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

[ART HARDEN]

We don’t use regular TP as it takes to long to dissolve. You can by boat/RV TP at Walmart in their RV supply Automotive section. It dissolves quicker. You can buy the same at West Marine but it will cost double. We have used it I. Our boats for over 15 years and no problems. However, we try to only do #1 on the boat with #2 as emergency. 

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Art Harden
Catalina 320 "Tortuga" E-62
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> On May 6, 2023, at 8:14 PM, Elliott Womack via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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>> 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
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com<mailto:C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> 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?
>> 
>> 
>> "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
>> Imagined!!!"
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