[Sentoa] Reverse pump out

[Jim Waskowich]

Might be worth checking your duckbills...

Jim Waskowich
Grand Adventure
NT37-142


--- On Fri, 5/23/08, Anthony Thorne <ajpenn42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Anthony Thorne <ajpenn42 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Sentoa] Reverse pump out
> To: "South East Nordic Tugs Owners' Association (SENTOA)" <sentoa at lists.samurai.com>
> Date: Friday, May 23, 2008, 1:34 PM
> On our recent trip up the west coast en passage from Morro
> Bay to
> Monterey in totally poor sea conditions at Pt Sur, I
> discovered that if you
> inadvertenlt leave the macerator discharge valve open (not
> a usual
> condition) then when the boat really pounds - seawater
> enters the holding
> tank. I guess it's envrironmentaly OK because there is
> no discharge but it
> is very concerting to see the tank watch showing the level
> increasing!
> YMMV
> Anthony Thorne
> Carmen 4237