Grampian 23 sailboat

8 - Head and Vee-berth

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Head Games and Vee berth strategies

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VEE BERTH

17 April 2005
 
I've dry fitted the vee berth bulkhead so as to gain access to the space. This is where I plan to put the holding tank for the head. I'll re-use the through hull fittings, they are bronze and in good shape. The valves are another thing. As I will be cruising on the river for most of the time, I plan to use only the 3/4" inlet valve (new ball-cock) and will reinsert the 1 1/2" through hull and plug it off. I may just reuse the big gate valve after freeing it up and then plugging the top. A double shut feature, if you will. So, the question is how big a tank can I afford to fit? Rectangular or irregular shape? Decisions, decisions. 

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HULL HOLES

From left to right - speedo sensor, (dirty circle) depth gauge transducer, 3/4" inlet hole, 1 1/2" outlet hole.
There's a square piece of starboard lying in the bottom and the shelf which supported the water tank is also visible. It is quite dirty because the transducer had been in a tube glassed to the hull and filled with mineral oil. The tube obviously developed a leak which left the mineral oil sloshing around in this area. UGH. I have to clean this before painting.

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GATE VALVES AND THROUGH HULL FITTINGS

When the valves were in the boat they seemed destined for the scrap heap. Now, upon inspection, they are in pretty good condition and I will probably refurbish the big one.
The only way I could release the 1 1/2" through hull was by splitting the nut. That is what is visible to the right of the photo. I have already purchased a replacement.

1 May 2005
 
I spent the day making the support shelf for the water tank. I had to enlarge the hatch and ultimately make a new hatch-cover as the tank could not be shoehorned in any other way. Everything is in place, but not permanently. I will do this after I have all the tanks, the head and all associated plumbing pieces. I think there is too much possibility of stuff having to be shifted, moved or persuaded into place to fix anything right now. So, I've made more progress.

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NEW HATCH IN VEE BERTH

The notch in the v-berth is gone. I had to enlarge the hatch after I made a shelf for the tank to rest on. I couldn't get the tank and fittings to fit so made the decision to just cut a rectangular hatch, which cleaned up the look of the berth.

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STORAGE FOR WASTE TANK

This was the original space for the nine gallon water tank. As I measured, I found I could fit a 20 gallon waste tank here and also get the water tank to fit into the space just forward of this tank space. So this will work well.