[Public-List] Holding tank vent

[George Dinwiddie]

John,

On 3/4/13 10:11 PM, John Riley wrote:
> I asked this same question before drilling holes in my bow...or a
> similar one.  What about waves in rough seas.
>
> I believe it was Mike Lehman that provided the obvious (once I thought
> about it) answer that George gives below...any water intrusion into the
> vent merely would go into the tank itself.
>
> At worse, it would help clean the tank out.
>
> I should add that I have a hand operated pump to pump the tank overboard
> offshore where it is legal to do so vice a head that can be pumped
> directly overboard.  Taking sea water into the holding tank, which has
> never happened to us by the way, would only mean having to pump the tank
> empty a bit earlier than I planned.

Our old Mansfield setup had a Whale Gusher 8 for pumpout. If you use a 
handpump for that, get a nitrile rebuild kit instead of neoprene.

  - George

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