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Doug
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Initially Posted - 01/22/2004 : 20:27:36

My Y valve broke last year. I'm toying with the idea of not replacing it and just using the holding tank all the time. How many of you never use the through hull discharge an only use the tank?

Doug - #1913 Noeta

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Chip Hunt
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Response Posted - 01/22/2004 : 21:59:21

i never use my thru hull to discharge waste for 2 reasons. for one, i am rarely more than 3 miles offshore (dumping within 3 miles of coastline is illegal in SC). secondly, my marina will come by in a motor boat called "gone flushin" and vac and flush my tank for only 5 bucks. that is a pretty darn reasonable price when you consider what is being done. i also think that SC law requires boaters with heads to keep a padlock on the valve that allows you to discharge waste through the thru hull just to prevent accidental discharge.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/22/2004 : 22:07:12

I don't have a Y valve in my MSD system, only a holding tank and pumpout fitting. Furthermore, it is illegal to discharge any waste into the Great Lakes.

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RichardG
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Response Posted - 01/22/2004 : 23:25:04

I also don't have Y-valve/through hull discharge option -- everything goes to the holding tank. However, I have a Y-valve which allows the cockpit operated bilge pump to pump out the bilge or pump out the holding tank while 3+ miles offshore.

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gnorgan
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Response Posted - 01/22/2004 : 23:56:45

Our boat doesn't have the discharge to sea option either...and I wouldn't want it. Ours has a holding tank and just got pumped out last Monday for a $1.. butt I had to do it m'self.

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MattL
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Response Posted - 01/23/2004 : 00:40:49

Discharge, you mean you can actually get the stuff out somewhere?

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 01/23/2004 : 10:17:48

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I have a Y-valve which allows the cockpit operated bilge pump to pump out the bilge or pump out the holding tank<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

I would be hesitant to risk contaminating the pump that is there as a last resort to keep the sea out.......

I stick the intake hose in a bucket of fresh water once in a while to verify it's operation and rinse it out.

If overboard discharge of a holding tank is required, I would use a dedicated pump.

Oscar

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RoofRoof
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Response Posted - 01/23/2004 : 11:57:03

I have a Y-valve but I really never use it. Never use the holding tank. I always sail more than 3 miles out, and send all overboard.

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Doug C.
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Response Posted - 01/23/2004 : 12:07:04

Head plumbed directly to holding tank. Tank is plumbed for pumpout and mascerator pump to through hull discharge. Has worked well so far. Typically use the mascerator to empty tank as there is no pumpout service in Rocky Point, Mexico.

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Raskal
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Response Posted - 01/23/2004 : 17:58:19

discharging within 3 miles of the coast is pretty much forbidden everywhere on the Atlantic coast, though some States have a problem with lack of pumpout facilities and people are doing what they need to do. Long Island Sound is one of the better equipped areas so I've only used my holding tank (but I do have a Y valve).

Boat US has been reporting on this issue in both of their magazines (BoatUS and Seaworthy), but they haven't helped things in my opinion by lobbying for the government to recognize macerator/sanitizer systems as an alternative to tanks and killing the no-discharge zones. I would not want to be in a marina where even a small number of boaters (including powerboaters, don't forget!) are somehow convinced that they can discharge anywhere they like anytime they want because they don't have a holding tank!

Rich Kokoska

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