Fresh water washdown ideas
 

I'm thinking seriously of installing a fresh water washdown system in
the new Yo Ho. The boat has a very large center console* with good
access, so I have room for a decent tank. I'm thinking 12 to 15 gallons.
Probably a poly water tank, a washdown pump, a bit of hose, a couple of
hose fittings for filling tank, for draining tank to the cockpit, for
the hose washdown, et cetera. Got access to unused circuit breakers in
the console.

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Washdown will be used to flush the decks on occasion, to wash off hands,
to spray down the windshield, but the water will not be used for drinking.

Any suggestions?





* Large enough console for a 6' taller rigger to climb into it
completely when doing the original electronics wiring. I didn't believe
it unti I saw it for myself.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

HK wrote:
I'm thinking seriously of installing a fresh water washdown system in
the new Yo Ho. The boat has a very large center console* with good
access, so I have room for a decent tank. I'm thinking 12 to 15 gallons.
Probably a poly water tank, a washdown pump, a bit of hose, a couple of
hose fittings for filling tank, for draining tank to the cockpit, for
the hose washdown, et cetera. Got access to unused circuit breakers in
the console.

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Washdown will be used to flush the decks on occasion, to wash off hands,
to spray down the windshield, but the water will not be used for drinking.

Any suggestions?





* Large enough console for a 6' taller rigger to climb into it
completely when doing the original electronics wiring. I didn't believe
it unti I saw it for myself.

I think it is a great idea. I have a "shower" on my swim platform and
use it after we go swimming. When I spend the night, I use the swim
platform instead of the head to wash off in the morning.

My concern with a self installed it would be to make sure you tie the
tank down securely. The water sloshing back and forth will put a lot
of stress on tank. I would recommend using some 2x2 to the frame in the
tank, and then tiedowns secured to the frame (not the floor) both front
to back and side to side.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
I'm thinking seriously of installing a fresh water washdown system in
the new Yo Ho. The boat has a very large center console* with good
access, so I have room for a decent tank. I'm thinking 12 to 15 gallons.
Probably a poly water tank, a washdown pump, a bit of hose, a couple
of hose fittings for filling tank, for draining tank to the cockpit,
for the hose washdown, et cetera. Got access to unused circuit
breakers in the console.

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Washdown will be used to flush the decks on occasion, to wash off hands,
to spray down the windshield, but the water will not be used for
drinking.

Any suggestions?





* Large enough console for a 6' taller rigger to climb into it
completely when doing the original electronics wiring. I didn't
believe it unti I saw it for myself.

I think it is a great idea. I have a "shower" on my swim platform and
use it after we go swimming. When I spend the night, I use the swim
platform instead of the head to wash off in the morning.

My concern with a self installed it would be to make sure you tie the
tank down securely. The water sloshing back and forth will put a lot
of stress on tank. I would recommend using some 2x2 to the frame in the
tank edit (around the base) , and then tiedowns secured to the frame (not the floor) both front
to back and side to side.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Keep the tank reasonably small, 5 to 10 gallons is plenty for what you
describe. Water weighs 8 lbs to the gallon so excess capacity adds up
fast, and increases the structural loads on the mounting hardware. You
can use an inexpensive hand held shower head with an on/off push
button.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Why?

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Why?

With all that salt water coming over the transom he needs to be able to
wash it down.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:09:40 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Why?

With all that salt water coming over the transom he needs to be able to
wash it down.

Now, now.

Harry is *very* sensitive about the low transom on his new boat. His
old one was much more seaworthy.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

"HK" wrote in message
. ..
I'm thinking seriously of installing a fresh water washdown system in
the new Yo Ho. The boat has a very large center console* with good access,
so I have room for a decent tank. I'm thinking 12 to 15 gallons.
Probably a poly water tank, a washdown pump, a bit of hose, a couple of
hose fittings for filling tank, for draining tank to the cockpit, for the
hose washdown, et cetera. Got access to unused circuit breakers in the
console.

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?

Washdown will be used to flush the decks on occasion, to wash off hands,
to spray down the windshield, but the water will not be used for drinking.

Any suggestions?





* Large enough console for a 6' taller rigger to climb into it completely
when doing the original electronics wiring. I didn't believe it unti I saw
it for myself.

Use a garden sprayer. One of the poly ones. Then you can adjust the spray
to also hose off the LT incoming or your hands.

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:09:40 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?
Why?
With all that salt water coming over the transom he needs to be able to
wash it down.

Now, now.

Harry is *very* sensitive about the low transom on his new boat. His
old one was much more seaworthy.


More b.s. from Wayne

Fresh water washdown ideas
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:09:40 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:12 -0400, HK wrote:

Any suggestions? Pitfalls?
Why?
With all that salt water coming over the transom he needs to be able to
wash it down.

Now, now.

Harry is *very* sensitive about the low transom on his new boat. His
old one was much more seaworthy.


Be sure to let us know when you run Matanzas and Nassau Sound Inlets in
NE Florida in that high-transomed barge of yours. That'll tell us all
about the seaworthiness of floating RVs. You can head in to the ICW at
Nassau Sound and then out into the Atlantic again at Mantanzas.

Take photos after you change your brown-stained shorts.

Oh. I've run both inlets dozens of times. In very, very small boats.

Go for it.


Here's an aerial of Nassau Sound, looking north:

http://tinyurl.com/377gua


You want to enter so you head under the smaller bridge at the left of
the photo. Once you are under that bridge, you turn left and then right
and to your right, along the quarter mile of shoreline that leads right
to the ICW are some terrific oyster beds that hold lots of redfish and
flounder.