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your boat. This plate is located on the starboard
sidedeck near amidships. Refer to the "Fill Plate/
Pumpout Locations" portion of Section 9 for the
exact location of this "WASTE" plate.
8. Repeat steps 3, 4, 5 and 6 for the aft waste tank.
As the waste tanks are filled, air is displaced from
inside the tanks and vented through a screen to outside
the boat’s hull. Clean the screen once a month.
Overboard Discharge
NOTE: It is against the law to discharge waste over-
board in many areas of the United States. It is your
responsibility to make sure that you are in compliance
with all applicable Federal, state and local laws when
using your boat's overboard discharge system. People
who discharge waste overboard in restricted areas are
subject to significant penalties.
In certain coastal areas of the world it is legal to dis-
charge waste into the sea. To accommodate this proce-
dure Carver offers an optional overboard discharge
system for your boat. This system is available only on
boats that are exported or used in the coastal areas of
the United States.
With the overboard discharge system, waste is flushed
from the heads to the waste tanks where it is stored.
Where it is legal, you can then transfer the waste di-
rectly overboard. If overboard discharge is not legal
where you are, you can either wait until you reach an
area where it is legal or use a dockside pumpout station
to empty the waste tanks.
To empty the tanks:
1. Open the overboard discharge seacock located
beneath a hatch below the dinette’s aft cushion.
2. Locate the waste tank selector valve located be-
neath a hatch below the dinette’s aft cushion. This
valve allows you to select the forward or aft waste
tank to pump overboard. Position the valve to select
the forward waste tank.
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The overboard discharge system
contains a significant length of
sanitation hose and a number of
system components. When
using this system in either direct
overboard or overboard transfer
mode, allow the head to flush or
the transfer pump to run for at
least 10 seconds. This ensures
that waste has cleared the
sanitation transfer hose. Waste
left in the transfer hose tends to
dry and harden. This could
become an obstruction which
prevents the sanitation system
from operating properly.