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03-15-2017, 09:28 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
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Been a Crappy Day!!!!
Fun job today! As we got ready to leave for St Patty weekend party in Portland, the vacuflush pump made a funny noise I had not heard before. Lifted the hatch and I puked 3 times! Crap all over the place. Took about 4 hours to clean everything and install a new bellows. The 7 month old new pump blew a bellows right at the seam. I call Marine Sanitation and supply in Seattle and they replaced my spare bellows at no cost.
So today I was a Sanitation Engineer, with the responsibility of providing the Admiral a pot to piss in.......
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03-15-2017, 09:34 PM
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,046
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Ain't yachting glamorous?
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03-15-2017, 09:35 PM
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Guru
City: Edmonds, WA
Vessel Name: WESTERLY
Vessel Model: 1974 Pacific Trawler 37
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 502
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Hi Tom.
I certainly like the last picture best!!!
Do you have any info about how the bellows failed? We lost a bellows to beach rocks a few years ago, seems the toddler grandkids were chowing down ashore and it took almost a year to get them out of the holding tank.
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03-15-2017, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Forgive me but that was hilarious!
Only cause I've been there so to speak...
Thanks for making me laugh and again, I apologize.
Bruce
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03-15-2017, 09:39 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay N
Hi Tom.
I certainly like the last picture best!!!
Do you have any info about how the bellows failed? We lost a bellows to beach rocks a few years ago, seems the toddler grandkids were chowing down ashore and it took almost a year to get them out of the holding tank.
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Have no idea. I am very picky with my toilets and training guests. I asked the guy at Marine Sanitation what was the life expectancy of the bellows. He said at least 5 years or more. He was surprised when I told him the bellows separated at 7 months.
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03-15-2017, 09:40 PM
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Guru
City: Edmonds, WA
Vessel Name: WESTERLY
Vessel Model: 1974 Pacific Trawler 37
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 502
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I do include a new bellows in my spares.
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03-15-2017, 09:47 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay N
I do include a new bellows in my spares.
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Yes sir, so do I! Good thing as I was going to explain to the Admiral how to crap in the river from a standing position.
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03-15-2017, 11:17 PM
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City: Tri Cities, WA
Join Date: Nov 2012
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The more that you stir it, the more it will stink –
The higher it’s piled, the deeper it sinks –
The more you proclaim it, the less that you know –
The greater the load, the more pompous the show
When you throw it, it splatters –
When you crush it, like jam it spreads out –
When you fart, there’s always a danger that some might come out –
Go home, and it’s with you as you walk through the door –
If you don’t have enough, you can always make more –
Give it to someone you love, and they’ll soon send it back –
Released in your undies, it leaves a brown track –
Now doctors won’t tell you what any turd knows –
The more that you eat, the bigger it grows –
If it plugs up your butt, it can ruin your day –
When nature comes calling, it’s best not to delay –1
So don’t blame it on God if your bowels should protest –
For to him, what we call shit is in fact one holy mess.
-Venerable Moneyya
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1981 Boston Whaler 13'
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03-16-2017, 12:20 AM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,293
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I suggest placing a sign facing sit down users:
1. Forbidding "any breaking of wind" while seated on the throne, and
2. Requiring "All turds weighing 1 pound or more be lowered on a string"
Hope this helps avoid any recurrence.
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2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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03-16-2017, 12:41 AM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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*Note to self* Think I'll check out those C-Head toilets again
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03-16-2017, 04:17 AM
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,374
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Is there a better way to ruin a boating day than to have failure with a toilet. I guess we all went through any kind of issue with toilet, for me it was one of the first thing to fail while at anchor with no replacement part, and how miserable I felt!
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03-16-2017, 05:50 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Bunnell
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 61
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Years ago, I was removing a bronze hand pumper, for a rebuild. My wife wanted a hand pumper in the forward head, just in case, the vacuum flush acted up.
When I went to pry off the exit hose with a screw driver, just ever so gently, it exploded , guess where, my mouth. My wife still talks about it today, since it was her toilet.
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03-16-2017, 05:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 22,553
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OF course with an RV head located over the waste tank, you would never need to become a Sanitary Engineer!
A tough retrofit tho.
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03-16-2017, 06:44 AM
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,818
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Rebuilt my vacuflush pumps with new bellows and valves during my refit. Replace the valves every 2 years as preventive maintenance. Was going to wait till 6 years to replace the bellows, might switch to 4 years now. Much more pleasant to work on these systems after flushing 50 gallons of water and a little bleach through them first.
Ted
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I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
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03-16-2017, 07:04 AM
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Hospitality Officer
City: Pittwater
Vessel Name: Sarawana
Vessel Model: IG 36 Quad Cabin
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,896
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Two loos aboard is good.
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03-16-2017, 07:08 AM
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Guru
City: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Vessel Name: Gumbo
Vessel Model: 2003 Monk 36
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,882
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Now I don't regret not having Smellavision!
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03-16-2017, 08:13 AM
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Senior Member
City: Memphis
Vessel Name: Ivory Lady
Vessel Model: 46 Jefferson
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 275
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And that is why I don't like to poop on my boat.
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03-16-2017, 10:38 AM
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Guru
City: Pahrump, NV
Vessel Name: Pairadice
Vessel Model: Sold Selene 47
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 1,967
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Good thing ya caught it before heading North, but then I could "Stupervise" and hand ya beers.
LOL
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03-16-2017, 11:09 AM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GFC
The more that you stir it, the more it will stink –
The higher it’s piled, the deeper it sinks –
The more you proclaim it, the less that you know –
The greater the load, the more pompous the show
When you throw it, it splatters –
When you crush it, like jam it spreads out –
When you fart, there’s always a danger that some might come out –
Go home, and it’s with you as you walk through the door –
If you don’t have enough, you can always make more –
Give it to someone you love, and they’ll soon send it back –
Released in your undies, it leaves a brown track –
Now doctors won’t tell you what any turd knows –
The more that you eat, the bigger it grows –
If it plugs up your butt, it can ruin your day –
When nature comes calling, it’s best not to delay –1
So don’t blame it on God if your bowels should protest –
For to him, what we call shit is in fact one holy mess.
-Venerable Moneyya
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Mike you are such a sh$t poet!!!!
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03-16-2017, 11:13 AM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusty Chief
Good thing ya caught it before heading North, but then I could "Stupervise" and hand ya beers.
LOL
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Yeah right, you would be on your boat throwing me beers until I got it cleaned up.....
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