The engine is running well and we have ordered the spacer to shift the prop another 1/2 aft. We are hoping that will further reduce cavitation…
I had a small project running a broken water line to the aft head. Not a big job, but the source fitting was burried behind the motor. Luckily I have long arms, but it still required about 30 minutes crawling on the motor and squeezing myself into way too small spaces.
After pulling the vacuum pump on the forward head again, I decided to decommission the vacuflush. We don’t need the complicated system, nor do I want to maintain it in the future in some third world country. Out with the old!
I’m rebuilding all the plumbing from scratch. I learned through this process that the holding tank vents are plugged and the vent hose is rotten. I was surprised that all vents run to the transom which should have been obvious…. keep those smells out of the boat. This meant I needed to replace about 50 feet of vent hose. The positive is that there is conduit to make running easier. The downside is that I can only run 3/8″ ID hose, which is smaller than I would like. Such is life.
We have ordered the hose and two new toilets. We went with Lavac and are excited about the robust and proven design. They use bilge pumps as flushing mechanisms and rumor has it they have successfully flushed a teddy bear (try that on perspective and you will retrieve it from the holding tank!!!). They will arrive Friday and I’ll have a great weekend on the boat installing two new heads. Yeah!
