[Public-List] Fitting for cruising Part 1

[Kris Coward]

On Richard and Margaret's recommendation, I installed one last year.
Unless you're going to build a raised platform for it (and the seat is
already kinda high), it needs to face forward (at least that seems to be
the case with a liner). Even if the sewage hoses and through-hull
weren't in the way, The level portion of the liner narrows as you move
forward; it's wide enough for the solids tank at the aft end, but not at
the forward end.

I don't have pictures either :P

Cheers,
Kris
Candy Cane #583

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 09:40:08AM -0300, Richard Mair wrote:
> No picture right now unfortunately..It is currently off it its mount because
> of the work we are doing..It is the airhead composting head and they have a
> website http://www.airheadtoilet.com. It does have to be mounted facing fore
> or aft for the liquid separator to work..We will probably have pictures up
> on the refit blog as soon as that area is done..
> Richard
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Bill Wallace <wayfarer3134 at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> > Do you have a picture of your composting toilet installation and which one
> > is
> > it?  I also have a liner boat and I was worried about the height/size of
> > the
> > unit in the head and whether it would stick out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Richard Mair <ramair49 at gmail.com>
> > To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <Public-List at lists.alberg30.org>
> > Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 4:09:19 PM
> > Subject: [Public-List] Fitting for cruising Part 1
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We should start by explaining a little bit about why we chose to do things
> > in the way we did when we first outfitted Into The Blue for traveling.  We
> > had already spent time living aboard, and sailing in different kinds of
> > conditions, so we had an idea of what we wanted.  From the beginning we
> > concentrated on the kinds of things that would help us to stay independent
> > and travel as cheaply as possible, so our equipment included solar panels,
> > a
> > wind generator, and a composting head.  These were very important.
> >
> > The solar panels and the wind generator let us recharge our batteries (we
> > used one set of two 12 volt batteries for house and starting).  We very
> > rarely needed to run our engine to make power, except on long downwind
> > passages or in foggy conditions when we needed to use the radar.  The
> > composting head allowed us to close off one seacock, and remove the holding
> > tank which was replaced with an extra water tank.  Then we balanced the
> > weight of that tank by installing another on the other side, and set up a
> > system that would allow us to draw from each tank separately so that we
> > could also keep them balanced while we were using them.
> >
> > That meant that we ended up with a water supply of 50 gallons, enough for
> > the two of us for more than a month when voyaging.  When we are on a
> > longish
> > passage, we use water sparingly, bring juices for drinking to supplement
> > the
> > water we use for tea and coffee and cooking, and bathe using sea water
> > (unless it's too cold).
> >
> > While we are talking about the area around the water tanks we should
> > mention
> > that ours is a liner boat.  We are not familiar with the layout of the
> > vee-berth area in a non-liner boat, but in ours there is a lot of space for
> > storage above the liner and below the boards on which the cushions rest.
> > When putting supplies on board for voyaging or when we are unsure of what
> > we
> > will find at our next stop this is one area that we use for storing food.
> > We pack things like beans, rice, lentils, soup powders, dried fruit and
> > biscuits - things that are relatively light and keep for a long time - in
> > watertight containers and put them up here.
> >
> > The other places we use for food storage are below the floor (cans and
> > juices, heavier things) and we built a separate area on the starboard side,
> > by where we had our fireplace, for storing fruits, vegetables and, when
> > under way, the ingredients for meals for the next five days or so.  We also
> > stored some food in the lockers over the table/berth on the starboard side,
> > and in the cooler.  We did not use the cooler as a cooler; we used it for
> > storing food we wanted to be able to reach easily instead.  We had a
> > separate cooler, kept on the starboard side, which we used as a cooler when
> > we wanted one.  We very rarely used a cooler, since most things can be
> > stored safely without refrigeration as long as they are bought in small
> > containers.  There are books that will help with learning about this.
> >
> > As you can probably guess by now, our starboard berth is no longer used for
> > sleeping.  Instead it has seating for one, space for storage, is where the
> > table stays most of the time, and has space for a cooler.  We'll try to
> > describe what we did on the starboard side in the next message.
> >
> > Richard and Margaret
> > _______________________________________________
> > These businesses support your Association:
> > http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
> > Please support them.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Public-List mailing list
> > Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> > http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > These businesses support your Association:
> > http://www.alberg30.org/store/A30supporters.html
> > Please support them.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Public-List mailing list
> > Public-List at lists.alberg30.org
> > http://lists.alberg30.org/listinfo.cgi/public-list-alberg30.org

 1288188942.0