How often do you empty porta-potties?

[Rick Macdonald]

OK, I admit that I purposely didn't empty my sani-potti all season long (3 months or so). *yks I'm pretty sure there was no solid waste, just pee and paper. It was probably used 4 times at most.I use this dark blue liquid stuff in the tank. I have some little tablets but the blue goo looks much more serious for doing the job. Does anybody know if the tablets work as well as the liquid?Would I have gotten away with this laziness if there was a few #2 solid waste deposits over time?Anyway, it never did smell, not even when I opened it up to dump it out.

 

[Andy Howard]

You throw the whole thing away when full

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[Frank Ladd]

Wow I empty mine after every use!

I heard that if you didn't empty it the whole boat would smell horrible!

 

[Rob Morton]

Porti Pot

Ours doesn't get used to often and so we usually don't empty it until the end of the season. We use the blue liquid and have never had any odors from it. Rob Morton

 

[John Nantz]

If You Use it, You Empty it!

A friend of mine who races his Hobie 33 tells the crew "If you use it - you empty it."So guess what, he never has to empty it!

 

[alan]

Does he get much of a crew?

I will ask the crew if they can wait till landfall depending on the time. But, I find it quite rude that the captain essentially refuses use of the head. alan

 

[John Nantz]

It's a Race Boat!

Alan - this isn't your average couples sailboat.The Hobbie 33 is is a fairly competitive race boat class. The boat is 33 feet long and yet has a displacement of only 4,000 pounds. Headroom is 4'-6" which is barely enough to do sail work in. The boat, skipper, and crew of the boat I was talking about are one of the better race boats in Puget Sound. In the case of the "head boat rule", "if you use it you empty it", the crew happens to agree because it's to their own benefit to keep the equipment on board as light as possible as it's when the boat planes they put distance between them and our heavier boat types. They're a competitive bunch.By comparison my H-35 is 12,600 pounds when new, without all the added stuff) Weight is (nearly) everything on the H-33. You shift your body 6 inches off the centerline and the boat lists several degrees. It's amazing how tender it is and takes me some really getting used to. Kinda like an El Toro only bigger.http://www.hobie33.com/specs/specs.html