On Sat, 06 May 2006 09:33:23 -0400, Jeff wrote:

Although I'm generally pleased with the Lavac, I hesitate to recommend
it to people that are really looking for something as close as
possible to a home toilet. Most guests are baffled by its operation,
and prefer to hold it until they get ashore!

My wife and I are going to sail test a steel cruiser shortly and her
rationale for wanting this particular boat as a
liveaboard/passagemaker was the presence of a new manual Lavac.

For someone just five feet tall, she seems consumed by the notion that
Lavacs are the one marine head you can "flush a pair of jeans down".
Personally....

R.