Dealing with holding tank capacity

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I’m considering the purchase of a Bristol Channel Cutter. I can deal with the water and fuel capacity, but I would like to learn how owners deal with 15 gal holding capacity, especially when crusing inshore.

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We installed the new Ronco holding tank and Raritan PHII head last year. We cruise-out for weekends and a week at a time and have yet to fill up the tank. We may be a little retentive? :slight_smile:

We dry flush as much as possible, little water chaser as necessary, with the tow of us this system seems to work well. O course, when we go off shore 3 miles it bombs away.

Marty

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I’m considering the purchase of a Bristol Channel Cutter. I can deal with the water and fuel capacity, but I would like to learn how owners deal with 15 gal holding capacity, especially when crusing inshore.

Best regards to the Forum…

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I estimate the volume of IDUNA’s holding tank is between 15 and 20 gallons. The head is a Lavac vacuum head. As is the case with Shamrock, we (two adults) can “go” for about 1 week before the holding tank must be pumped-out.

Let’s assume two adults add about 3 gallons of effluent to the holding tank per day, then a 15 gallon holding tank has 5 days capacity. Based on our experience and the experience of other cruisers, a 15 to 20 gallon holding tank will have to be pumped out after 5 to 7 days.

These numbers are good approximates for 49 of the 50 states. If you live in Texas, you will need a larger holding tank.

Rod

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Thanks for the great info. Being a former Navy man, we will probably have to “fast cruise” next to the pier to get a feel for how quickly we fill the holding tank. Then I suppose, I should have handy the position of every accessible marina in the Chesapeake and along the IWC.