Here's a Great Read

[JohnRPollard]

I guess this is getting off on a tangent from the original story line (a delivery gone bad), but as far as the electric heads are concerned:

One point I haven't seen mentioned here is the NOISE of the electric heads. I don't know whether they've been improved in recent years, but we routinely raft with another family that has an electric head. They are tremendously LOUD. Especially at night in a quiet anchorage. Every flush is like an alarm clock going off. I'm a light sleeper, but I'm also not even on the same boat.

They would not be welcome aboard our boat.

[Valiente]

The last time I heard one, it sounded uncomfortably like an off-balance food processor. Which I suppose in a sense it is. The combination of grinding and water flow makes me think of a robot with indigestion.

A manual Lavac sounds no louder than a somewhat rapid snore.

[danielgoldberg]

It is true that the electric heads, and the Vacuflush also, are loud. At night, our rule is not to flush unless you have to, if you get my meaning.

Somehow we went from Jon Eisberg's very interesting and entertaining story about a delivery on a Trintella, to the details of flushing heads. Not sure what that says about Jon's story.

[therapy23]

Originally Posted by danielgoldberg

Well, that pretty much sucked…. (sorry, folks - this is a long one)

It's worth reading.


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You are right.
Thanks.

[Leither]

A great read, indeed and full of alutary warnings for the unwary.

It reminds me of a friend of mine who agreed to crew for a guy in his yacht club who was bringing a brand new 34' X Yacht from Denmark across to the UK. The crew consisted of the owner (very experienced) the owner's wife (not experienced), the owner's son (not at all experienced), my friend (very experienced) and a.n. Other (slightly experienced). Although they apparently had the latest weather forecast information, they ran into a severe storm about a third of the way across the North Sea. Everyone, apart from my mate and the slightly experienced guy, were completely disabled by sea sickness. The boat suffered various failures including loss of electrics caused by water ingress, rigging problems and others I can't recall. Ultimately, the engine failed due to water getting into the intake. They made most of the voyage under bare poles and were lucky to make it at all. In the worst of it, my mate was certainly sure that it was going to be his last voyage!

One consolation was that at least all of the snagging problems were identified and sorted!

Stuart

[Leither]

Sorry - "alutary" should. of course, read "salutary".

[sailingdog]

Originally Posted by Leither

Sorry - "alutary" should. of course, read "salutary".

You do know you can go back and edit it to correct that...

[xort]

Originally Posted by Valiente

The last time I heard one, it sounded uncomfortably like an off-balance food processor. Which I suppose in a sense it is. The combination of grinding and water flow makes me think of a robot with indigestion.

As everyone knows, space is at a premium aboard a cruising boat. So I rigged a y-valve to our electric head and it does great double duty as a food processor. The extra large bowl allows us to mix up some big batches of stuff when we have guests! I could post some recipies on the provisioning list of you like.

[Leither]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

You do know you can go back and edit it to correct that...

Thanks, SD, I did know that, but was in "e-mail mode" at that time and responded before I had put my brain in gear.........

Stuart

[sailingdog]

Ahh... that explains it... so many others here have forgotten how to put their brain in gear before they type...

Originally Posted by Leither

Thanks, SD, I did know that, but was in "e-mail mode" at that time and responded before I had put my brain in gear.........

Stuart