All over cockpit wash

dylanwinter

dylanwinter

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I apologise most sincerely for infesting your mental images with unpleasantness....

I am occasionally forced to have a cockpit wash - always after dark of course - one would not want to frighten the natives

bucket or warm water - soap - jay cloth

never sure about what to wash last

bungalevios or feet

or do you have a special j cloth for those areas?

is there a standard army or navy procedure?

D
 
When I sailed with Ocean Youth Club, all the J-cloths were colour coded as to where they should be used.... I remember red was for the heads.....!!
 
dylanwinter said:
I apologise most sincerely for infesting your mental images with unpleasantness....

I am occasionally forced to have a cockpit wash - always after dark of course - one would not want to frighten the natives

bucket or warm water - soap - jay cloth

never sure about what to wash last

bungalevios or feet

or do you have a special j cloth for those areas?

is there a standard army or navy procedure?

D
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Feet last! You dont want to risk the Athlete's, or other, foot fungus infecting other parts.
 
Alpha22 said:
When I sailed with Ocean Youth Club, all the J-cloths were colour coded as to where they should be used.... I remember red was for the heads.....!!
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Wow, that could cause a serious mixup if someone moved across to the Tall Ships Youth Trust :). We operated on exactly the same principle, but the colours were different. In our case "blue is for poo", ie the heads units themselves. Green for the rest of the room in heads and showers, grey for floors. Yellow for the mess-room and pantry, and these were not stored or cleaned with the others. The galley itself was separate again, and only the cooks were allowed in there, they did their own cleaning rather than let us grubby oiks in contaminating the place. But guess what colour their cleaning gear was? Yep - with the TSYT red is not for the heads, it's for the galley!

Pete
 
This coloured J Cloths nto a bad idea, better than my system.

Blue and clean Galley,
Blue and greying cabin.
Blue and holey battery.
Blue and Oily engine.
Blue and faded on deck.
Blue and Gritty Bilges (why are bildges always gritty?).

The combinations are endless, although in all fairness I carry a good stock...

Even though they are cheap it just seems wrong to throw them out till they are well used :rolleyes:.
 
Dylan

I don't understand . You are just about to dig a great big hole in the cockpit floor to put an o/b in.

Hoist o/b up on boom, and you then have your own private swimming pool. Better still, take the prop off the motor, put the motor back down and you have a warm comforting stream of hot water as well.
 
I have recently purchased for the sum of about 15 quid, a 12 volt camping shower.
3/4 fill a 9 litre bucket with cold water and adjust temperature with a boiling kettle.
The kit has a submersible pump, a cig. lighter plug, a shower head with on off valve and a waterproof switch.
Used in my self draining cockpit i am well pleased with how well it works. Turns out that 9 litres is ample to wash hair and body.
Boom tent that reaches down to the cockpit coamings makes it quite private.
Great to wash sunscvreen and salt out of the hair and off the bod before bed!
I would bet that similar is available in the UK. There is probably a factory in china that has made one of these for every man woman and child on the planet.
Cheers
 
dylanwinter said:
I apologise most sincerely for infesting your mental images with unpleasantness....

I am occasionally forced to have a cockpit wash - always after dark of course - one would not want to frighten the natives

bucket or warm water - soap - jay cloth

never sure about what to wash last

bungalevios or feet

or do you have a special j cloth for those areas?

is there a standard army or navy procedure?

D
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Just make sure you use your own cockpit! :o
 
longjohnsilver said:
Just make sure you use your own cockpit! :o
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actually.....

here is a confession....

when I had an eboat with a cockpit like a tea tray we shared a post mooring with an old Centaur (with a cockpit as deep as a mine shaft)

I would often nip across to his cockpit for a birdy bath - obviously when he was not in residence

I left the cockpit cleaner than it was before I started

D
 
John the kiwi said:
I have recently purchased for the sum of about 15 quid, a 12 volt camping shower.
3/4 fill a 9 litre bucket with cold water and adjust temperature with a boiling kettle.
The kit has a submersible pump, a cig. lighter plug, a shower head with on off valve and a waterproof switch.
Used in my self draining cockpit i am well pleased with how well it works. Turns out that 9 litres is ample to wash hair and body.
Boom tent that reaches down to the cockpit coamings makes it quite private.
Great to wash sunscvreen and salt out of the hair and off the bod before bed!
I would bet that similar is available in the UK. There is probably a factory in china that has made one of these for every man woman and child on the planet.
Cheers
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Hi John
I was thinking along the same lines as yourself, then I thought about using a normal bilge pump in a bucket of water. Not sure about the pressure output for cleaning the boat down, stubborn algae stains etc.
 
dylanwinter said:
I apologise most sincerely for infesting your mental images with unpleasantness....

I am occasionally forced to have a cockpit wash - always after dark of course - one would not want to frighten the natives

bucket or warm water - soap - jay cloth

never sure about what to wash last

bungalevios or feet

or do you have a special j cloth for those areas?

is there a standard army or navy procedure?

D
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Dylan

I have one of those 12v camping showers that John mentioned. It has a pump one end, a 2m hose with a shower head, and 3m 12v lead. I bought it years ago but have never found a use for it, so it's brand new and unopened. If you can make use of it just pm me and you can have it for nothing.
 
abraxus said:
Dylan

I have one of those 12v camping showers that John mentioned. It has a pump one end, a 2m hose with a shower head, and 3m 12v lead. I bought it years ago but have never found a use for it, so it's brand new and unopened. If you can make use of it just pm me and you can have it for nothing.
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very generous of you.....I fear that with two/three women on board such a device might encourage massive profligacy with the water.

I shall be promoting the concept of the two pint wash

D
 
When camping we used to soap all over with couple of pints of fresh water then jump in the river, much to the amusement of the Falmouth tripper boats visiting Frenchman's creek.
 
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