Kerry, I'm on the other coast in NY by the Tappan Zee bridge ( just north or the GW bridge) My area is now no discharge and I hear they are checking if your boarded (that happens all the time which is another story)
Government is monkey see monkey do, so that concept is spreading. It's just a matter of time till it gets to you. http://www.harborestuary.org/stewardship-boatingfishing.htm#1 http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/53978.html http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/vessel_sewage/vsdnozone.html http://www.boatingbasicsonline.com/content/general/3_9_c.php?new_state=CT Each state and town also can enact their own special requirements, which many have. I don't disagree with the clean waters concept. It's just the dual standard that the towns and cities need not comply. They dump millions of gallons a day, and you get fined/jail for a few gallons. Keep this mind mind in your design so you can comply if they change the laws in your cruising area. You will see in one of the links that a lock should be on the y valve for the over board discharge. Some places require the hose be removed. I paid about $700 for my Tecma from defender. Much cheaper than a vacuflush with no vacuum tank, duck valve replacement etc. It's the best marine toilet (IMHO) I have ever seen. I reserched at numerous shows and was all set to buy a vaccuflush for 1500. I checked out some of the trawler theads and they all raved about the tecma. I cheched it out and bought one sight unseen. The are installed as standard equipment on yachts and livaboards that use them everyday. They also have home units for pump up applications. I lived aboard last summer and it worked flawlesy. Meanwhile serveral of my fellow boaters have had vacuum leaks and other fun projects on their vaccuflush units. Mostly duck valves that must be carried. I also, as the captain, explain each and every guest the operation and do's and don'ts of the marine head. I also tell them if they thow anything in that has not been eaten I will clean it out with thier toothbrush. So far it's worked. I do worry about the little ones though. For some reasson they are compleatley facinated by marine heads. OBTW, be sure to replace all the hoses. Most of the smell comes from them, not the tank. It permeates the walls ot the hose. If you still have it replace the tank. All the odor problems went away with the Tecma. Thanks Rich Zimmerman --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: No Discharge Zones in Puget Sound To: [email protected] Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 12:43 PM I already have the Tecma Rich. I picked it up Craigslist brand new for $500. sweet deal. A guy in Seattle bought it for his Snail Boat and realized it was the wrong size head for the space he had. I probably will yank the Lecta-San. My head is already freshwater feed so I don't understand why they have Lectra San in place. I actually have two of Lectra Sans. One on each head. I will probably go directly to the Microphor and pump out or overboard from there. Whatever I do, I have to do it soon. The smell emanating from the aft cabin area is so powerful I don't even want to sleep back there anymore. :) Where are you located that the treatment process is illegal now? Inland waters? Kerry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich Zimmerman Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: No Discharge Zones in Puget Sound Kerry, I skipped the vacu flush upgrade and went right to the Tecma. That is a way better and simpler head. Ceramic bowl, all self contained low water usage with no1 and no 2 modes and relatively quiet. Can be used with fresh or salt. All my plumbing nightmares have gone away. I also skipped the treatment process, (which has since become illeagal here) ( I could have gotten a lectra san for free) and went to just a holding tank. The output from the tank goes to a y (pumpout or overboard) with a manual whale pump for the overboard. Works great. All poblems solved and legal anywhere. I plan to never use the overboard unless absolutly nessesary. You have many mutilple points of failure, and questionable usage areas. Replace the vaccuflush with a tecma, both to a holding tank, and if you like you can treat the tank waste with the lectra when you can't pump out. You can legaly dump when offshore. Sell the rest on ebay. Defender carries the tecmas, and they have a sale in the winter. Thanks Rich Zimmerman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
