[Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
Leland
LKUHN at cnmc.org
Thu Jul 21 13:37:37 EDT 2011
Peter,
Thanks for explaining the name. I thought you had misspelled areola.
Lee
1986 Rhodes22 AT EASE
Kent Island, MD
peter klappert wrote:
>
>
> Hey Chris--
>
> Didn't know you'd lost stuff. What a pain that is. In one message I
> congratulated you on the incredible ice box repair, then rattled on
> tediously about trying to name my R22.
>
> So I'll reprise that a little less tediously: I had a bastard of a time
> trying to think of a name. Toyed with "Aolele," which is what the Samoans
> called R L Stevenson's wife, Fanny. Means "little flying cloud." I liked
> the way it seemed to invoke Aeolus. Then I did some online research into
> windy gods & toyed with Zephyros or Zephyrus, which isn't a bad but has
> been used too much. Then I came across "Aeolia," a mythical floating
> island which is home to the 4 winds. As you certainly know, Odysseus goes
> there to get Zephyros, the West Wind. It's the first floating island in
> world literature:
>
> Also came across the Orphic Hymn to Zephyros: I might print that up and
> hang a copy in the cabin.
>
> I also asked "How many bodies can you get in that icebox?" That was just
> an excuse to say that in grad school I worked the night shift at an
> alcoholics treatment unit of a hospital. The nurses desk had instructions
> on what to do if someone died. The last item was "Always put the body in
> the cooler."
>
> Do you have your boat's name in Greek on the boat itself? I'm tempted to
> have it that way & then under it the English letters. At the very least
> I'll use the the initial capital that combines A & E--it even looks like a
> sail.
>
> As for when I'll actually get the boat--well, you know Stan. He once said
> June, but he hasn't asked for any of the items I want him to install, and
> now the Airhead tryout will delay things longer. That's Ok: I'm STILL in
> FL. Will go back at long last right after Memorial Day. That's only 6
> months late.
>
>
>
> P
>
>
> 2003 Klingle Rd NW
> Washington, DC 20010
> 202 483 3822 C: 202 821 2679
>
> 911 Silver Palm Way
> Apollo Beach, FL 33572
> 813 645 5601 C: 202 821 2679
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
> SONG
>
> I could tell
> Of silence where
> One ran before
> Himself and fell
> Into silence
> Yet more fair.
>
> --Yvor Winters
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:16:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
> Hey Peter,
> I lost a number of emails and address and other stuff when I had a virus
> problem a while back. So yes indeed, I'm back. You know I missed your
> name
> choice. I highly approve. Now lets see, according to Odysseus Aeolia was
> the goddess of windbags? Or wind in a bag or something. Grin. A fitting
> name! When is delivery? And you must send some pictures!
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of peter klappert
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:46 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
>
> Good to hear from you, Chris. As you see, I finally settled on a name for
> the boat, a Greek one.
>
> I was concerned about smell, too, though a friend put a BIG composting
> waste
> system in his house in VT and that's absolutely odorless.
>
> I've read all the owner reviews for Airhead and Nature's Head, as well as
> a
> 2002 Practical Sailor article. No one seems to have had an odor problem,
> or
> only a faint one at start up.
>
> How's the new ice box working out?
>
>
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Geankoplis" <napoli68 at charter.net>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:19:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
> Hey Peter,
> Sounds like a neat Idea! You must be flushed with excitement (sorry
> couldn't help myself) I haven't heard of anyone doing this but the logic
> is
> there, would there be an odor problem?
>
> Chris G.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of peter klappert
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:51 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Where's the holding tank?
>
>
> Can someone tell me where the holding tank for the marine toilet is
> located?
>
> I'd like to try to substitute an Airhead composting toilet for the
> standard
> marine head in the R22-in-progress. Advantages: no water required, no
> holding tank, macerater, Y-value, thru-deck or thru-hull openings (except
> for a mushroom vent). Toilet paper isn't just ok, it's a plus. No need to
> find pump-out stations or empty the porta-potty, & you end up with free
> fertilizer for the flower garden.
>
> Figuring out if or how it might be done is up to Stan, who says "We'll try
> anything once." But I'd still like to apply my head to the problem--if it
> is
> a problem. The main difficulty will probably be the height of the unit:
> about 18" with the lid up (and everyone has to sit to pee with the
> Airhead).
>
>
> Has anyone ever tried to make this modification?
>
> P
>
> 2011 R22, Aeolia
> Apollo Beach, FL
>
>
>
>
> >>>>>o<<<<<
>
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