[Public-List] Holding tank vent

[John Riley]

Hi Glenn, I think so.

I have looked at a LOT of boats in the marinas and boat yards and most 
of them have far more "openings" in the hull than an A-30, even with two 
vent lines led to the bow (which is not really unusual). If water 
intrusion were a problem, I doubt we'd see it so much.

As a friend of mine likes to say about some of these, "That's not a 
boat!  That's a colander!"

To my knowledge, we've never had water come aboard the vent lines. We've 
sailed offshore.  We've been in 12 ft breakers (inlet passage).  My only 
point in bringing it up was that before I did it, I did share the 
concern.  My mind was laid to rest by the answer, made astutely by Mike 
and George, is that if somehow some did come aboard through the 
vents...it merely goes into the tank, so no biggie.

I have a tendency to overthink things - especially before drilling holes 
in my hull - and in this case, Mike and George's common sense 
prevailed.  I'm much happier about having a well ventilated holding tank 
that has served us free of odors and have never, in practice, noticed 
the kind of problem I was "worried" about before hand.

John

On 03/05/2013 02:09 AM, Glennb wrote:
>   Much ado about nothing maybe...!
>
> Glenn
>
>

-- 
John S. Riley
S/V Gaelic Sea
1972 Alberg 30 #521


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