You choke it, you clear it!
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I always take the time to make sure my guests feel comfortable first and foremost. I also want them to be safe. But when it comes to the head I explain in detail exactly what goes into it. And I tell them that when it comes to anything beside a tinkle, I expect them to only do so if it is really an emergency. So far we have only had overnight guests once and they were experienced boaters who didn't need the details. Actually they were more cautious that they needed to be.
Anyone with "flushable"wipes on their boat in the vicinity of their head.... deserves the problems they get!!!
Really it's most important to make sure your family "gets it" and then your description to your guests of your head rules are very clear! Whatever your rules are, speak up!
On a potty stop around dawn I saw something floating in the bowl. A Strydex pad, or for maybe taking eye makeup off, or as I figured, hemorrhoid medication . Later, I address all 3 ladies. Later, one came forward and said if there was only one, then 4 others got flushed through. Next time I tried to pump out, it wouldn't. I thought maybe all those pads settled down to the bottom of the tank and covered the exit hose. Reverse flushed, and everything pumped out okay. Now, that is part of my pre-cruise toilet-talk.
good points! Interesting that the very first I ever heard about "flushable wipes was in going to the warehouse for work and seeing them in the guys bathroom. They even talked about them and how great they were!!!! It wasn't till quite a while later I heard that flushable was not!! At my house I luckily assumed that they were more on par with baby wipes and would never flush those!
I think I need to laminate a few reminders for the wall near the head!!
I think I need to laminate a few reminders for the wall near the head!!
Correct. I advise when you make your first dump, wet-flush several times while still sitting. If something does not work right, you'll know to not put paper in.
Better yet, put about a quart of water (1/3-1/2 bowlful) in the bowl ahead of solids. If you don't have a toilet designed to let you add water ahead of use, use a cup from the sink! The bowl will stay cleaner and it'll need much fewer pumps (or shorter time on the flush button) to move the flush to it's destination in the dry mode.
And as long as the TP is the quick dissolve stuff AND you've learned how to use limited amounts of it, there's NO reason not to use it whether you're adding solid waste or liquid waste. And it doesn't have to be "marine/rv" TP...that's just the cheapest practically-dissolves-in-your-hand-if-it-even-gets-damp TP you can find at Sams, Costo and most supermarkets repackaged with a ridiculously high price tag.
I never cease to be amazed at the amount of effort boat owners put into over-complicating a simple trip to the loo!
Couldn't agree more. I worked 3 yrs as a boat hand on salmon charter boat in high school. If we tried to do half what is stated here I'd never have gotten any tips
Les
That's what I'm hopping for, for those of us who haven't had a lot of experience yet to learn from those who have so I DON'T have to clear a clog ever! Let alone while away from the dock.
I once showed up to race with a guy (5-6 hours around the cans) only to realize the head was locked. I asked why, he gave an unsatisfactory answer, and I grabbed my stuff and started to leave. He asked "what's the problem, just use the head in the marina?" I said that wasn't the point and we aren't children. He had to race short and was quite irritated, since he was planning on me being a skilled trimmer.
Well, tough. I was also a guest and free crew, either or which requires some level of courtesy.
Well, tough. I was also a guest and free crew, either or which requires some level of courtesy.
I kneel for no man!
Seriously, though, I added a hand hold in our head and it works just fine.
Apparently it is. We have a missy at the marina who has decided that her bum is too precious as to grace the seat and instead papers it and "hovers". Her aim is terrible -she manages to paint the entire seat.
Hand hold steady you but your water discharge gets splash about with every tack and yawl of boat.I kneel for no man!
Seriously, though, I added a hand hold in our head and it works just fine.