Hi there,

I am wondering how most of you do the cloth washing while sailing. I have
seen some pictures of sailboats with washing machines, but this is probably
a little extreme. I have used a bucket and water, and some special washing
powder, and hand washed the clothing. This is a lot of work. Any tips? Of
course washing a lot of cloths when in a port...

Thanks!

Haakon

For a boat under way, you don't need to do any hand washing.. Just put the
cloths in a bucket on deck, fill it 3/4 full of sea water, sea water soap,
cover it and let it slush about with the motion of the boat.. Followed by
rinse in fresh water.

The biggest job is wringing them out.. Hand wringing is hard on some cloths,
like tee shirts and sweaters etc. A good old fashioned hand crank wringer
would be great but they are hard to find. I have a mechanical squeeze mop
wringer than I put on the side of the bucket. It use to be galvanized but is
getting rusty, gotta find something else.

Some people put their cloths in a net bag and tow it behind the boat. That
doesn't allow for soap and then you still have to find a way to rinse them.

For luandry while at anchor, I now have a little european apt. size machine
that is about 18X20X20", top loading and washes and drys. However there is
no spin cycle so I still have to wring the cloths between cycles and before
drying.. The drying is very slow so I still have to resort to the ole
lifelines.

BTW. In my experience, some marinas and all yacht clubs don't allow laundry
on the life lines,etc. At the last marina I was at in San Diego, they
offered free dryers so people wouldn't hang luandry out.


--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

For a boat under way, you don't need to do any hand washing.. Just put the
cloths in a bucket on deck, fill it 3/4 full of sea water, sea water soap,
cover it and let it slush about with the motion of the boat.. Followed by
rinse in fresh water.

The biggest job is wringing them out.. Hand wringing is hard on some cloths,
like tee shirts and sweaters etc. A good old fashioned hand crank wringer
would be great but they are hard to find. I have a mechanical squeeze mop
wringer than I put on the side of the bucket. It use to be galvanized but is
getting rusty, gotta find something else.

Some people put their cloths in a net bag and tow it behind the boat. That
doesn't allow for soap and then you still have to find a way to rinse them.

For luandry while at anchor, I now have a little european apt. size machine
that is about 18X20X20", top loading and washes and drys. However there is
no spin cycle so I still have to wring the cloths between cycles and before
drying.. The drying is very slow so I still have to resort to the ole
lifelines.

BTW. In my experience, some marinas and all yacht clubs don't allow laundry
on the life lines,etc. At the last marina I was at in San Diego, they
offered free dryers so people wouldn't hang luandry out.


--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions

"Steve"writes:

The biggest job is wringing them out.. Hand wringing is hard on some
cloths,
like tee shirts and sweaters etc. A good old fashioned hand crank wringer
would be great but they are hard to find.
snip

Try Lehman Hardware, Kidron, Ohio located in the middle of an Amish
community.

They have a web site.

HTH


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures

"Steve"writes:

The biggest job is wringing them out.. Hand wringing is hard on some
cloths,
like tee shirts and sweaters etc. A good old fashioned hand crank wringer
would be great but they are hard to find.
snip

Try Lehman Hardware, Kidron, Ohio located in the middle of an Amish
community.

They have a web site.

HTH


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures

I lived in the Alaska bush for 8 years and found the Armstrong powered
wringer a remarkable time and effort-saving device. With a small child and
cloth diapers it solved many clotheswashing problems.

Padeen


"Haakon Dybdahl" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

I am wondering how most of you do the cloth washing while sailing. I have
seen some pictures of sailboats with washing machines, but this is
probably
a little extreme. I have used a bucket and water, and some special washing
powder, and hand washed the clothing. This is a lot of work. Any tips? Of
course washing a lot of cloths when in a port...

Thanks!

Haakon

I lived in the Alaska bush for 8 years and found the Armstrong powered
wringer a remarkable time and effort-saving device. With a small child and
cloth diapers it solved many clotheswashing problems.

Padeen


"Haakon Dybdahl" wrote in message
...
Hi there,

I am wondering how most of you do the cloth washing while sailing. I have
seen some pictures of sailboats with washing machines, but this is
probably
a little extreme. I have used a bucket and water, and some special washing
powder, and hand washed the clothing. This is a lot of work. Any tips? Of
course washing a lot of cloths when in a port...

Thanks!

Haakon

Lehmans are great.
http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?item...inCat=673 &iS
ubCat=673

Neil C





"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
link.net...

"Steve"writes:

The biggest job is wringing them out.. Hand wringing is hard on some
cloths,
like tee shirts and sweaters etc. A good old fashioned hand crank
wringer
would be great but they are hard to find.
snip

Try Lehman Hardware, Kidron, Ohio located in the middle of an Amish
community.

They have a web site.

HTH


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the
Southland)
Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures

Lehmans are great.
http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?item...inCat=673 &iS
ubCat=673

Neil C





"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
link.net...

"Steve"writes:

The biggest job is wringing them out.. Hand wringing is hard on some
cloths,
like tee shirts and sweaters etc. A good old fashioned hand crank
wringer
would be great but they are hard to find.
snip

Try Lehman Hardware, Kidron, Ohio located in the middle of an Amish
community.

They have a web site.

HTH


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the
Southland)
Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures

seems pretty pricie ($169) for something that is just galvinized stamped
steel. The old time ones were cast steel. Might last out in the wood, in
fresh water, but my galvanized squeeze wringer only lasted about 18 month in
sea water (and I was faithful about rinsing it off).


--
My opinion and experience. FWIW

Steve
s/v Good Intentions