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Champipple
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Initially Posted - 12/10/2001 :  08:26:46  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
In an earnest off season boat project planning meeting (read night at the bar in an attempt to get away from our wife and girlfriend) we started to work on the project list for next spring. Obviously the head tank needs to be repaired or replaced (see ot
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Louie B
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Response Posted - 12/15/2001 :  10:11:41  Show Profile
My 87has the head vent on deck right next to the pumpout fitting with a1" hose running up behind the head
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Response Posted - 12/15/2001 :  12:33:10  Show Profile
Duane,

My '79 has the same arrangement as Louie's.

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 12/15/2001 :  14:02:24  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I also have a small vent on the deck however I have also seen the vent placed on the side of the boat just below the hull to deck joint. It looks like a small 1/2" button.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 12/17/2001 :  12:23:08  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Found the head vent...and the problem, the holding tank doesn't have a hole after all.

As is common with these setups, if the head vent gets clogged and subsequently dislodges the head vent hose you will no longer be venting, but instead, pumpin' wast
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William Matley
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Response Posted - 12/17/2001 :  22:37:30  Show Profile
Duane, Sorry this post is a little off topic but I see you have already gotten good advice from other Catalina owners. My comment concerns the whole head tank replacement issue. Two years ago I did the same thing and I think I came up (by accident) with
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Steve Fesler
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Response Posted - 12/25/2001 :  01:46:19  Show Profile
Speaking of holding tank vents,when a C-25 is sitting in the water any rain water or spray flows aft along the side decks and out the scuppers. Apparently the holding tank vent is slightly above the deck to prevent this water from flowing down the vent in
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Doug
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Response Posted - 12/25/2001 :  02:01:56  Show Profile
Our holding tank vent is on the deck also, but the opening faced forward and water would run into the tank. Since there's no way to tell when the tank is full I'd keep track of days aboard, but when the weather was bad I'd suddenly have a full tank. The w
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