Stink

     Delays, delays and even more delays.  Last week we tried to return to Pennsylvania one more time before we shoved off for points south (read Bahamas).  Ten minutes before we were to drive back to Pennsylvania, Sharon checked the shower box (pump) in the forward bilge to make sure it had worked properly after I took a shower.  The pump worked as designed but the holding tank macerator pump had ruptured and raw sewage had found its way into the front bilge.  Wait, I just took a shower, now I got to clean up poop?  Long story short, the holding tank vent had failed due to corrosion in the hull fitting and the tank aerator built up pressure in the holding tank until sewage was forced out a failed gasket in the macerator pump.  Glad it was the pump and not the tank.  For tank repairs, a seacock would need to be removed from the front bilge and that would call for the boat to be hauled onto the hard, then the seacock and tank could be removed from the front bilge compartment.  That would have been an expensive proposition to haul the boat again just one week after it was launched.  Now, we are back on course although we are preforming sea trials and other tests of boat systems while staying in close proximity to the marina.  And to debunk a myth, EVERYBODY'S poop does stink