head odors

[sailingdog]

Westerly-

Basically, the hoses on your boat are permeated with the nasty smells... and need to be replaced.

[440sailor]

How about creating a sweet tank? Our Catalina Morgan 440 comes with an aerator for the holding tank. It operates on the same principle as one of those air pumps for an aquarium. By blowing air in with all of the "nastiness," it helps block the organic breakdown that occurs in there, thus reducing the smell. It seems to work rather well, but I do recommend not running it while sailing. The holding tank vent for the 440 is on the port side amidships and when underway with the pump running, I've occasionally caught a whiff of that "sweet" smelliness. Ugh...

[sailingdog]

Actually, you've got it a bit backwards... aeration helps encourage the organic breakdown by the aerobic bacteria, which will fix the nasty sulphur compounds into the breakdown by products, eliminating the smell from the head.

[westerly33]

That is what "BIOLOGIC™ RVM" for, as they claim.

[Joesaila]

I've narrowed my heads bo down to the vent hose. I'm changing it and will make sure the vent is totally cleaned when I do. The problem is that my vent is held in place by a large chromed nut and is difficult to get a tool on. I imagine using a penetrating oil will help, but has anyone dealt w those nuts and had success?