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Keeping it Simple

“You won’t be able to pee on a heel,” someone said. “You won’t have room to stow the coco peat,” said another.

“I don’t know. That’s just gross,” said a third.

These are just a few examples of the pushback my partner, Phillip, and I got when we announced on our blog we were planning on changing out the conventional head on our 1985 Niagara 35, , to a composting one. Not surprisingly, many the day our holding tank overflowed—a pretty crappy day, to say the least, but also just the push Phillip and I needed.

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