Toilets. A waste of space?

[PeteLivez]

I have a posh electric toilet with holding tank etc fitted in my Frances 26. However the majority of my sailing is single handed and I prefer using a toilet bucket with compostable bag inserted. I can sit out in the fresh air do my business and dispose of the bag / bags in a dog mess bin once ashore. So I am considering pulling out the electric toilet and holding tank to free up a lot of valuable space. What do you reckon??

 

[Mark-1]

Horses for courses, but I have one of these and it's brilliant:

Amazon.co.uk


So my vote would be do exactly as you propose.

 

[Clancy Moped]

It's quality time, leave the throne alone.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

It's quality time, leave the throne alone.

Not much time for quality if you’re single handed. Though otherwise you are quite right. A proper head and holding tank cannot be beat. It will affect the resale of the boat if it’s removed.

 

[ProDave]

You might find no woman wants to come sailing with you if not proper toilet.

 

[Mark-1]

You might find no woman wants to come sailing with you if not proper toilet.

Yes, but there are also disadvantages.

 

[rogerthebodger]

You might find no woman wants to come sailing with you if not proper toilet.

A proper flushing head was a pre request for SWMBO to stay over night on board.

Saved on hotel bills

 

[Chiara’s slave]

A proper flushing head was a pre request for SWMBO to stay over night on board.

Saved on hotel bills

You’re not the only one.

 

[Gsailor]

Horses for courses, but I have one of these and it's brilliant:

Amazon.co.uk


So my vote would be do exactly as you propose.

Oh...! I was on a boat with a mate who had that Amazon thing (a bucket and Chuck it).

Using it on a small boat whilst he cooked breakfast and then carefully carrying the bucket past him (so as not to spill anything) was bad.

Emptying it over the side felt wrong.

Hearing a fog horn sounded (presumably at me) owing to my chucking it (we were on a swinging mooring) was not fun.

 

[Gsailor]

I have a posh electric toilet with holding tank etc fitted in my Frances 26. However the majority of my sailing is single handed and I prefer using a toilet bucket with compostable bag inserted. I can sit out in the fresh air do my business and dispose of the bag / bags in a dog mess bin once ashore. So I am considering pulling out the electric toilet and holding tank to free up a lot of valuable space. What do you reckon??


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Sounds like a lot of work.

 

[ProDave]

Oh...! I was on a boat with a mate who had that Amazon thing (a bucket and Chuck it).

Using it on a small boat whilst he cooked breakfast and then carefully carrying the bucket past him (so as not to spill anything) was bad.

Emptying it over the side felt wrong.

Hearing a fog horn sounded (presumably at me) owing to my chucking it (we were on a swinging mooring) was not fun.

A sea toilet does all that without anybody noticing it is effectively just going "overboard"

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Oh...! I was on a boat with a mate who had that Amazon thing (a bucket and Chuck it).

Using it on a small boat whilst he cooked breakfast and then carefully carrying the bucket past him (so as not to spill anything) was bad.

Emptying it over the side felt wrong.

Hearing a fog horn sounded (presumably at me) owing to my chucking it (we were on a swinging mooring) was not fun.

That little thumbs up ought to say ‘agree’ not like. Nothing to like about carrying a bucket of richards past the cook. Nor chucking it overboard in the moorings.

 

[ean_p]

That little thumbs up ought to say ‘agree’ not like. Nothing to like about carrying a bucket of richards past the cook. Nor chucking it overboard in the moorings.

I'm not too sure what the local council bin men would think of dropping them bags of human excrement in the dog poo bins either......

 

[Mister E]

Why not get a porta potty?

 

[Seastoke]

I have a posh electric toilet with holding tank etc fitted in my Frances 26. However the majority of my sailing is single handed and I prefer using a toilet bucket with compostable bag inserted. I can sit out in the fresh air do my business and dispose of the bag / bags in a dog mess bin once ashore. So I am considering pulling out the electric toilet and holding tank to free up a lot of valuable space. What do you reckon??


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Shit idea.

 

[RunAgroundHard]

Why anyone thinks carrying a bag of there own shit and piss around is good idea is beyond me. It is a decidedly backward move on a boat that size, in my opinion.

Bad idea is my vote.

 

[ylop]

A sea toilet does all that without anybody noticing it is effectively just going "overboard"

Yes, but the OP has a holding tank so has the option (which we can hope he uses) to keep his discharge until he is somewhere more socially acceptable that an anchorage/mooring etc.

 

[Wansworth]

It's quality time, leave the throne alone.

If you had a member of the opposite err what’s it ,could be a killer

 

[Porthandbuoy]

You’d need to find some way of stopping it from coming adrift in lumpy seas. Failing that, fit a watertight gasket to the heads door.

 

[Mark-1]

You’d need to find some way of stopping it from coming adrift in lumpy seas. Failing that, fit a watertight gasket to the heads door.

Sounds like the OP has already stopped using his bolted in heads.

It now just a question of whether he removes it.

Which comes down to the balance between resale value and the bother of doing the work verses space, simplicity and less holes below the waterline.