)

- Nick

 

[William_H]

I agree Cobra25 however since I set up the seat no one has used it. It must seem easier to hang on. Still it is good to know i9t is there. I always encourage blokes to use the bucket. It is just too dangerous awkward to go over the side regards will

 

[Jcorstorphine]

I would have thought that a "Porta Potie" would have been a good alternative as the chemical has certain "break down properties" and is a lot safer than hanging over the side. Also is Marina / Harbour friendly.

 

[Anonymous]

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I would have thought that a "Porta Potie" would have been a good alternative as the chemical has certain "break down properties"

[/ QUOTE ]I think you'll find that the standard chemical is formaldehyde, a preservetive, with perfume and isn't considered very environmentally friendly. Sewage treated with these should always be discharged into a pump-out point, never at sea, whereas raw sewage isn't a big problem at sea (in moderation and subject to location, wind, tide, etc.).

 

[HeadMistress]

White vinegar will do as good a job of preventing odor in a portapotty as any chemical sold for that purpose...and is totally enviro-friendly.

 

[Guest]

I\'m happy with my Baby Blake

Its original to the boat ... mid 70's, has little maintenance to it other than a bit of grease in the grease points and some cooking oil down the pan to lub the pump .... pipes are original etc. etc.

It works very well, without fuss - except that when left for extended period - sometimes the pump out handle is hard to use - till a few strokes have been made ....

My Russian wife who had never seen such a contraption before soon got used to the sequence of events and is more than happy to have such a 'convenience'.

Bucket ???? NO sorry - had a Cruiser Loo on another boat ... which is the chemical loo boat equivalent of the caravan porta-potti .... soon got rid of that thing after it spilled contents - it was nowhere near even half full ....

No Baby Blake is to stay .... and I shall nurse it along as long as I can ....

 

[Anonymous]

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White vinegar will do as good a job of preventing odor in a portapotty as any chemical sold for that purpose...and is totally enviro-friendly.

[/ QUOTE ]And vinegar is also OK in the holding tank, isn't it?Following an earlier post of yours I have bought a large bottle of inexpensive vinegar and was about to start flushing with a little of that regularly into the holding tank to keep it scale-free. Or will that interefere with the holding tank bacteria? At the moment it is entirely chemical free and odour free and I don't what to do anything to change that!

 

[HeadMistress]

Scale isn't an issue in holding tanks, only in the plumbing...because the insides of piping is an anaerobic environment and sea water calcium carbonates only form in anaerobic conditions. A cupful of white vinegar flushed through the plumbing once or twice a week is all that's needed to prevent it...that's not enough volume to upset the balance in your holding tank.