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If you or anyone else on the boat is a citizen of the USA, you or them are only permitted to travel to Cuba if you fit in one of 12 categories (journalism, scientific, etc., see the State Dept. website). Tourism is not one of the categories.

And catamarans.

Well, for me, I promised the wife a beach house. I may not have mentioned "floating." So my plan is to get her really drunk and smuggle her on the boat. I figure on a stable cat, and with a household toilet, it might be a couple of days before she figures out she's on a boat, and by then...

Flushmates and Sloan valves both only require 25psi. The Sloan valve may need a high flow capacity, however.

Do you recall the make/model of the RV unit? Peggy has encouraged me in a long-ago posting to consider RV units. I have looked; Not quite household, but maybe that's as good as it gets. OP, I still want you to go the household route.

OK, you've forced me to admit to my evil scheme: I'm trying to encourage the OP to be the pioneer (I actually thought there might already be pioneers, but maybe not). Then (s)he can report. I'm still a few months from building.

I am glad to hear that marine toilets are not always a disaster. I am sure good design is key. I am truly interested in household toilets for the boat. I appreciate that most boats have limited space, electricity, water and payload, requiring some of the clever solutions found in marine...

How to install a toilet in your house (never actually had to do this, because they are maintenance free and last forever): 1. Buy toilet 2. Put the wax seal down, more or less centered around the hole in the floor. 3. Set the toilet down over the wax seal and the two bolts sticking up out of...

I bought Peggy's book some time ago (just before the new version, dang it), and I listen carefully to everything she says. Having said that, household toilets are about the most reliable, trouble-free appliances in my life. From everything I read, marine toilets, not so much. And if the...

See this: http://www.flushmate.com/models/pdf/koohoo-T-3052C.pdf Sorry for the Non-english, it was the only image of a one-piece I could find that shows the tank inside the "water closet." Apparently the tank fills from the bottom, trapping and compressing air above, which then "powers" the...

The flow path through most household toilets is 2", and some are up to 2-3/8". Marine toilets are usually 1-3/4", which may contribute to clogging problems. Flushmate toilets use one gallon per full flush (I don't know if any offer a reduced flush for No. 1s). Marine toilets offer reduced...

The RV toilets I have looked at have two concerns: as they don't hold any water in the bowl, odors from the tank can escape, and as they don't hold any water, many come with a spray nozzle to clean the bowl after use. Don't care for that.

I am thinking of using household toilets. My toilets will be above the waterline and directly above the holding tanks. So I think all I have to worry about is water in the tank and bowl sloshing out. Two ideas: "flush valve" ("Sloan" valve?, I've forgotten) toilets (commercial type) with no...

I have read many times on this forum that running only one engine on a twin engine boat can be a problem with some transmissions as the transmission gears are turned by the free wheeling prop, but there is no lubrication or cooling. Could that be a problem with a free wheeling dinghy motor prop?

No, no, I made the story up. I never had this particular bad idea, but that's just because it's impossible for one person to have all the bad ideas. I do hope I have gained some capacity to recognize bad ideas in others. When somebody suggests something, and a lot of people think it's a bad...

It will end up not faring well. You are young and have little experience with Murphy's law. I am old and have enough experience for 10. Let me explain: You will tow the canoe many times without incident. It will become routine. Then, one day, there will be some teenagers wakeboarding...

I have asked about the mini split systems in another thread but there doesn't seem to be much experience with them. They look easy to install and not expensive.

I will want some heating, but expect to stay south of <40 degrees F. I appreciate hearing about any and all concerns. My principal reasons for considering the mini splits with air-cooled compressors/condensors are initial cost, ease of maintenance and repair, and elimination of raw water...

I think all of the air-cooled mini split systems I'm looking at use inverter technology.

Surely this has been discussed but I can't find it. I am thinking of heating/cooling the boat with one or (probably) two mini split units, compressor/condensor units mounted up top. Advantages: MUCH cheaper and easier to install, maintain, repair. No thru-hulls, filters, etc. Very efficient...

Good point. Someone posted one time that they were in a beautiful anchorage, watching a perfect sunset, sipping an adult beverage, while somewhere on the boat, something was breaking. Funny, but distressingly true.

And when the boat breaks, it's expensive. Have some funds available so you're not stranded.

Just for grins, let's say you drive 20,000 miles in a year and average about 30mph. That's about 700 hours of driving. So 5,000 engine hours is equivalent to 7 years of driving and 140,000 miles. You might make that without any major repairs, but maybe not. And cars, which are built in great...

I am reminded of those who post on facebook about the clever crime they committed and are surprised when the police show up. Jeesh.

You are responsible for your own torts; having the boat in a corp or LLC won't shield you if you are responsible for damaging another. Having the boat in a corp or LLC might (but might not) shield you if someone else is driving the boat, but that's probably not what you're worried about.