C-Dory 22 ?

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NancyandBud

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Would love to buy a 25 but a 22 is more in our range. My only problem with the 22 is the location of the head. Do any of the 22 owners who cruise find this a problem? After 40 years of sailing we seriously considering leaving the mast behind and cruising with power. Love sailing but getting older is making set up etc harder for cruising adventures.


Nancy
 
We lived aboard a 22' for many years of cruising. Our portapotty was under the v berth entrance. Fit perfectly. If we thought it might be used at night, we put it out in the cockpit.
Easy to dump in marinas and convenient to use. We were sailors who converted to a delightful life cruising full time on our 22'.
El and Bill
 
Short of having it's own standup space like the 25-26 has, the berth location of the portapotty works great for my girls. We leave it in the berth space all day and usually pull it out to the cockpit overnight.

After trying many brands and types, this is our favorite potty and chemical treatment for keeping it actually smelling fresh.

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/it ... gray/56069

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/it ... -sky/76052

This works so well that we torn the marine head out of our previous 25 and plumbed the portapotty in its place. And I would do it again.


Greg
 
We only spend a month at a time aboard--but don't find any serious issues with the portipotty. It is easily moved to the cockpit, or the cabin floor if necessary. Sure a lot easier to deal with than a plugged up "joker valve".

We went back to the 22 because it is easier to maintain as we age, and lighter to tow.

I sailed the first 62 years of my life (OK owned some fishing and diving boats along the way, along with the sailboats--a lot of ocean racing and long distance cruising) We went to trawlers for about 4 years--and then realized that the "trailerable trawler"--concept was the best compromise for our later years. Moist of us have also been back packers, alternate on the water voyagers and other outdoor sports which have required adopting our various habits. I would say that using the Portipotty was one of the easier transitions in life (of course I started off using a bucket with a wooden seat when I was very young on my dad's wooden sailboat)....The portipotty is an upgrade!
 
Welcome! Plenty of sailors here :)

I'm with the others above, in that I have no problems with the porta-potti where it is. I also put it in the cockpit sometimes.

There are a couple of options though. I have photos of a 22 on which the owners converted the area under the after/port seat to the porta potti area (then move the water tank elsewhere). I have also seen the more involved mod of converting that same after/port dinette seat into a stand up head (thus giving it up entirely to its former use as a dinette seat). I wouldn't like the latter mod, but I could see the former as being nice. A bit less bending over and lugging to bring the potti out for emptying or cockpit use.

Another thing I have seen done is that a person has a more or less permanent camper back (i.e. bimini with side curtains) and makes a sort of privacy area in the cockpit with curtains and keeps the potti there always.

Here is a photo of the dinette seat mod. You have to slightly use your imagination as this photo shows the table down in "bed" mode, and you can just see the seat lid to the left (that will come down and then make this a dinette seat again). This is a 1990-ish era boat, hence the woodgrain interior.

porta_potti_aft_seat_5.jpg
 
Depends where we are and how long we are out. When not used much, the porta-potti is under the berth where it is stored. At night and on long cruises it is in the cockpit.

If we are in a crowd or the weather is bad, the porta-potti is placed inside the cabin by the door at night and under the berth during the day.

In a marina, the porta-potti can also in the cabin by the door at night (depending on how far it is to the marina restrooms and the condition of the docks).
 
Ours lives in the cockpit, camperback has blackout panels and we hang a shower curtain, very private and roomy
Only aboard full time for up to 11 months but worked well, and it's tucked in the corner and always available, way more civilized than most boat heads
 
Our preference for many years has been a seat that attaches to a 5 gallon bucket. Very low tech. Open bucket: Insert Bag. Put Blue stuff in bag. Insert Bag 2. Put More Blue stuff in Bag 2. Add more as desired. Attach seat and lid. To dispose just remove last (top) bag. No carrying muck. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Reliance-Product ... B000FIAPXO

To control odors just twist tie the bag and shut the lid.
 
I echo what most the others have said. Our portapotty is in the Vberth. At night, I pull it out and put it by the cabin door. We have window and door curtains, so private from outside. No cockpit cover, or camper top, otherwise we'd probably leave it outside at night. But we do use it, with no worries or regrets. I mean why have it if you are afraid to get it dirty? :roll: Very easy to dump at restrooms along the way. During the day we just use it where it's at, by moving the center cushion over it out of the way. If we need privacy we can pull the vberth curtain, or any of the cabin curtains. No, it's not very roomy, but it works. Colby
 
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