For those of my non-sailing friends out there, a head is a toilet/dunny/little room. Paul (after much persuasion from me) and I have decided to get Kabuki a composting head. We have sourced an American designed head called an "Airhead" from a distributor in Australia. The unit is a bit/lot more expensive than a regular boat toilet, but it eliminates pumping your dump into the sea/ocean/waterways. We have been investigating the composting toilet for awhile, and read a number of reviews on the Airhead, they seem to be well liked by those who buy them.
A composting toilet is not for everyone I admit. I think you need to be quite dedicated to the process of composting your ummm........ waste. But I feel that it is better than contaminating the sea with my waste. I have never been keen on the idea of carrying around a holding tank filled with liquid waste, and using a toilet that is likely to block at the drop of a ......toilet tissue. Admittedly the composting toilet is a holding tank for waste, but at least the waste is a bit less offensive.
The toilet we are getting is available through an Australian company http://www.abetterwaytogo.com.au/ , Check it out it is pretty clever.
Anyway I will keep you posted on the install when we get the unit.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Winter is here.
Well Paul and I have settled back into our house again. It is lovely being home, but we miss our cruising life. Being on the boat is not the best in the winter, especially when it does not have great insulation. Condensation was a real bummer, we did have a heater which made a big difference but it still was not great.
Paul and I have pulled the sails off Kabuki for the winter, we are getting a few repairs done, and a few changes to the trysail and the main. On the 29th of July we are having Kabuki Hauled out of the water so we can inspect/replace our chainplates, remove a refrigeration plate on the hull, install an anode on the hull, have our new chartplotter installed (the last one died), replace a through hull fitting, and other sundry little jobs that will probably take months. We had the rig inspected last week and things seem to be pretty good up there, apart from having to replace the antenna for the VHF which has serious sun damage.
It will be good to have Kabuki out, as it makes it easier to do things on her. Especially for me as I am not overly confident with our hard dinghy. Even though I have been really brave and gone out to Kabuki on my own.
So preparations are still going ahead, even though it(April/May 2011) seems like a long way off,
it will be upon us before we know it.
Paul and I have pulled the sails off Kabuki for the winter, we are getting a few repairs done, and a few changes to the trysail and the main. On the 29th of July we are having Kabuki Hauled out of the water so we can inspect/replace our chainplates, remove a refrigeration plate on the hull, install an anode on the hull, have our new chartplotter installed (the last one died), replace a through hull fitting, and other sundry little jobs that will probably take months. We had the rig inspected last week and things seem to be pretty good up there, apart from having to replace the antenna for the VHF which has serious sun damage.
It will be good to have Kabuki out, as it makes it easier to do things on her. Especially for me as I am not overly confident with our hard dinghy. Even though I have been really brave and gone out to Kabuki on my own.
So preparations are still going ahead, even though it(April/May 2011) seems like a long way off,
it will be upon us before we know it.
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