[Public-List] Public-List] Head

daniel joseph walker via Public-List public-list at lists.alberg30.org
Sun May 3 15:19:02 PDT 2015


So you're pimping me again. Key word is again I think!!!

Gordon Laco via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>We've got the Jabsco Compact in SURPRISE...  It works well, and after I
>broke the mounting flange of the pumping assembly by over tightening the
>screws, parts were easy to get.
>
>If you heard cursing coming from the Upper Great Lakes last spring, well,
>that was me.
>
>Gord #426 Surprise
>
>PS - starting the big push to get her in the water today.  Well the push is
>starting... I won't get in.  As usual my hopes of getting in early went out
>the window due to an unexpected professional project that came up.  I'm just
>back from wandering (at a hectic pace) from Barcelona to England to Denmark
>examining wooden sailing ships in order to make a report on their
>suitability for use in an upcoming film. (Not M&C part II)  Fantastic but
>got right in the way of getting SURPRISE ready for launch.
>
>Nearly got scragged in a bar fight in Weymouth, England last week.  Here's
>the story...
>
>I was with the director and we decided to have a nightcap on the way back to
>our hotel after saying good night to the ship people we met in that port.
>Went into a pub and ordered a couple of Irish whiskies...  By the time we
>got them we realized were not in a Œnice¹ pub.  We were the only ones sober,
>everyone else was dead drunk, some were passed out in corners.  We were also
>the only ones not covered in tattoos and dressed in ragged American style
>basketball shorts and shirts and wearing flip flops (despite the cold).
>
>A drunken older woman with teeth missing came up to me and slobbered ŒWanna
>dance?¹  I said Œno thanks¹ as politely as I could.  That was a mistake.
>
>She turned back to her table and shouted Œhe thinks he¹s too good for us!¹
>while jerking her thumb at me over her shoulder.  A guy at her table (with
>one shoe on, the other barefoot) stood up and staggered up to me and shouted
>ŒWhy don¹t you dance with the lady?  What¹s wrong with you?  Why do you
>think you¹re too good fer us?²    I thought I was about to be killed ­ there
>was no sense in the guy¹s face at all, just fresh cuts and bruises from his
>last fight.  
>
>Just then the hag started screaming at him Œso you¹re pimping me again, are
>you?¹  And she jumped him.  The two of them crashed sideways into a table
>knocking it, the drinks on it and three people sitting at it onto the floor.
>All of them started fighting hard and everyone still on their feet started
>shouting.  
>
>I turned to the director and said ŒI think we¹d better get out of here
>before one of them remembers I started this¹.
>
>We got away.  Once outside the director said to me Œy¹know Gord, I¹ll bet
>that place is what ŒCoronation Street¹ is like after the cameras are turned
>off...¹  we laughed.
>
>
>On 02/05/15 8:50 AM, "Chris Martin via Public-List"
><public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of heads I need to order a new one. Any reason not to select the
>> Jabsco compact manual head? It looks like West Marine OEM's this, it's on
>> sale!, and the usual players have it and a similar but more expensive Raritan
>> model. Looking for simple operation and dont want to do this job again for a
>> while if possible. If not this one, is there a better version for those of us
>> on a budget?
>Thanks you!
>Chris
>      From: Kris Coward via Public-List
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> To: Stephen gwyn
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>
>> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Head
>   
>
>Interestingly enough, the regulations
>> define "holding tank" in such a
>way that a porta-potty and composting toilet
>> would probably count.
>
>From section 83 of the 2012 version of the regulations
>> (which replace
>the 2007 version that you linked to):
>
>  ³holding tank² means a
>> tank that is used solely for the collection
>  and storage of sewage or sewage
>> sludge and includes a tank that is
>  an integral part of a toilet.
>
>The caveat
>> is the requirement under section 88(f) that a holding tank
>must:
>
>  be
>> provided with a discharge connection and piping system for the
>  removal of
>> the tank contents at a reception facility;
>
>though "reception facility" isn't
>> defined anywhere in the regulations.
>
>If I were charged under the regulations
>> for having a composting head,
>I'd probably fight it on the grounds that 88(f)
>> is sufficiently vague to
>include my current sewage handling practices and
>> equipment.
>
>I remember seeing additional Ontario regulations for sewage
>> systems, but
>wonder if they apply, given that Candy Cane has federal
>> papers.
>
>Cheers,
>Kris
>
>On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 02:55:23PM -0700, Stephen gwyn
>> via Public-List wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> For the full regulations for Canada,  see:
>>
>> 
>> http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/regu/sor-2007-86/latest/sor-2007-86.html>
>> 
>> Porta-potties are legal on small boats if it isn't practical to fit a
>> holding
>> tank.
>> See section 119, paragraph (4)
>> 
>> Discharging holding
>> tanks from small boats into the water is legal
>> under some circumstances:
>>
>> See: 129.(1)(e)
>> And note the very reasonable sub-clauses in subparagraph
>> (iii).
>> 
>> Having read these regulations fairly carefully, they're pretty
>> sensible,
>> except for the fact it uses the phrases "discharge areas" and
>> "sewage areas"
>> (meaning mostly harbours and anchorages with poor tidal
>> exchange) which
>> most people would have called "no discharge areas" and "no
>> sewage areas".
>> 
>> 
>> SG
>> 
>> 
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