Comments for Downeaster Yachts.com http://downeasteryachts.com All things Downeaster Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:46:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Stories of s/v Valkier,DE38:All the shit that accumulates #3 Composting Your way to Odor Free by Scott Carle by Scott Carle http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2887/comment-page-1#comment-97 Scott Carle Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:46:12 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2887#comment-97 I hear you.. We only have issues in hot weather.. sometimes no issue sometimes there are gnats. once you have them though its a pain to get rid of them. At least it was untill we started using the mothballs/crystals. Just make sure the air vent is working so that it sucks all the vapor from them out of the boat. :) scott I hear you.. We only have issues in hot weather.. sometimes no issue sometimes there are gnats. once you have them though its a pain to get rid of them. At least it was untill we started using the mothballs/crystals. Just make sure the air vent is working so that it sucks all the vapor from them out of the boat. :)
scott

]]> Comment on Stories of s/v Valkier,DE38:All the shit that accumulates #3 Composting Your way to Odor Free by Scott Carle by Slowride http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2887/comment-page-1#comment-96 Slowride Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:50:36 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2887#comment-96 There should be a site just for vinegar uses(maybe there is...) :) Actually headed to Walmart this morning and have put moth ball crystals on our list. We haven't had any problems with the gnats recently but want to be prepared. My wife would rather pee in a bucket than use the head when there's gnats...... There should be a site just for vinegar uses(maybe there is…) :)

Actually headed to Walmart this morning and have put moth ball crystals on our list. We haven’t had any problems with the gnats recently but want to be prepared. My wife would rather pee in a bucket than use the head when there’s gnats……

]]> Comment on Stories of s/v Valkier,DE38:All the shit that accumulates #3 Composting Your way to Odor Free by Scott Carle by Scott Carle http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2887/comment-page-1#comment-95 Scott Carle Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:26:23 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2887#comment-95 Hey Mike and Julie, Good to see you guys taking advantage of the site. :) I need to do a 3 year update on the composting head article for the gnats. We had a battle royal with them last summer :( The shot of hot shot into the head and the product we were cutting up and putting in it helped but didn't stop it dead. It was really getting on our nerves so we tried diatamacious earth and it seemed to work after a cup or two thrown in and stirred up. However as you use the head the diatamacious earth over time doesn't stay a powder :) it turns into more of a glue as it mixes into the damper contents of the compost. It then loses its effectiveness. I then had a thought and went to wall mart and bought a container of mothball crystals and sprinkled two or three tablespoons of them into the head. It killed the gnat problem DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! They lasted for weeks so we didn't have to add them on a regular basis. It takes a while to get the right amount. better to go light and build up to the correct strength than to do the over kill. Moth balls are cheap and long lasting I hate to use any poisons on the boat but this is what finally did a 100% cure for us on the gnat problem. The prior solutions would suppress them for a week or two at best and make it livable and usable, the moth balls seem to be the 100% solution at this point. We found the the vinegar and water solution for rinsing the head with a spray bottle also. You have to love vinegar it is the swiss army knife of household chemicals, you can eat it and use it in cooking, preserve food in it, clean with it, kill mold and mildew with it, use it medically, plus much much more :) Scott Hey Mike and Julie,
Good to see you guys taking advantage of the site. :)

I need to do a 3 year update on the composting head article for the gnats. We had a battle royal with them last summer :( The shot of hot shot into the head and the product we were cutting up and putting in it helped but didn’t stop it dead. It was really getting on our nerves so we tried diatamacious earth and it seemed to work after a cup or two thrown in and stirred up. However as you use the head the diatamacious earth over time doesn’t stay a powder :) it turns into more of a glue as it mixes into the damper contents of the compost. It then loses its effectiveness. I then had a thought and went to wall mart and bought a container of mothball crystals and sprinkled two or three tablespoons of them into the head. It killed the gnat problem DEAD! DEAD! DEAD! They lasted for weeks so we didn’t have to add them on a regular basis. It takes a while to get the right amount. better to go light and build up to the correct strength than to do the over kill. Moth balls are cheap and long lasting I hate to use any poisons on the boat but this is what finally did a 100% cure for us on the gnat problem. The prior solutions would suppress them for a week or two at best and make it livable and usable, the moth balls seem to be the 100% solution at this point.

