Don't know where you go cruising, but where my wife and I go (Bahamas,
BVI, Windwards) water can cost $0.50 per gal. Wife and guest learn very
quick to be frugal with water usage when they see the bill for filling
the tanks.
Kelton
s/v Isle Escape

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:53:19 +0000, Kelton Joyner wrote:

Well...see...the problem isn't me. I'm perfectly down with "boat showers".
In fact, when I was living aboard, I used a large sponge and did just
fine.

But my Lady takes...well.."long" showers. Sometimes she uses up all the
water in our 60-gal tank at home (OK, maybe not QUITE that long...) YOU
wanna tell her to take a "boat shower"? Go ahead...I'll watch!

What I'm trying to avoid is the stampede to the coin showers every time we
get to a dock. And the "luxury" of standing under a hot (or sometimes
cool) shower for several minutes is a large part of it.

Lloyd



Lloyd,
How long have you been cruising? Ever hear of boat showers? Turn it on,
wet body, turn it off. Wash body. Turn it on, rinse body, turn it off.
For dishes, install a foot pump in the galley plumbed to through hull.
Use salt water to wash dished, rinse with fresh. 200 gal of water will
last weeks,
Kelton
s/v Isle Escape

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:


Hi,

Far Cove is set up for a shower, but was never installed. I was looking
at "low-flow" showerheads, and they say they use 2.5gpm. Egad - for a
5-min shower that's over 10 gallons! Far Cove has 50gal of water, and I'm
thinking of addding another 20gal tank, but still: 10 gals per shower??

Is this realistic? What is a practical estimate of how much water an
on-board shower will take?

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36