Thanks for the reply, guys, but my problem is further downstream. The odor is coming from the holding tank because the contents thereof are, well, smelly. The odor is emanating from the holding tank vent, you see....
Dick Encore Still odiferous 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 > > <http://www.catalina27.org> www.catalina27.org Vessel Doc# 1039809 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Robertie > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:05 PM > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > [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 > >
