NW Explorations
AQUILA OPERATING MANUAL
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4K4: Fresh Water Tanks
The combined tanks hold 265 gallons. The tanks are in the lazarette. The water level in each tank is measured
by using the wood dowel rod located on top of the tanks.
4K5: Salt Water Pump
The boat has a salt water pump to provide pressure to the washdown faucet to on the bow adjacent to the bow
pulpit. The pump and its sea water inlet, valve and sea strainer are under the forward V-berth; it’s sea water
inlet valve is under the forward stateroom floor hatch at the center of the berth’s “wings”.
It is a good idea to keep the seawater pump breaker in the DC panel “off” unless the pump is
in use, lest the hose connections break or leak,
filling
the vessel’s bow with water!
4K6: Waste Water
Waste water from the sinks and showers (but not from the toilets) is dumped overboard in accordance with
U.S. and Canadian
law. From sink basins, the water simply flows by gravity overboard. Since the floor of the
showers is below the water line, built in shower sump pumps operate to lift this water back above the waterline
and dump it overboard.
It is therefore very important that the “drain pump” breaker in the DC panel be left “On”.
