So, I’ve been saying that I wanna run with a “leave no traces” theory.. that means EVERYTHING that gets loaded IN to the boat needs to come OUT of the boat.. in one form or another.
This thought is brought about by reports that the Cruise Industry is HORRIBLE for dropping waste before they come in from International Waters.
This is, also, motivated by other ocean going microboats and their tendancy to “toss” it overboard. All of it.
So, I started by researching composting toilets- nope, I’d have to haul SO MUCH soil and chemicals and other stuff.. not viable.
Then I found out about INCINERATOR toilets.. but man, the electrical ones eat up energy like there’s no tomorrow and the gas ones well- I’d need a HUGE space for it and then the space for the gas too.. so.. what am I to do?
I know where the shitter is gonna be and how it’s just tucked in under a bench seat between the captains seat and the bed.. but what could fit? And how to make it all work.. then a photo scrolled past my eye space and it all made sense!
I’ll be using an old “Ammo Box” as a holder.. and it’ll sit UNDER the bench seat (lidded for use) and then I’ll put it in to a combustion chamber and light up a STERNO solid fuel cannister~ the cannister, once empty of fuel, doubles as a burnt waste storage container!
The heat from the sterno will.. dry all the waste to powder..
So, I went to THE ONLY “army surplus” shop in Calgary.. wasn’t easy to find.. and luckily he hadn’t closed for the day as I spent ages driving in circles looking for it.. and he had a 30cal can- smaller than the 50cal cans I saw on marketplace.. but it is DOPE! I’ll be bringing acetone with me to strip the paint off, clean it up, add some stove cement and then repaint it with high temp “rustoleum” paint..
But the cool thing for me is having a few days to work on the boat. It’s been a couple months and I had intended on coming back to good ol’ YYC to put some hours on her about a month ago but.. work demanded I stay in Terrace. The work done, over the last couple days, has been.. daunting.. depressing.. uplifting.. and self- re-affirming.. even if MORE detractors are sending me messages that a project like this can’t happen.
Lemme tell you.. it CAN and it will!