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- Kadey Krogen 54-8
As some of you saw in another thread, Washington State is implementing a NDZ in Puget Sound. Our boat came with a SanX Type-I treatment system as a workaround for a failed and now decommissioned stainless steel belly holding tank (pinholes, failed drain fitting = yuck).
Knowing this new rule would impact our boat we had originally planned to replace the SanX with a holding tank, so the May 10th implementation just accelerates our timeline.
The plan is to install at least a 20 gallon but up to a 40 gallon tank in the space currently occupied by the SanX. This allows us to reuse most of the plumbing systems that are already in place.
So far I've found three bow tank options:
20 Gallon Bow Tank
30 Gallon Bow Tank
40 Gallon Bow Tank
Both the 20 and 30 will fit the space easily. The 40 will also fit, but I'll need to remount the genny (our generator is in the forepeak under the v-berth) about 3" aft from it's current position - which isn't a huge deal but it's extra work.
My ideal scenario would be to install the 40 to maximize our flexibility in terms of days between pump outs and because we'll use the boat as guest overflow in the summer (up to four aboard for a week). We do have a pump-out-boat in South Lake Union which makes this easier, but it's usually on a weekly schedule.
I plan to document the change over here and on the BlueWater 40 FB page in case anyone else has a similar situation.
Knowing this new rule would impact our boat we had originally planned to replace the SanX with a holding tank, so the May 10th implementation just accelerates our timeline.
The plan is to install at least a 20 gallon but up to a 40 gallon tank in the space currently occupied by the SanX. This allows us to reuse most of the plumbing systems that are already in place.
So far I've found three bow tank options:
20 Gallon Bow Tank
30 Gallon Bow Tank
40 Gallon Bow Tank
Both the 20 and 30 will fit the space easily. The 40 will also fit, but I'll need to remount the genny (our generator is in the forepeak under the v-berth) about 3" aft from it's current position - which isn't a huge deal but it's extra work.
My ideal scenario would be to install the 40 to maximize our flexibility in terms of days between pump outs and because we'll use the boat as guest overflow in the summer (up to four aboard for a week). We do have a pump-out-boat in South Lake Union which makes this easier, but it's usually on a weekly schedule.
I plan to document the change over here and on the BlueWater 40 FB page in case anyone else has a similar situation.
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