[C320-list] Fresh water tank treatment

[SARA SCHROEDER]

I'm in Seattle and we have a wonderful company here called Gardico.  Here's the website:  https://www.gardico.com/

I get buytl tape, gaskets, o-rings, etc there.  Two O-Rings for the water tanks cost me a $5 bill.  If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to pick some up and ship them to you. I will have to measure the size I got but I don't get the impression the water tank size and cap changed throughout the years.  But I could be wrong.

Sara
Wandering Star
Seattle
#707/2000

> On 04/23/2024 5:28 AM PDT Dan Winsor via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Where do you get replacement o-rings for the water tanks, please?
> 
> Dan Winsor
> Lucky Devil #109
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 00:26 Stephen Cox via C320-list <
> c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> 
> > I do the same.  The chlorine in the bleach gasses off over a couple of
> > days or so.  You may have a bleach taste initially but it soon disappears.
> > I use just one capful.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Stephen Cox
> > Tegwen #1141
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: C320-list On Behalf Of Wandering Star via C320-list
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2024 13:01
> > > To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> > > Cc: Wandering Star <wanderingstar951 at comcast.net>
> > > Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fresh water tank treatment
> > >
> > > Jack - you do this each time you fill the tanks?  Don’t you start to get
> > a bleach taste in the water?
> > > Sara S.
> > >
> > > > On Apr 22, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Jack Brennan via C320-list <
> > c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Sara:
> > > >
> > > > I put a couple of capfuls of bleach into the tanks when I fill them
> > up. It kills all of the bad stuff.
> > > >
> > > > Jack Brennan
> > > > Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> > > > Tierra Verde, Fl.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -------- Original message --------
> > > > From: SARA SCHROEDER via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
> > > > Date: 4/22/24 7:45 PM (GMT-05:00)
> > > > To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> > > > Cc: SARA SCHROEDER <wanderingstar951 at comcast.net>
> > > > Subject: [C320-list] Fresh water tank treatment
> > > >
> > > > The caps on both fresh water tanks needed to be resealed - again.  I
> > bought new o-rings and wrapped a crap-
> > > ton of plumbers tape on the threads.  I got the aft tank sealed and
> > started to work on the forward tank.  I have not
> > > used/circulated the water in the forward tank much the past few months.
> > When I removed the cap I looked inside
> > > the tank to find a nice layer of mold/algae/green gunk laying in the
> > bottom of the tank.  I put the nozzle on the
> > > hose and hard sprayed the inside of the tank stirring up the gunk.
> > YUCK!  It's a good thing I only drink bottled
> > > water on the boat.  After four fills and dumps the water was "almost"
> > free of any green stuff.
> > > >
> > > > Question - is there a treatment we can put in these plastic water
> > tanks which purifies the water so if I drink it I
> > > don't make myself sick?
> > > >
> > > > Sara
> > > > Wandering Star
> > > > Seattle
> > > > #707/2000
> >
> >