[C320-list] Toilet paper or no toilet paper in the head?

[Elliott Womack]

I allow toilet paper (use minimal). Get the cheap thin kind single ply.
Flush excessive water after #2 to get the paper to the tank and out of the
hose/joker valve



On Sat, May 6, 2023, 6:02 PM Jack Brennan via C320-list <
c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:

> We regularly do trips that require full use of the head.
>
> We use thin (single-ply?) toilet paper and make sure no one transforms it
> into a large wad, the way some people do on land. I find it dissolves
> fairly quickly.
>
> Pump, pump, pump. Maybe 20 times. You don’t want it stuck in the hose or
> building up around the tank inlet fitting.
>
> We let freshwater build up in the head sink and use a plastic cup to dump
> it in the toilet bowl. I don’t like saltwater in the toilet bowl and
> holding tank for a variety of reasons, including smell.
>
> To me, the big issue is when to macerate. Dumping sewage anywhere but the
> open ocean obviously is not ideal. In an enclosed body of water, you could
> be introducing e coli and cholera into the water.
>
> On the other hand, there are many places with no pump outs that are not on
> the ocean. If you don’t pump out at some point, the holding tank will
> become pressurized and boy, is that a sight when you unscrew the pumpout
> cap. (Don’t ask me how I know …)
>
> You will also clog your vent hose and build up dried sewage around in
> inlet fitting, which will encourage a clog at some point in the future.
> (Without getting too graphic, dried sewage hardens like concrete.)
>
> So you have to make your decision and live with it. If need be, take some
> solace in the idea that a variety of marine mammals also poop in the water.
>
> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
>
>
>
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> From: Dave Hupe via C320-list<mailto:c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2023 6:41 PM
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> Cc: Dave Hupe<mailto:hoopdtwo at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Toilet paper or no toilet paper in the head?
>
> Not straight in the garbage. Have plastic bags at the ready and "deposit"
> in them first then the garbage.  In addition, get across to everyone do
> your "business" on shore if possible .... only "number one" in the potty
> unless an emergency.
>
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>   On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 6:22 PM, Yahoo via C320-list<
> c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:   Not a pleasant topic but an
> important one.            where I presently keep my boat there are no pump
> out facilities so we’ve made do using camping portable toilet bags but
> we’re moving the boat soon and will have pump out service.      I know many
> sailors don’t want toilet paper down the head, it goes in the garbage can.
> I find that unsanitary and wonder what the consensus is among fellow
> sailors, where does the toilet paper go?
>
>
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