> Forget it. That doesn't work.

I agree with Tom, I can't see how you would not stir things up and just
have to start over. Racking has been practiced the same way for
centuries, maybe millenniums. You would be vacuuming up the lees in
effect and I can't imagine that working. That said, you won't ruin it
so try it if you want to.

They do make a conical fermenter for wine that hangs on a wall. It has
a large ball and cone shape with a valve on the bottom to let the lees
go into a ball shaped compartment. I guess you can pull off the ball
once you collect the lees, maybe you shake them into the ball like when
you riddle sparkling wine. (I'm doing all of this from memory, it
seemed expensive and too much like work compared to carboys, besides,
where would I put several?)

Joe