We found the the vinegar and water solution for rinsing the head with a spray bottle also. You have to love vinegar it is the swiss army knife of household chemicals, you can eat it and use it in cooking, preserve food in it, clean with it, kill mold and mildew with it, use it medically, plus much much more :)

Scott

]]> Comment on Stories of s/v Valkier,DE38:All the shit that accumulates #3 Composting Your way to Odor Free by Scott Carle by Slowride http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2887/comment-page-1#comment-94 Slowride Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:39:21 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2887#comment-94 We have an AirHead composting toilet on our DE38 and wouldn't trade it for the world! Can't imagine ever having a holding tank again. I would recommend a composting head for any boat owner. One little trick that we have is to put about 2 tbls of vinegar into the pee bucket after emptying and then we keep a small spray bottle of half water, half vinegar to lightly spray after each use. Keeps the bowl clean and eliminates any "pee" smell. We also had the gnat problem and took the same approach as you and it worked great. Great read! Thanks Mike and Julie We have an AirHead composting toilet on our DE38 and wouldn’t trade it for the world! Can’t imagine ever having a holding tank again. I would recommend a composting head for any boat owner. One little trick that we have is to put about 2 tbls of vinegar into the pee bucket after emptying and then we keep a small spray bottle of half water, half vinegar to lightly spray after each use. Keeps the bowl clean and eliminates any “pee” smell.

We also had the gnat problem and took the same approach as you and it worked great.

Great read! Thanks

Mike and Julie

]]> Comment on Spam Registrations Deleted by Scott Carle http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2905/comment-page-1#comment-92 Scott Carle Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:57:11 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2905#comment-92 This has become so endemic across a lot of infrastructure I manage that it gets my blood pressure up dealing with it anymore. The cost in time and money to fight this stuff when looked at on a annual basis for businesses and individuals has to be absolutely staggering. This has become so endemic across a lot of infrastructure I manage that it gets my blood pressure up dealing with it anymore. The cost in time and money to fight this stuff when looked at on a annual basis for businesses and individuals has to be absolutely staggering.

]]> Comment on Spam Registrations Deleted by Eolian http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2905/comment-page-1#comment-91 Eolian Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:34:37 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2905#comment-91 Sorry that you have to take this step, Scott. I recently had to set up comment moderation on my blogs too, for the same reason: spam comments. It's a shame that the worls is filled with such creatures. bob s/v Eolian DE45 #11 Seattle Sorry that you have to take this step, Scott. I recently had to set up comment moderation on my blogs too, for the same reason: spam comments.

It’s a shame that the worls is filled with such creatures.

bob
s/v Eolian
DE45 #11
Seattle

]]> Comment on Stories of s/v Valkier,DE38:All the shit that accumulates #3 Composting Your way to Odor Free by Scott Carle by Scott Carle http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2887/comment-page-1#comment-89 Scott Carle Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:27:44 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2887#comment-89 Maybe I will clean it up and submit it to some of the boating magazines. :) Maybe it will make a 2 or 3 part article. Maybe I will clean it up and submit it to some of the boating magazines. :)

Maybe it will make a 2 or 3 part article.

]]> Comment on Stories of s/v Valkier,DE38:All the shit that accumulates #3 Composting Your way to Odor Free by Scott Carle by Eolian http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2887/comment-page-1#comment-88 Eolian Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:59:59 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2887#comment-88 Thanks Scott for an exhaustive examination of the issue. I have never before seen such a detailed review. bob s/v Eolian DE45 #11 Seattle Thanks Scott for an exhaustive examination of the issue. I have never before seen such a detailed review.

bob
s/v Eolian
DE45 #11
Seattle

]]> Comment on From Dock Queen to Offshore Cruiser by Sailing Seabird by Scott Carle http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2833/comment-page-1#comment-85 Scott Carle Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:55:08 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2833#comment-85 :) we have a port side double berth on valkyr :) I end up on it a lot. It's a comfortable place on the boat. sorry your comment went to moderation. I think it will let you comment now without being moderated. Have you used that email address for your login on the site? I thought that registred email addresses/logged in users didn't get moderated. Scott :) we have a port side double berth on valkyr :) I end up on it a lot. It’s a comfortable place on the boat.
sorry your comment went to moderation. I think it will let you comment now without being moderated. Have you used that email address for your login on the site? I thought that registred email addresses/logged in users didn’t get moderated.
Scott

]]> Comment on From Dock Queen to Offshore Cruiser by Sailing Seabird by swaimah44 http://downeasteryachts.com/archives/2833/comment-page-1#comment-84 swaimah44 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:21:08 +0000 http://downeasteryachts.com/?p=2833#comment-84 Thanks Scott, it's nice to be featured on the home page. we can't wait to get someone in that berth and try it out Thanks Scott, it’s nice to be featured on the home page. we can’t wait to get someone in that berth and try it out

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