As described in the previous post, we have a new, sweet-smelling holding tank. It smells sweet because it has not yet been used! And in fact, we couldn’t use it after it was installed because the second vent opening was left open. The old tank had one tank vent on the forward end of the […]
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Nothing Smells so Sweet as a New Holding Tank
The new holding tank arrived on Monday, June 20, 2022. We had thought that the original tank was intact and just the fittings and hoses needed to be replaced, but we later learned that the tank was cracked. After researching options, we found the International Nonsuch Association tank replacement program which offered a nearly identical […]
Letting Go of the Holding Tank
My almost worst-case scenario came to pass. “Oh, and I need to show you something,” the repair tech said. Up the stairs we climbed to access the cockpit, what with the boat being on the hard and all. She pointed at the holding tank which had been disconnected from all hoses and tipped up so that […]