The recently redesigned Jabsco pump ûis an improvement. A shut-off valve ûspring was added to assist priming and, ûfor easier clearing if the pump gets ûclogged, the pump’s handle and piston ûcan be removed via a 1" nut.

A marine head that works—every time, without fail—doesn’t necessarily make a boat a happy place. But if it doesn’t work, perdition and pinched faces abound.

Those boat owners most likely to avoid the trauma of a “busted head” probably own either a Wilcox-Crittenden Skipper model or a British-made Baby Blake. However, there comes a time when even those two lofty thrones require service. Why else do they sell, for the Skipper, a “Service Kit” and, for the Blake a “Spares Kit”?…