Lee Dahlen, much to his chagrin, finally acquiesced and agreed to do the rebuild of this 1968 Groco Model K toilet for me. A new model K (yes, they're still being made) is around $850. The rebuild kit to bring them back to operational status is around $125. At that price difference, a rebuild was the appropriate choice. Lee took it back to North Carolina with him and not only installed the rebuild kit, but wirebrushed the unit and gave it a couple of coats of spray paint. When I say you can trust me this looks miles better than it did when it came out of the boat, I mean it! It looked 40 years old! It will be installed the weekend of June 26th. We'll once again have two functioning toilets aboard CP.

Until next time...