Bucket bath and showers
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:20 am
G'day everyone,
Seems like not much info on showers and bucket baths aboard, how to wash all that encrusted salt, sand and mud off.
On Teria i've just used the old yachties favorite, a sponge/cup and bucket bath (with or without hot water added). It's cheap, simple, never fails and an absolute water miser. It keeps the cabin and bunks salt (and moisture/damp) free too. But after several days out, gotta really appreciate the hot shower ashore.
Has anyone taken onboard bathing to next level (s) ?
Just bought a $30 entry level, 12v cig lighter camp shower from Tentworld to try out, ("Companion" brand) it's running on Terias 12v system ok Immersible pump in bucket style. Gets though a 9L bucket quickly (1.5minutes on full)
5-8L Pressure pump beach showers are also out there (for surfers, kayakers) ozzie may have discussed these somewhere?
Then spotted an "Evershower" setup at tentworld. $400 top of the line recirculating recent Aussie invention, with a 25L/min pump, it's almost the shower at home and in a league of it's own ! and the narrow recirculting base box might fit into a cockpits width too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ZrqekXG5o (by inventor Larry, covers everything). It can fit inside offgrid sheds, vans, large boat cabins etc too. Stow down excellent and base can double as a solar HWS.
The other time honoured approach is "saltwater soap" or "sailors soap" . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater ... water-soap. Sailors on a tight water budget use a bucket of seawater with this soap, then rinse off with a little bit of freshwater.
Seems like not much info on showers and bucket baths aboard, how to wash all that encrusted salt, sand and mud off.
On Teria i've just used the old yachties favorite, a sponge/cup and bucket bath (with or without hot water added). It's cheap, simple, never fails and an absolute water miser. It keeps the cabin and bunks salt (and moisture/damp) free too. But after several days out, gotta really appreciate the hot shower ashore.
Has anyone taken onboard bathing to next level (s) ?
Just bought a $30 entry level, 12v cig lighter camp shower from Tentworld to try out, ("Companion" brand) it's running on Terias 12v system ok Immersible pump in bucket style. Gets though a 9L bucket quickly (1.5minutes on full)
5-8L Pressure pump beach showers are also out there (for surfers, kayakers) ozzie may have discussed these somewhere?
Then spotted an "Evershower" setup at tentworld. $400 top of the line recirculating recent Aussie invention, with a 25L/min pump, it's almost the shower at home and in a league of it's own ! and the narrow recirculting base box might fit into a cockpits width too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ZrqekXG5o (by inventor Larry, covers everything). It can fit inside offgrid sheds, vans, large boat cabins etc too. Stow down excellent and base can double as a solar HWS.
The other time honoured approach is "saltwater soap" or "sailors soap" . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater ... water-soap. Sailors on a tight water budget use a bucket of seawater with this soap, then rinse off with a little bit of freshwater.