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Mike Bergmann
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Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 - 11:58 pm:   

When I bought my boat in 1996, it had the direct discharge only (no tank.) The fitting was about 8 inches aft of the bulkhead under the port settee.

I removed the thru-hull and glassed it over. I have a 13-gallon Todd tank in the space immediately forward of the fuel tank. It is a very tight fit - I had to do some carpentry on the settee supports.

If you have not bought your tank yet, check out www.boatdepot.com. They have a huge selection of tanks, and you can get custom fitting locations on some. I got my new fresh water tank there last year, and I am very satisfied.

My head discharge goes directly into the tank. The pumpout line goes to a tee with a PVC ball valve. With another tee and two more valves, I can pump the tank out through the bilge pump under the cockpit in an emergency.

Since I normally sail in zero-discharge zones, this system works fine (I never have had to use the alternate pumpout for real, but I can if I have to - not legally, of course!)

The regular pumpout line goes back through the bulkhead and goes up to the deck through the cabinets in the head compartment. The vent line follows the fuel tank vent line aft to an extra vent fitting on the transom. I rarely get odors.

I did all this because I noticed that our boats don't really like having any weight forward of the mast. You will probably notice that the boat sits slightly bow down when no one is on board. I decided I did not want to add 150 pounds or so 4 ft. forward of the mast, so I squeezed under the port settee.

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