Holding Tank Help

[Bob]

1980 27'My hoses are odor permeated and my boat stinks... The holding tank is too small for a long weekend @ 6 gallons so I'm ready for a renovation.So where is your holding tank located on your 27? I currently have a Par MiniTank located under the starboard settee just forward of the galley cabinet. The seacocks are right smack dab in the middle of this locker preventing the placement of a larger tank under the setee unless I were to use a flexible one. All of the hoses are coming out and getting replaced so now would be as good a time as any for a refit and upgrade for increased tankage. If you are happy with the solution on your 27' let me know what you are using and where you've located it...Thanks!Bob

 

[Peggie Hall/HeadMistress]

Before you decide on anything, read...

The articles on the Head Mistress forum Reference Library. And I'll be glad t answer any questions.

 

[Jon Zaimes]

Under the V berth

After researching on the Head Mistress forum two years ago, we placed our holding tank on our '80 Hunter 27 beneath the V berth -- in the area between the water tank and the head. It is mounted very close to the boat's centerline. This required cutting an access panel under the V berth cushions, installing some 1 x 3 wood strips around the edge to hold the access panel, and drilling a thumb-hole in the access panel so it could easily be removed. The tank is about 22 gallons as I recall -- purchased from Peggy Hall -- and is mounted to the foreward bulkhead and plywood deck below the V berth with stainless straps and wood blocks. The vent through-hull was mounted at the bow on the port side. You have to remove the panel just below the anchor locker to get access. The pump-out fitting was mounted in the deck just above the hanging locker in the head. Drilling and sawing through the fiber glass is very dusty -- use a saw with a vacuum attachment and wear dust protection.Jon Zaimes"Airwaves" on the Choptank River

 

[Dan Bryant]

Starboard Settee

I have a 1980 H27 and the holding tank is at least 12 gallons. It is located forward under the starboard settee. My through-hull is at the extreme aft part of the settee, near the galley. Any though of using a whole cutter and putting in a new through hull and just sealing off the old one?