[Rhodes22-list] RE: Philip -- Ice Box

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Philip:

     Could you send the lat-long in a single post.  I do not think we need
separate post for lat then long.  Better yet, post the coordinates after you
personnally have sailed there to verify their accuracy.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Addendum:  
"At sea, sheets should never be confused with sails."  Vance Broad 



Philip-39 wrote:
> 
> The houses are on Aquilla Road in Stamford.  I am not sure of the
> spelling.
> I'll have to find the lat/long.
> 
> Philip
> 
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent:	Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:03 AM
> To:	The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject:	Re: [Rhodes22-list] Philip -- Ice Box
> 
> Philip,
> 
> Everyone has a holding tank these days.
> 
> If you flush it with chlorinated tap water nothing starts to grow in the
> tank, and the head will stay clean forever and will not smell.  Stan can
> plumb this in for you, and I may do this myself, but for now I just put
> bottles of water taken from the sink in the boat and let people squirt
> away to clean the bowl and then flush everything into the holding tank.
> 
> It is easy to explain to people who have never used a marine head, easy
> to maintain, and always works perfectly.  I keep the bottles on the
> floor next to the head on a shelf that Stan build into the boat.
> 
> I sail off Stamford all the time.  Give me Lat/Long coordinates and I'll
> take a look.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> Philip wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>>     Absolutely.  The loaner doesn't have the hatch over the porto-pottie
> and
>> it is impossible to use.  I think you wrote once before that you have a
>> marine head but you use the holding tank because you sail LI Sound..  Is
>> that right?
>>
>> By the way, when you sail next season, if you are anywhere near the
> Stamford
>> shore, many of the houses there, the little late 1940's and early 1950's
>> cracker-boxes there were built by my wife's late grandfather and her
> father.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: 	rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org,
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Bill Effros
>> Sent:	Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:39 PM
>> To:	The Rhodes 22 mail list
>> Subject:	Re: [Rhodes22-list] Philip -- Ice Box
>>
>> Philip,
>>
>> I don't know if I weighed in on the marine head issue lately, but I'm a
>> strong advocate of the marine head as opposed to the bucket or
>> porto-potty--and I've used them all on this boat.
>>
>> Get an opening port over the head so you can pee standing up--one of the
>> most important safety features of this boat, as far as I'm
>> concerned--and a feature not available on many boats twice our size.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>> Philip wrote:
>>
>>> We still plan on the new boat.  The loaner is still in the water, but I
>>> haven't been able to get to the marina in a few weeks.  I just started a
>>>
>> new
>>
>>> assignment closer to home (I now live there instead of visiting on
>>> weekends).  I am on leave next week and my brother visits from CT.  We
>>>
>> will
>>
>>> go out in it a couple of times, weather permitting then I plan to pull
>>> it
>>> out for the winter or until I can take it back to Edenton.  I owe Stan
>>> another payment and expect to have the new one sometime next spring? or
>>> summer?  Anyway, my wife wants the marine head.  I hadn't put much
> thought
>>> into the ice box.  The loaner has one of the plastic 12v upright
>>> coolers,
>>> but we haven't used it.  I'll have to consider your idea.  You may be
>>>
>> right,
>>
>>> and if I wanted one later, I know there are several options or I could
>>> always go back and get one from Stan.  Of course, my wife has the final
>>>
>> word
>>
>>> on that too.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Philip
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 	rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]  On Behalf Of Bill Effros
>>> Sent:	Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:11 AM
>>> To:	R22 List
>>> Subject:	[Rhodes22-list] Philip -- Ice Box
>>>
>>> Philip,
>>>
>>> What is the status of your new boat?
>>>
>>> What did you decide about the head?
>>>
>>> A change I would recommend if Stan can do it is taking all the extra
>>> stuff out of the ice box, leaving you with just an easily accessible
>>> rectangular space.
>>>
>>> The Ice box is in an excellent location.
>>>
>>> Modern insulated bags are so good that you can put one or many into the
>>> ice box, and they will hold ice for more than 24 hours without doing
>>> anything fancy.  I like the 6-pack size, and I can jam quite a few of
>>> them into the ice box.  Each insulated bag acts as insulation for the
>>> others.  I put some food or drinks into each bag, along with
>>> refrigerator ice cubes, and I can always hold more than I need for
>>> coastal cruising.  It's easy to pick up more ice cubes along waterfronts
>>> around here.
>>>
>>> If you have more people on board, the first to be used insulated bags
>>> can be stored under the cockpit seats until ready for use.  This is no
>>> different than if you were taking them on a picnic.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
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