phillip, thank you for your post.

At this time it is me and the cat.

The standard for these boats is a glorified porta-pottie that I intend to replace with a true marine head, holding tank, in-tank treatment system, and seacock release of what the literature assures me is EPA approved stuff. I will also set things up for the use of pump out stations.

I am hoping this will also allow the use of RV dump stations on land. One of the attractions of this particulat line of boats is their trailerability.

I intend to begin as a lievaboard so on normal days I am unlikely to be more than an hour or two away at most, and usually within a 20-minute drive or less on surface streets.

Everything on a boat may fail so I will set up maintenance checks and carry spares as I can afford to do so. A an official "hole in the water into which to throw money" boat upkeep will be ongoing.