THIS BLOG IS ONLY FOR OUR REALLY HARD CORE BOAT BUDDIES.....

We have finally got our new holding tank in. We started the process about the end of January and it has taken this long to line up a contractor and have him come to install it. It is the last major work to be done on the boat, now we will comply with some U.S. port standards where you have a zero discharge of sewage while in port.

The tank is only 10 gallons so it would probably only last 4 days or so and then we would have to have it pumped out. We had the tank installed in the head and it just fits in a storage area beside the toilet. We did not have to alter the cupboard in anyway, which was a relief, the old cupboard doors fit back on and it is hidden completely. The tank is made out of special holding tank plastic and will keep the smell enclosed in the tank hopefully. We did not put in a macerating pump, and there is no electric pump to pump the sewage overboard. It is a hand pump, so that the whole system is really simple and there is very little that can go wrong and if something breaks, Barry should be able to fix it.

Our wet locker is where all the lines for the tank are located; it looks like an octopus is residing in the cupboard. There are lines that go up to top of the locker to vented loops to prevent siphoning from occurring. There is a vented loop for the toilet and a vented loop for the holding tank, then there is a line to the pump and I don’t know what all the other lines are for but my goodness it is a mess of plumbing lines.