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Has anyone felt the head and forward cabin sinks drain so slow that they changed out the copper elbow rig that seams to be soldered into the female threads of the sink drain?
I understand it has to be something trustworthy, as it does have potential to flood the boat. Any ideas, or has anyone changed it in any way for improvement? Like maybe putting a ‘Y’ in the hose and coming up to a urinal!!!!!!(you know for when your 3 miles out…wink, wink, nudge,nudge) -
Ken,
Silverheels’ head sink has the same skinny
elbow (I long ago replaced the forward sink
with a tool bin covered by a workbench) and
yes, it drains slowly if filled. However, it
seems adequate for hand-washing unless you
open both faucets wide, which you normally
wouldn’t do on a boat, or it’s partially
clogged.Tor
Silverheels, P-424 #17
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The PO eliminated our forward sink and sealed off the thru hull. I reinstalled one, but didn’t want to fool with the thru hull, so I ran a line back to the shower sump pump. Works fine with no back up problems. The head sink still is slow, but not enough of a bother for me to fool with.
Dan Kalinowski
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Keehi Lagoon, O’ahu -
I like Bob’s answer which came by email and not listed here on the forum.
“For some unknown reason Pearson took the normal 1″ drain and reduced it to unusable. Best solution is to put a new drain in and a 1″ through hull”.
The only problem I have with that is that I just put in a new 3/4″ thru hull that I have no desire to replace so soon. But…to make the drain a full 3/4″ all the way is desirable.
Haven’t any of you guys imagined walking into the head, dropping down an 8″x 8″door (kinda like the trash bin by the galley sink) just to the right of the sink and up against the shower bulkhead, while just to the left of the sink was an on/off valve handle that would be easily grabbed by the left hand to open as you relieved yourself into a one of a kind type urinal?
I have…………
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3/4″ is fine, too. I wanted the drop out door from the left side so that
it was easy to get to stuff there. But that’s another project.Bob
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> wrote:I like Bob’s answer which came by email and not listed here on the forum.
“For some unknown reason Pearson took the normal 1” drain and reduced it
to unusable. Best solution is to put a new drain in and a 1″ through hull”.The only problem I have with that is that I just put in a new 3/4″ thru
hull that I have no desire to replace so soon. But…to make the drain a
full 3/4″ all the way is desirable.Haven’t any of you guys imagined walking into the head, dropping down an
8″x 8″door (kinda like the trash bin by the galley sink) just to the right
of the sink and up against the shower bulkhead, while just to the left of
the sink was an on/off valve handle that would be easily grabbed by the
left hand to open as you relieved yourself into a one of a kind type urinal?I have…………
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To be honest, Ken, I never had that
particular vision myself, but the fun and
beauty of these good old boats is that we can
experiment and innovate without feeling like
we’re desecrating some fine work of art.
Pearson gave us a functional, credible base
on which to exercise our boatological (I made
that up) creativity. From there it’s entirely
our playing field.Be sure to share photos of your sink-flushed
head arrangement if and when you build it.Tor
Silverheels, P-424 #17
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Ken. Yes, I have often thought of how I could put in a urinal into the head that would be attached to the sink drain, yet something that wouldn’t flood the boat. That way you wouldn’t be utilizing water (my vaccuflush head uses fresh water) when you didn’t have to. When making a crossing at night, I don’t want me or my crew peeing off the side of the boat. When you figure it out, let me know. Until then, I have devised (stolen the idea) a utensil made of a funnel and a 3 ft piece of 1/2″ hose that fits into the scupper in the cockpit and makes a great urinal for a guy on watch who needs to relieve himself, and it keeps him in the boat while the other crew is asleep. I am using the masculine term assuming that this thing won’t work well with the women, though I have suggested to my wife that it just might work. She has assured me that I just better keep enough fresh water on the boat for her to have full use of the vaccuflush.
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