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12-22-2014, 11:20 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: 8,050
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The Worst Job on the Boat!
Most folks would state doing anything with the pooper system......maybe </SPAN>
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The other day I cleaned my shower sump and just about puked! This my friends is the worst job on the boat!! </SPAN>
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12-22-2014, 11:38 AM
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Senior Member
City: Baltimore
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 305
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Give me waste water any day. the worst job on a boat is sanding, anything.
I am all about instant gratification once the pile of crap is cleaned up the job is over. done. and i can see what i accomplished.
Sanding on the other hand leads to more sanding and more and more...which eventually leads to painting or varnishing, the second worse job.
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12-22-2014, 12:24 PM
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Guru
City: Pender Harbour, BC
Vessel Name: Gwaii Haanas
Vessel Model: Custom Aluminum 52
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,791
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Get one of those dollar store stainless sink screens that just sit in the drain of the shower, then empty it in your waste bin after each shower or each day. Then, once a week or so, dump some bleach down the drain. No more puke.
Changing sewer hoses or servicing the holding tank. No question. Although I am presently scraping and washing my bilge, which is a close second.
Put some Vicks on your upper lip when doing those jobs, so you can save your lunch.
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12-22-2014, 04:22 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Home Port: Buck's Harbor, Maine
Vessel Name: "Emily Anne"
Vessel Model: 2001 Island Gypsy 32 Europa (Hull #146)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,846
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xsbank
Changing sewer hoses or servicing the holding tank. No question.
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Yes, indeed! And including clearing/cleaning out any clogs in the sanitation system from the bowl of the toilet on through to the other stinkin' end.
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Deer Isle, Maine
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12-22-2014, 05:39 PM
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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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I'm not going to comment on that!
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12-22-2014, 05:46 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,329
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Hard sanding back the entire underwater area, dry,using electric or air sander. Including the flat parts you lie on a plank on your back to sand, sander held above your head. And there`s the sanded material getting everywhere. Soda Strip next time.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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12-22-2014, 05:48 PM
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Guru
City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,964
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Replacing the 20 ft of 1 1/2" aft head hose that was packed solid. I thought I flushed it with the garden hose. Wrong! It just bored a channel through the solids.
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Archie
Irish Lady
1984 Monk 36 Hull #46
Currently in Cape May, NJ
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12-22-2014, 07:08 PM
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Guru
City: Pender Harbour, BC
Vessel Name: Gwaii Haanas
Vessel Model: Custom Aluminum 52
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,791
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Ahhh, Archie gets it. Oh the joy of the poop hose. I love boating!
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12-22-2014, 07:18 PM
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Guru
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,021
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You just can't beat dealin' with pisscrete as the worst job aboard.
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12-22-2014, 08:05 PM
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Guru
City: Stuart FL
Vessel Name: Lucky Lucky
Vessel Model: Pacific Mariner 65
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 2,760
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Alaskan SD,
I hated the shower sump cleaning too. I finally bit the bullet and changed the Rule bilge pumps in both showers to Whale Gulpers (model 220). I installed them in the bilge under the showers and cut into the existing plumbing lines and installed the new pumps. Never have to clean hair or gook again. Those pumps will swallow pebbles. If there is hair in the shower I simply hose it into the pump and it's gone. The admiral thanks me every time she showers. Howard
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Lucky Lucky
Stuart, FL
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12-22-2014, 08:41 PM
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Guru
City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,444
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Putting her to bed for the season.
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What kind of boat is that?
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12-22-2014, 10:10 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Chicago, IL
Vessel Name: Bay Pelican
Vessel Model: Krogen 42
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,993
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My worse job is any critical system that breaks in the evening and I am not certain I can fix it and make it through the night without problems. What comes to mind is the generator won't work at 8 pm and the battery level is already low. Refrigerator is getting warm and we have a week's worth of food, etc. If it is something I know I can fix or I have a back up for it then its OK.
Poop, smell, dirt I can handle. But lack of electricity, refrigeration, or propulsion on a power boat is nerve racking.
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12-23-2014, 05:17 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,149
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bay Pelican
My worse job is any critical system that breaks in the evening and I am not certain I can fix it and make it through the night without problems. What comes to mind is the generator won't work at 8 pm and the battery level is already low. Refrigerator is getting warm and we have a week's worth of food, etc. If it is something I know I can fix or I have a back up for it then its OK.
Poop, smell, dirt I can handle. But lack of electricity, refrigeration, or propulsion on a power boat is nerve racking.
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12-23-2014, 07:19 AM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ancora
You just can't beat dealin' with pisscrete as the worst job aboard.
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Agree I just replaced the heads and every hose so much pisscrete the boat sat 3/4 higher
one of the hoses i tossed onto the concrete dock and cracked the corner of the dock
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12-23-2014, 08:05 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: 12,834
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Yup, replaced all hoses and rebuilt both pumps on my vacuflush systems. Not as bad as I thought it might be. The stress of not knowing was far worse than the actual work.
Ted
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12-24-2014, 09:16 PM
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Senior Member
City: Erie PA
Vessel Name: Endless Endeavor
Vessel Model: Custom
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 225
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Cleaning and painting the inside portion of the bilge when it is four feet down and 6 inches wide at the bottom.
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12-24-2014, 09:55 PM
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Guru
City: Little River SC
Vessel Name: JAZ
Vessel Model: Ta Chaio/CT35
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 716
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Driving back home!
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Twin Lehman Super 90's Cummins Onan 5kw
Lightkeepers Marina -Little River, SC
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12-24-2014, 11:50 PM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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Quote:
Originally Posted by windmill29130
Driving back home!
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you win
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12-25-2014, 08:04 AM
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Senior Member
City: Green Turtle Cay/Western NC
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 182
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How about a mini freezer full of bait that was unplugged!
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12-25-2014, 10:36 AM
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Guru
City: Sarasota,FL/Thomasville,GA
Vessel Name: Steppin Stone IV
Vessel Model: Marine Trader Kelly Trawler 46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,815
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