We have never cruised in warm water before. The sea temperature here is now in the mid 80's. If the head is not used for a few days, there is a strong "rotten egg" (i.e. hydrogen sulfide) odor in the first few uses of the toilet. Is this typical in warm water? Never saw this when the water was in the low 70's. I assume it is caused by algae decaying rapidly in the warm water. What do you Florida boaters do about this , if anything. Richard P

Flush it a couple of times before you use it when you come back aboard after being gone for a few days - the smell goes away with the "newer" water in the intake line. As you indicated, the smell starts only after it has been unused for several days. Never been a problem for us; just have to know what it is and how to deal with it. <><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><> Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina MV Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base DeFever 41 Trawler for sale Melbourne, Florida Blog: http://mvsanderling.net/Blog Web: http://cruising.mvsanderling.net/ Site: http://Ourphotos.hopto.org Site: http://SanderlingBlog.hopto.org On 6/2/2020 04:47 PM, Richard P via Trawlers-and-Trawlering wrote: > We have never cruised in warm water before. The sea temperature here is > now in the mid 80's. If the head is not used for a few days, there is a > strong "rotten egg" (i.e. hydrogen sulfide) odor in the first few uses of > the toilet. Is this typical in warm water? Never saw this when the water > was in the low 70's. I assume it is caused by algae decaying rapidly in the > warm water. > > What do you Florida boaters do about this , if anything. >