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branchkw@bellsouth.net

Sun, Sep 10, 2000 1:22 PM

We are about to make an offer on a Trawler that has no holding tank but
does have a Lectra/San. Since we are planing to take the great loop tour
next Spring we are concerned about "No Dumping Zones" along our rout.
Can any one shed any light on this subject? Since we are new to this
type of traveling we usually have more questions then answers and this
board appears to be an excellent place to get answers.
Thank you
Karl & Phyllis
Soon to be owners of our own Trawler.

We are about to make an offer on a Trawler that has no holding tank but does have a Lectra/San. Since we are planing to take the great loop tour next Spring we are concerned about "No Dumping Zones" along our rout. Can any one shed any light on this subject? Since we are new to this type of traveling we usually have more questions then answers and this board appears to be an excellent place to get answers. Thank you Karl & Phyllis Soon to be owners of our own Trawler.

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Russ@trawlerdogs.com

Mon, Sep 11, 2000 12:27 AM

Karl:
Put in a holding tank. You'll be happier and your neighbors will too. I had
one of these things, and they sort of work, but not very well. and trust me,
you do not want to do the maintenance.
Russ

KARL BRANCH wrote:

We are about to make an offer on a Trawler that has no holding tank but
does have a Lectra/San. Since we are planing to take the great loop tour
next Spring we are concerned about "No Dumping Zones" along our rout.
Can any one shed any light on this subject? Since we are new to this
type of traveling we usually have more questions then answers and this
board appears to be an excellent place to get answers.
Thank you
Karl & Phyllis
Soon to be owners of our own Trawler.

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Russ and Donna Sherwin
  MV "Four Seasons"
2000 Nordhavn 46, Hull #70
Sunnyvale, Ca 94086

Karl: Put in a holding tank. You'll be happier and your neighbors will too. I had one of these things, and they sort of work, but not very well. and trust me, you do not want to do the maintenance. Russ KARL BRANCH wrote: > We are about to make an offer on a Trawler that has no holding tank but > does have a Lectra/San. Since we are planing to take the great loop tour > next Spring we are concerned about "No Dumping Zones" along our rout. > Can any one shed any light on this subject? Since we are new to this > type of traveling we usually have more questions then answers and this > board appears to be an excellent place to get answers. > Thank you > Karl & Phyllis > Soon to be owners of our own Trawler. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ and Donna Sherwin MV "Four Seasons" 2000 Nordhavn 46, Hull #70 Sunnyvale, Ca 94086 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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scaramouche@tvo.org

Mon, Sep 11, 2000 1:30 AM

KARL BRANCH wrote:

We are about to make an offer on a Trawler that has no holding

tank but

does have a Lectra/San. Since we are planing to take the great

loop tour

next Spring we are concerned about "No Dumping Zones" along our

rout.

Can any one shed any light on this subject? Since we are new to

this

type of traveling we usually have more questions then answers and

this

board appears to be an excellent place to get answers.
Thank you
Karl & Phyllis
Soon to be owners of our own Trawler.

The Great Loop Tour includes, I believe, some sections of canals.
Some of these won't let you enter unless you have a holding tank and
your Y-valve is permanently plugged. I believe the Erie Canal is one
of them.
perhaps someone who has recently done this trip could advise? -
George of Scaramouche

>KARL BRANCH wrote: > >> We are about to make an offer on a Trawler that has no holding >tank but >> does have a Lectra/San. Since we are planing to take the great >loop tour >> next Spring we are concerned about "No Dumping Zones" along our >rout. >> Can any one shed any light on this subject? Since we are new to >this >> type of traveling we usually have more questions then answers and >this >> board appears to be an excellent place to get answers. >> Thank you >> Karl & Phyllis >> Soon to be owners of our own Trawler. The Great Loop Tour includes, I believe, some sections of canals. Some of these won't let you enter unless you have a holding tank and your Y-valve is permanently plugged. I believe the Erie Canal is one of them. perhaps someone who has recently done this trip could advise? - George of Scaramouche

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alep@mindmeld.net

Mon, Sep 11, 2000 1:56 AM

Karl - While it may well be true that the maintenance is not fun,
neither is it for any other system of this ilk. Certainly you would
need either a holding tank for no discharge zones or the appropriate
valve locking capabilty, but I would make a point in favor of the
Lectrasan system with respect to the impact on odor, both above and
below-decks. A holding tank and the hoses to and from, will always
contain active "biological material", whereas a properly operating
Lectrasan system will only have this "active" material up to it and
everything there and thereafter is deactivated and not producing odor.
My own experience is that holding tanks generate odor unless one is
disciplined in countermeasures, most of which are probably not
technically legal.

Alan Yankie

Karl - While it may well be true that the maintenance is not fun, neither is it for any other system of this ilk. Certainly you would need either a holding tank for no discharge zones or the appropriate valve locking capabilty, but I would make a point in favor of the Lectrasan system with respect to the impact on odor, both above and below-decks. A holding tank and the hoses to and from, will always contain active "biological material", whereas a properly operating Lectrasan system will only have this "active" material up to it and everything there and thereafter is deactivated and not producing odor. My own experience is that holding tanks generate odor unless one is disciplined in countermeasures, most of which are probably not technically legal. Alan Yankie

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