Carrie and I have been living on the boat now for the entire time that Obama has been President Elect. We moved aboard on election night and now it is the day after inauguration. The time has come for change. In that vein we decided to have the head changed out for a new AirHead composting toilet. It is now in the boat and ready to go but there is a simple first step that we need to perform before use. We need to hydrate the Coir desiccating agent so it is ready to go. I am hopeful that we will be able to get that done this afternoon before it gets too dark.
The new toilet is much simpler than any other marine head and we are hoping that simpler is better for this type of thing. The head looks similar to other heads but there is literally no plumbing or holding tank other than the composting container and the liquids storage tank. (The liquids tank needs to be emptied about once every two to three days while the solids composter should be good for almost two months or more at the rate that we use it.)
While we were at it we decided to have the Webasto Diesel heater serviced to be sure it would run through the rest of the winter. The yard we are using to do the install and the service has gotten the toilet done but didn't get the heater back to us so we still have to sleep at their dock tonight and use plug-in electric heaters on the boat. It is a mild annoyance but I am hopeful that the heater will be installed and the boat delivered back to the home dock tomorrow. Then we will be ready to enjoy the boat in all of it's complete glory.
It is hard to imagine after many weeks of not using the head "to it's fullest use" to finally be able to do so again. I for one will not miss going up the dock in the middle of the night to do my business. I will be happy to "go at home." Finally.
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