My new head
For the non-nautical, the head is the toilet.
One morning I found that the head that had been working, had suddenly stopped working. The pump pumped, but the flush did not happen.
I had been to the Newport Beach boat show some months before where they demonstrated the electric macerator head – and I had head envy. However, the housing that contained the macerating mechanism was somewhat large. Even their smallest version looked big. Nevertheless I took a pamphlet and upon returning to the boat, I hunted for a space where I could secrete the housing. But a trimaran has a shallow bilge and any other space is at a premium. Darn – I was so longing for an electric macerator head.
So on finding that the head had finally given up the ghost, I was back to a manual head. Off to West Marine and $545 later I had help lugging the ungainly box containing my shiny new head to the trunk of my car. I stared at the box ruefully – I would never manage to manhandle that heavy thing into position on the boat.
I collected a day laborer nearby to Home Depot and took him back to the boat. He seemed very dubious about working on a boat, and installing a head, but I had examined all the connectors and I knew what to do. I just wasnt strong enough to do it alone.
Between the 2 of us we managed to manhandle the old loo out, and manhandle the new loo into position. Voila! and the flush flushes!
COST OF THE NEW HEAD:
Raritan toilet —- $441
Tools ……………. $18
Casual labor —- $100
TOTAL ———- $559