ANYTIME
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We have had our brand new boat on the water for a little over a month, only leaving the dock a few times to practice docking, anchoring, etc.
Yesterday, we decided to take a trip to another Marina to practice docking, pump out our sanitary tank and top off the gas.
We traveled up the Potomac about 10 miles or so and stopped off at a Marina we had visited by auto the previous week. We docked okay and then proceeded to pump out the sanitary tank. I unscrewed the tank fitting cover, located and screwed in the marina's adapter, attached the nozzle, powered it on and then turned the valve to begin pumping.
I heard suction, but nothing was flowing through the transparent nozzle. I checked the fitting, then felt like the dumbest guy in town when I discovered that I was trying to pump out my rod holder, which is right next to the sanitary access.
After regaining my composure, I attached the nozzle to the sanitary tank this time, pumped it out and embarrassingly went on and completed fueling and then continued on our trip.
I guess that if this is my worst error I make while enjoying our new boat, it wasn't that bad after all. :smt043
Yesterday, we decided to take a trip to another Marina to practice docking, pump out our sanitary tank and top off the gas.
We traveled up the Potomac about 10 miles or so and stopped off at a Marina we had visited by auto the previous week. We docked okay and then proceeded to pump out the sanitary tank. I unscrewed the tank fitting cover, located and screwed in the marina's adapter, attached the nozzle, powered it on and then turned the valve to begin pumping.
I heard suction, but nothing was flowing through the transparent nozzle. I checked the fitting, then felt like the dumbest guy in town when I discovered that I was trying to pump out my rod holder, which is right next to the sanitary access.
After regaining my composure, I attached the nozzle to the sanitary tank this time, pumped it out and embarrassingly went on and completed fueling and then continued on our trip.
I guess that if this is my worst error I make while enjoying our new boat, it wasn't that bad after all. :smt043