RE: catalina27-talk: Holding Tank Chemicals

[Phil Agur]

Actually not too unusual, it’s a dry form of chorine.   The worst smell we get is from the water trapped in the head flush water inlet hose. All the sea life dies and rots between sails. The first few times you flush at the next outing everyone wants to know who died in there.    One of the standard cures for this is to T the sink drain into the flush water inlet hose well below the waterline so you can put a teaspoon of chorine bleach down the sink to sanitize the trapped water. That way there’s no surprise when you flush.   Phil Agur                    s/v Wing Tip Commodore,             Call Sign WCW3485 IC27/270A                   MMSI 366901790 www.catalina27.org      Vessel Doc# 1039809 -----Original Message----- From: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com [mailto:catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com] On Behalf Of Larry Robertie Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:05 PM To: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: Holding Tank Chemicals   I’ll probably get flamed royally for this but…   After trying just about everything on the West Marine shelves I went down to Wally Mart the other day.  Looking around I caught a glimpse of – pool shock.  The stuff is rated for vinyl or plaster pools, so it’s pretty mild.  One tea spoon in the bowl and the smell was gone.  Although the boat did smell a bit like a YMCA pool for an hour or so.   Larry Robertie Cheeky Monkey Salem, MA   From: catalina27-talk@memberclicks.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Holmes Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:53 AM To: Catalina 27 Subject: catalina27-talk: Holding Tank Chemicals   Encore is in desperate need of a good (no, great) holding tank treatment. We've tried Raritan's KO but it doesn't seem to do much of anything. Anyone have good/bad reports on SeaLand or West Marine products (or anything else, for that matter). Dick Encore Odiferous