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  1. Plymouth Sailor

    Black Water Tank Smell

    Fellow sailing brethren, I recently upgraded to a larger sailboat with a full head and black water tank (I’ve only dealt with a porta potty in the past). A smell is emanating in the boat and I would gather it‘s not directly from the tank as it’s sealed but rather from the head. This seems to...
  2. limbodog

    I done messed up, holding tank overflow. Rear cabin smells like a Coldplay album. Help?

    Hiya. Quick background: bought my Hunter 40 last year, 365-liveaboard I was trying to clean the bilge. It had I-don't-know-how-many years of crud in it. I don't know if PO cleaned it at all. Plus, to make things more fun, the two heads both leaked. It needed cleaning badly. I was scrubbing...
  3. J

    B361 odor under drop-in head fiberglass surround

    A previous owner had an issue with an accidental discharge of the holding tank on our B361. There remains an odor we believe is residual from the accident, but are unable to access the bilge area due to the modular design of the head. The space between the hull and head is restricted to about...