Saturday, August 13, 2005

SL400 sea toilet spares

Rydgeway Marine's 1973 brochure shot of the SL400 installation on a Pandora International











Arabella has a Simpson Lawrence SL400 sea toilet under the v-berth forward. It has a very low profile design (and needs it, to fit into the space provided).

I had one of those 'sinking feeling' moments recently when someone told me that it's impossible to obtain spares for the SL400 now Sowester-Simpson Lawrence are out of business.

That was a bit of downer: apart from not wanting to buy a new toilet each time a seal fails, it'd be difficult to find a replacement model that fits.

Anyway, I searched through the YBW forums. Good news: one of the forumites had spotted a while back that a former Simpson Lawrence employee had set up in business to supply parts for the SL400 (and certain other SL products). I checked out the website and not only does the ex-employee supply spares, he has also recommenced building the SL400, which tackles both of the concerns that I mentioned above.

The website is HERE, in case you ever find yourself caught short.