My first boat didn't have a shower or pressure water. I bought a 2.5 gallon pump up garden sprayer and spliced a kitchen sink sprayer on the end of the hose. Pumped it up and voila!, a cockpit shower for rinsing off.
Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com>wrote: > When I was wintering in the Caribbean running charter boats and before > watermakers were cheap and compact, our routine for getting clean would be > to jump over the side, get out, lather up with Joy dish soap. jump back in > to rinse and then rinse the salt off with a kettle full of water. Great > feeling! We'd do the same offshore, except we'd drag a bucket over the side > and dump it over our head. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Neil, my 32 is a 1980, hull #59. >> >> We're in fresh water. The first time we ever actually swam off the boat >> was this past summer when we went to the thousand islands. Jumping off the >> boat that first time .. no wait, second .. (I lost my shades off the stern >> in our anchorage. Filthy water. Didn't even find my shades). Anyway, >> swimming off the boat at anchor was great. We kind of just did what Bruno >> described, being in fresh water. So I haven't _needed_ the shower but it's >> a nice to know thing. I got excited about the Landfall's separate shower >> stall. I guess it's not critical. >> >> Steve >> Suhana, C&C 32 >> Toronto >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Jim Reinardy <firewa...@reinardy.us>wrote: >> >>> Kevin, >>> >>> >>> >>> I sent a picture off list from my winterizing checklist pictures. Hope >>> that helps! >>> >>> >>> >>> Jim Reinardy >>> >>> C&C 30-2 "Firewater" >>> >>> Milwaukee, WI >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Kevin >>> Driscoll >>> *Sent:* Monday, February 24, 2014 8:44 PM >>> >>> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Landfall 38 - cruising & showering >>> >>> >>> >>> Would anyone have a link or photo to shower sump drain? Ours is missing >>> and the vinyl house is plugged. 30mkII aft head. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Kevin >>> >>> Sent from a mobile device. >>> >>> On Feb 24, 2014 2:25 PM, "Tom Anderson" <t...@nonpareilracing.com> wrote: >>> >>> Steve, >>> >>> While cruising, we usually take showers, although quick ones every day. >>> Our 32 came with shower installed with sump pickup under grate. We also >>> carry two five gallon sun showers while cruising. They work great for >>> ferrying water back to boat and also when we haven't run the engine for >>> awhile, and hot water tank is lukewarm, I take the sun shower and hoist it >>> up on pole lift, then run nozzle into head's hatch. I actually prefer this >>> method for then I don't have to use one hand to hold shower nozzle in head >>> while trying to soap up at same time. And I also agree with others that >>> this is a great way to keep the head clean. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here's a funny story. My wife and I were out for a ten day cruise, and >>> of course when we depart, water tank is full, hot water heater carries five >>> gallons too, and two sun showers. Now when cruising you are always going >>> into the dock if you are at a certain island or harbor, right? So what I >>> have learned to do is always keep one sun shower empty in dink ready to >>> fill up when ashore. So I fill up the sun shower a couple of times over >>> the first couple of days, then the third or fourth day I fill it up again, >>> and before I put it into the main tank, I think, wait a minute, what if the >>> main tank is already full ? If I put it in when full, it just overflows >>> into the bilge. So I check the main tank (or I should say, only tank), and >>> sure enough, it's topped up. So I have learned that even while cruising >>> and taking showers every night we aren't going thru that much water every >>> day. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tom Anderson >>> >>> C&C 32 Nonpareil >>> >>> Marblehead, MA >>> >>> >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:59:33 -0400 >>> From: Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> >>> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> Subject: Stus-List Landfall 38 - cruising & showering >>> Message-ID: <530ba4a5.8020...@eastlink.ca> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >>> >>> Steve: >>> >>> We have a shower in the head on our C&C 32.....shower water is pumped >>> overboard from the sump under the wooden grate in the head. Shower >>> water does not go into the bilge. >>> >>> While there is not an abundance of space, there is enough to stand up >>> and/or sit down to run fresh water over your body....and isn't that was >>> counts? >>> >>> Rob Abbott >>> AZURA >>> C&C 32 - 84 >>> Halifax, N.S. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2014/02/24 3:31 PM, Stevan Plavsa wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for your input Wally. Having never taken a shower on a boat I >>> >>> always assumed that the head/shower combo would leave a big mess. I >>> >>> know that at home one of my least favourite chores is scrubbing the >>> >>> bathtub. Doesn't the whole head get all soap scummy? >>> >>> >>> >>> There is certainly a case to be made for storage. >>> >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> Suhana, C&C 32 >>> >>> Toronto >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:03:33 -0400 >>> From: "dwight" <dwight...@gmail.com> >>> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>> Subject: Re: Stus-List Landfall 38 - cruising & showering >>> Message-ID: <7560B9BC31344C158771EABAF1BFD0CF@your4dacd0ea75> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> On my 35 MKII 2 of us shower every day for 5 days and then we need to get >>> more water. I have not fitted any extra water tanks >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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