Wednesday, June 05, 2019 7:52 PM
Hi, Matt.
I have a Yankee Dolphin, Maya Elena. I was reading about your composting head in the Ron Breault-curated social pages. Years ago, someone removed the conventional head in my boat and replaced it with a chemical toilet. This is a major barrier to my wife’s accompanying me on a cruise. So, I have been looking into putting in a more conventional head and then came up short about where to put the holding tank and how to plumb it. The idea of a composting head seems to work and I wonder about some details. Would you share?
Cliff Dacso
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Thursday, June 06, 2019 12:32 AM
Hi Cliff,
Oh boy, this is a loaded question. On my last boat (a Morgan Chrysler S-27) I completely engineered a brand new conventional (Jabsco) toilet and holding tank system with a dedicated freshwater tank, and still within weeks guests had managed to foul it up. So when I bought the Dolphin (which had no reasonable room forward to redo a conventional system) - it had a porta-potti, which for myriad reasons is unacceptable.
Then it was down to high-end composting heads but they recommended venting (like the Airhead or Nature's Head) but these run $1,200 plus and I didn't feel it needed a vent just for mainly weekend use. Then voila! I came across the C-head. No venting required. And I promise it doesn't stink at all if you use the correct compost bedding (pine shavings).
Some of my guests have psychological barriers they can't get past, but we're on a mooring at a marina with good reliable launch service, so as long as it isn't after hours, a landlubber poop is just a 5 minute launch ride away. But at any rate, I use it for #2 all the time and zero complaints!
Cheers,
Matt
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Thanks Matt - Just what I need to know!
Cliff
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We'll standby for further reports from Cliff but here's the link to the C-head - http://c-head.com/
