Category Archives: heads

Hard Times in New Zealand

By B.J. | Published February 13, 2016

The day I have dreaded for weeks has almost arrived.  Tomorrow at 1:00 in the afternoon we’re pulling Evenstar for a week and putting her on stands on the hard. Hopefully no more than a week. We’re doing this for a few reasons, but mostly because we are getting the Read On..

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Gettin’ Nekkid on the Hinckley Docks

By B.J. | Published August 26, 2012

On board septic waste management is just a fact of life on a boat.  Most smaller boats have what is called a “Type III Marine Sanitation Device”, or in plain English a toilet connected to a tank to hold what goes into it, with some plumbing that lets you pump Read On..

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Project Updates

By B.J. | Published July 24, 2008

For those of you sitting on the edge of your seats with your print out of The Master Project List – 2008 Version with a pen looking to scratch off those timely finished projects..stand by! Because it’s a boat work list, every time you cross off one thing you need Read On..

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For lack of a more pithy word – BLECH!

By B.J. | Published May 28, 2008

The head is of course the worst part of the boat to deal with. Outside of losing a couple of fingers in a fan belt, which would no doubt suck, what is the worst that can happen anywhere else? Oil, dirt, grease, stinky critters, sea slime and various toxins? Only Read On..

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