[C320-list] C320-list Digest, Vol 1254, Issue 2

[Jeff Hare]

I'll write an article for the website with the pictures I took.
-jeff

Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com> wrote:

Jeff
Can you repost your vent change or supply the link to the website?
Irv #851

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Utility Email <kswanson123 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> All sound reasons to replace the stock vent. What product or vent fitting
> did you replace it with?
>
> David B. Swanson, P.E., S.E.
> Principal, LEED AP
> Director, Structural Group
>
> Reid Middleton, Inc.
> (425) 741-3800 office
> (425) 741-5011 direct
> (425) 508-7971 mobile
>
> www.reidmiddleton.com
>
>
> On Oct 19, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, it's on the side ... but... I replaced the vent with a more suitable
> vent that can be easily flushed out.
> >
> > The stock vent is actually a fuel/water tank vent and, in my opinion,
> isn't suitable for a holding tank for at least these reasons:
> >
> > 1. The tank vent hose must be reduced down quite a bit to fit the vent.
> > 2. It's a sealed unit with screens such that heeling the boat with a full
> holding tank or overfilling the tank can clog it and make it difficult to
> clear.
> > 3. It doesn't let the tank breath well and contributes to a smelly
> system.
> >
> > Alan Goodman <goodmanalanlee at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Jeff - you note that you flush your vent tube from 'on deck'. My holding
> tank vent is on the side of the hull below the rub rail (penetrates the hull
> behind and above my medicine cabinet) Is your similarly located and do you
> just reach over the side while on deck and spray water into the vent
> fitting? Alan Hull 67 Holland MI
> >
> >>_____________________________________________

> >
> >>
> >> Message: 4
> >> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:27:23 -0400
> >> From: Jeff Hare <catalina at thehares.com>
> >> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> >> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Holding tank vent
> >> Message-ID: <955b78db-4112-4f78-a6a9-8755108da1c2 at email.android.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >>
> >> As a mid-season project followup in this area, remember I posted earlier
> about upgrading the head vent.
> >>
> >> We can say for certain now, that there hasn't been one whiff of holding
> tank odor inside or on deck since. The new vent is also virtually clog proof
> compared to the factory one and can be flushed out from on deck during a
> pumpout.
> >>
> >> One of the top upgrades we've done to date. Installing the DryRoll
> dispenser recommended by Allan Field was really well received by the regular
> crew also.
> >>
> >> -jeff
> >>
> >
> >
>