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I need to replace the 10 yr old porta potty on my X. I want to upgrade (if I can use that word when talking about a toilet) to a 5 gal unit to extend time between dumping. Only 2 on board for 10 -14 days in summer.
Anyone have a source or input regarding which units to buy and the securing mechanism? All the RV stores around here have units but none with the base securing mechanism.
Thanks for any help folks.

I just saw this in the defender catalog - yeah it sits in the little room for all those lonely times - What I liked was that you didn't have to lean across and pump the bellows - at least that is what they advertised - I was thiking of a way to "give" my santipotty away so that I would "need" to get this one. Having to 'prep" the toliet for the regular relative and visitor (and the squemish princess(s)) got to be old really quick last year.

The url will not work so you will have to cut and paste the whole thing.
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... &id=902421

I just put in a SeaLand MSR. The unit is built strong. Has a locking base but I put in a screw in fron so that it does not come undone by the motion of the boat. I think that it is usable in Canada with the external pumpout. It takes about 5 mins to convert back to portable,

http://www.sealandsanitation.com/portable_toilets.htm down at the bottom of the page.

I put in a sealand 711-m28 on my 2002 put in a 50l water bladder, pump and small tank from Canadian Tire. Works great.
the toilet fits well into the head just need to dremel out a bit of the doorway flange to get it to sit in properly.
the holding tank is 9 gal (30 litre) and it is a lot higher than the old porta pottie that it replaced.

Hopes this helps

I don't plan on pumping out as I will only be intermittently on the boat for extended periods, but the Sealand 711 looks like a good option. For now I ordered a Sealand Sanipotty 5 gal unit from a local RV store and had to order the stainless holdown brackets on line. Thanks for the quick response guys.

On my old one, I lost a part when transporting to dump. I did not realize until miles away.

The best way to transport it is in a garbage bag. No real questions. When dumping, ask first, flush and then dump slowly. Clean up after yourself.

Don't sit when flushing.

For long storage, clean well.

And keep your mouth closed when starting to pour.
Don't ask.

has anyone drilled the boats hull,to take a water input?over here in the UK,you can dump it all overboard,kind of puts me off eating fish caught in the marina

Also - you may want to put on fresh sun block or long sleaves.

I had holes dirlled for both water intake and discharge. They are really close to the boards on the trailer. Almost all of the porta potties use only fresh water and have a large enough tank that you will not need to refill until dumping.

Discharge, A little pricey to install. unless you are going on an extended cruise in an area where you can, it usually is not worth it.

Dumping the porta pottie while at sea is not a good idea. Just use a bucket until it can be dumped ashore if porta pottie is full.

tangentair wrote:I just saw this in the defender catalog - yeah it sits in the little room for all those lonely times - What I liked was that you didn't have to lean across and pump the bellows - at least that is what they advertised - I was thiking of a way to "give" my santipotty away so that I would "need" to get this one. Having to 'prep" the toliet for the regular relative and visitor (and the squemish princess(s)) got to be old really quick last year.

The url will not work so you will have to cut and paste the whole thing.
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... &id=902421

Looks good,but where does the "powerful flushing action" come from? Electric?air pressure?gravity? If it's gravity,I don't get the powerful part.

I recently "upgraded" to this
http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... &id=902421 and I'm a happy camper. It turned out to be cheaper to buy the whole unit at Defender,than to buy a 5gal tank at another site.

bastonjock wrote:has anyone drilled the boats hull,to take a water input?over here in the UK,you can dump it all overboard,kind of puts me off eating fish caught in the marina

Just remember, the fish dump overboard as well.

And pleeeaaassseee let me believe that Cuttyhunk Pond is soooo warm for swimming due to it's solar advantage!!

K9Kampers wrote:And pleeeaaassseee let me believe that Cuttyhunk Pond is soooo warm for swimming due to it's solar advantage!!

Hmmmm. I don't remember seeing a pump out boat down there......

Hmmmm. I don't remember seeing a pump out boat down there......

The "pump-outs" happen twice a day, occurring six hours apart!