The Y valve and seacock just redirect where the toilet pumps. You would want a masserator pump to pump out the tank. Anywhere 3 miles beyond the line of demarcation you can pump the tank.
If you are on the sound side I'm pretty sure you'll never get to "open" water but south of Long Island or east of the sound, 3 miles isn't too much further. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 9:48 AM David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I hope to never have to do this, but our holding tank was rather full > coming back from a cruise and we were well offshore, so I wondered about > dumping the tank out there. I realized I have never tried to do it and > was not sure how it is done. I don’t have a macerator pump that I can see. > The Y valve is zip tied so taht would have to be cut. There is a hose from > the holding tank that goes to a large stopcock normally kept closed. I am > presuming that if I opened the Y valve and stopcock, the downhill pressure > of the water in the holding tank would push it out the opening. Is that > correct and legal? Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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