[C38] Holding Tank?

[les]

We had a portapotty on our Seaprompt a Catalina 22.  My thoughts are:

	1.  dumping it is messy, and never goes as nicely as you might want.	
	2.  Smells.  Deoderant smells differently.
	3.  Clean it your self.  This is not a task for the faint of heart.
	4.  Spills.  Invariably you will spill some, only when wearing white,
only when people are coming, only when the aroma will offend the dock
neighbors and their party going on next door.
	5.  Remember that little floating SUV.  It has places that the
inevitable spill will find and lurk for days/weeks/months, or until you
give up an burn the boat ;-) only partly kidding on that.
	6.  The seat was too flimsy for my 250 lb carcass which has ballooned
to a nicely rounded 280 recently.
	7.  Where to sit it, and how to hold it there while said carcass is
ensconced in the middle of a tack.
	8.  Feature this: pants around the ankles, a sudden gust, head door
breaks and out spills said carcass surrounded by what no one wants to
mention do without see/smell.

	Do you get the idea that I don't like portapotties?  I know they
improve every day.  But remember that little holding tank you were
talking about?  Check out the portapotty capability.  Think about the
seasick person who has to hit that little plastic darling during the
worst blow in years.

Just my own little biases.

Regards,
Les H
On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 12:34 -0700, david at dlrfilms.com wrote:
> That's where ours was. Looks like a B110.
> 
> Am wondering if this doesn't make a simpler, cheaper option for a day boat;
> 
> http://mobilecommode.com/OurProducts/VisaMarine.aspx
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> 
> > I think ours is a B114 and is located aft of the bulkhead separating the
> > salon from the head, just underneath the seats.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
> > [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of D McC
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 8:46 AM
> > To: Catalina 38 Listserve
> > Subject: Re: [C38] Holding Tank?
> >
> >
> >
> > I haven't looked at the holding tank in a while and I can't get to it
> > today.. but I know that the water tank was made by RONCO
> > (http://www.ronco-plastics.com/) and they still have the water tank
> > listed in their catalog.
> >
> > good luck
> >
> > ~Dave
> > SV Pretty Lady Cat-38 #148
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> > sailing.
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> > When in doubt, try the vice You haven't tried before!
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> >
> > --- On Wed, 4/27/11, david at dlrfilms.com <david at dlrfilms.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: david at dlrfilms.com <david at dlrfilms.com>
> >> Subject: [C38] Holding Tank?
> >> To: tdtron at earthlink.net, "Catalina 38 Listserve"
> > <listserve at catalina38.org>
> >> Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 5:59 AM
> >> In preparation for our paying guests,
> >> I am re-doing our toilet, hoses,
> >> holding tank.
> >>
> >> The old tank is wedge-shaped and fits under the forward
> >> part of the dinette.
> >>
> >> I am not having any luck finding a similarly sized/shaped
> >> tank.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any clever solutions and/or cunning plans for
> >> tank
> >> size/shape/location?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
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