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Ben
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Initially Posted - 05/21/2012 :  06:32:47  Show Profile
Hi all,

I'm planning on removing my marine head and putting in a portapotty. To remove the holding tank, however, it appears I'll have to remove a little bulkhead first. It doesn't seem to me that the bulkhead serves a structural purpose, but I'm not a structural engineer either. Does anyone know if that bulkhead is structural and if I can take it out without any problem? I might not even put it back in if it is not really necessary.

Thanks all!
Ben
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  07:57:37  Show Profile
I cut mine out, did not replace it. Carpeted the bottom for quiet storage.



I even stored my big table there, keep the weight low!



The trick it to install a piano hinge.



Piano hinge plus a hatch adjuster at the forward end.
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  08:04:35  Show Profile
The holding tank in the main salon? port and forward? I removed mine without removing the bulkhead - just filed a few small fractions of an inch off the fiberglass flange or lip. Mine was a 1981, #2428.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  08:32:44  Show Profile
Wow Frank, that looks really nicely done! Thanks for the pics too. OJ, it is in the main salon, and is the waste holding tank on the port side. I don't see how I could remove the holding tank without removing that bulkhead first. It's not anywhere close to being able to squeeze out. I'll probably remove the water tank on the starboard side too, but I've not made my mind up on that one yet.

thanks again.
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  09:22:21  Show Profile
Mine was the fresh tank to starboard but the bulkhead was there.
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  10:22:29  Show Profile
I developed a leak where my fresh water tank hose attached and it rotted my bulkhead. I took it out using a cut-off wheel and replaced it with a framed removable bulkhead. The bulkhead is not structural. Just holds the tank in place.
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Ben
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  11:25:31  Show Profile
Excellent, thanks for the confirmation, Joe. :)
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 05/21/2012 :  13:27:53  Show Profile
My boat never had a waste holding tank and does not have that bulkhead under the port settee either. Settee does not sag/bow.
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