I would suggest you either lock it (would a tie-wrap (zippy-tie) suffice?) or
remove the handle. Most valves have a removable handle.
My black water discharge valve is a Wilcox bronze seacock and I just leave the
handle off and stowed elsewhere. I also tighten the adjustment nuts to prevent
seepage.
Although the CG has rarely checked my black water system, and never in the last
8 or 9 years, the handle was always removed and they always passed the system.
It has been most often checked by other types of cops, the harbormaster in
Provincetown MA even demanding I flush down dye tablets to prove a holding tank
was on line. That one was the start of a chain of events that eventually led
to the curing of my decades-long sciatica pain, so you never know...
Of course the whole concept is silly as we can actually open the valve any time
we wish.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Gloucester MA
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Sent: 7/9/2010 5:29:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Easy CG Boardings
Norm,
I am in Florida. My head has a Y valve one side to holding tank and one side
over the side. I leave it in the holding tank position, but it does not have a
lock. Is a lock required?
Thanks!
Tom
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