Vega head

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farrison77539

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Jan 29, 2002
31
Vega owners:
We have just had our new Vega surveyed and are signing purchase papers
today! They said the head does not have a holding tank. Since the handbook
doesn't indicate that there was one ever installed on the Vega, how have any
of you installed one? What type and where did you locate it. I would
appreciate any assistance.
Also, I would like to join AVA, so if the person that handles that is out
there, would you please respond to me so I can make the proper arrangements.

Thanks

Carol Devany
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vega1860

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Apr 28, 2000
691
Congratulations Carol!

On the head: two words "Porta Potty"

On the AVA: New memberships now include, in addition to a one year subscription to "Fair Winds", the revised one hundred thirty one page Vega Owners Repair and Maintenance Manual and newsletter archive of the past seven issues as well as the photo album from last year's Rendezvous at Pender Island BC all on CD ROM. To join the AVA send your check or money order for US$25 (payable to Chuck Rose) to:

Chuck Rose
SV Lealea
PO Box 88784
Honolulu, HI 96830-8784

Please include the following information:

Name(s), Postal address, Hull/Sail number, Boat Name, Home port, Telephone number (Optional) and email address.Aloha,

Chuck Rose
SV Lealea, V1860
Honolulu
"Carol Devany" Farrison@... wrote:
 
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farrison77539

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Jan 29, 2002
31
Thanks, I will be getting a check in the mail this week.
So you don't using anything but a porta Potty? I think husband wants to try
to set up a holding tank system. Just a small one like a porta potty would
have.
 
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farrison77539

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Jan 29, 2002
31
Thanks Brian, I would have loved to attend but we are on the Gulf Coast,
Texas and that would make too long a trip for me right now! My sailing is
some what limited and we are planning to use the Vega to change that. so
maybe sometime we will make it that far.

Carol
 
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skipperjs

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Aug 29, 2000
40
Welcome Carol! We installed a new holding tank two years ago, and then a
new head last year. We decided on a rigid plastic holding tank, 9 gal, I
believe. The tank is in the forward cabin, under the V-berth, behind the
fresh water tank. We chose the size based on fit within the space without
making any changes. This is more than enough for our weekend outings. I
can get more details if you want. Our boat is right here at the house, in a
shed that makes it easy to get aboard.

Our original Par head was failing to pump too often and after rebuilding the
pump twice, I was ready for convenience and reliability! We polled many
sailing friends including this group, and our 1st choice for a new head was
the Lavac. We purchased it but quickly found that it did not fit the depth,
for the layout of head and plumbing. Defender customer service was
accommodating about returns. Based on our poll, we went to our second
choice, the Raritan PhII, with the electric flush (a little luxury never
hurts). Inherent in their design is a simple manual pump which works by
simply pulling a pin, should power be an issue. We used it manually all
last summer, postponing the wiring. We found it easy to install, easy to
use, and like the fact that we heard from lots of friends that it is has
proven to be reliable. Good luck.

By the way, where are you on the Gulf Coast of Texas? My mom, prior owner
of our Vega, is on Padre Island.

Drusie Sheldon
d_sheldon@...
"Spindrift", #1879
Saunderstown, Rhode Island
 
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imbissfrank

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Mar 28, 2011
261
When I purchased Cin Cin 21 years ago, she came with a porta potty. A few years later, I installed a Wilcox-Crittenden Head-Mate (without a holding tank which of course is no longer an option), it functioned reasonably well, but four years ago, I dumped it and am back to square one, a porta potty. As Walt said , no plumbing hassles. There are enough hassles without creating anymore. Frank G.

Waltrambs@... wrote:
 
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cmbtboats

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Oct 31, 2019
4
In response to the head issue on my previous vega I installed a vetus
soft tank in the vee-berth locker directly behind the water tank.I only
used it went I went to the U.S. and in some Canadian harbours.The big
advantage was it stored flat when empty.On my latest vega someone had
installed a custom stainless tank behind the head an even better
solution if a bit more expensive.
Brad
 
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hielke007

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Dec 31, 2003
86
Pretty amazed by this discussion, over in Europe 95% has
"pump-overboard-style" toilets (it's bio-degradable waste isn't it?)

I am considering a holding tank but this is merely for it being more social
and being able to use my own toilet when I'm moored in a harbor. There are
an increasing number of suction stations on the waterside (mostly at
bunkerpoints) Anybody having experience with carbon style scent-filters?

Before all the environmental minded people start bashing me: we do have
pretty stringent new laws / prohibitions on a great number of antifouling
paints...
Hielke
Holland
 
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pelagicasd

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Jan 28, 2001
694
Hi Heilke, I believe our concern over here is hepititis A transmission. It's
a common occurence in sewage contaminated waters where it accumulates in
shellfish and is passed on to humans consuming them. For most people it's a
brief illness. For a few it's a liver damaging,life threatening disease.
E-coli is the bacteria that they moniter for. It's present in all of us as a
germ found in our intestines and aiding our digestion. When it mutates it
becomes a killer. (Never eat undercooked ground beef!) I don't know if there
are any documented cases of it being transmitted via salt water. As far as
bottom paint goes the most commonly encountered ainti-fouling agent is
copper. In 1987 a freighter sank off of Sanmta Barbara California. Parts of
the ocean bottom around it have now been reported as "dead". It's cargo was
46,000,000 pounds of powdered copper, iron and sulfer concentrates. Be kind
to our mother!
Pumping overboard in the middle of the ocean or at least well offshore is
one thing. Doing it the marina where divers are working to keep the bottoms
clean is another. Walt, Lyric 120
 
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