Buckets

[LadyInBed]

Seeing the thread Showering on passage using seawater drawn up by a bucket on a line. and the dangers of putting a bucket over the side while under way.
What do you have onboard?
14ltr, 9ltr, smaller, bigger. Plastic, canvas?
I have a 14 and a 9 and on the 14 I've replaced the handle with rope which also supports the bucket around under the rim, with thoughts of using it as a drouge, but never tried it!

 

[capnsensible]

I reckon builders buckets, thick black plastic with strong handle, firmly fixed with pre formed loop in are best. Otherwise the ocean gets littered with handle less buckets. ?

 

[SaltyC]

Hard Hat on, incoming awaited.
Surely, the technique learnt decades ago as a 10 year old foredeck hand, is throw the bucket forward and pull it up at the vertical?
DO NOT let it go behind you when the flow of water takes over!

The technique is to land the bucket upside down so it fills before it gets to you.

 

[Poignard]

Bucket weight

 

[LittleSister]

And don't forget to tie the other end of the line from the bucket to the boat!

 

[Momac]

I find a collapsible bucket useful
Something like this

 

[Wansworth]

Bought a very small galvanized bucket with a handle with an eye,filled with water it was Easyto lift up fro the sea and throw the water,it was Dutch

 

[RunAgroundHard]

Black, rubber, 2 x Gallon type, with galvanised handle. Very strong and durable. Used one as a drogue to shed speed sailing into a marina. The plastic versions are crap.

Rubber Bucket Black 2 Gallon | Mops, Buckets & Wringers | Janitorial Equipment | Janitorial Supplies | Protec | Protec Direct

 

[Praxinoscope]

The collapsible silicon bucket is my favourite, takes up very little space when folded. Our first one is now beginning to give up, the bucket is still OK but the handle can’t be trusted to stay fixed, but this is after about 14 years of use, so I’m not complaining.
Have bought a new one but kept the old one for scrubbing down when on our mooring.

 

[johnalison]

I have two. One is a typical heavy rubber one for serious work and the other an ordinary plastic one for general use such as boat washing and storing dead mackerel. It fits inside the other and so takes up little additional space.

 

[dansaskip]

Found those cheap plastic builders buckets to not past the test of time and are pretty useless for boat use (unless you are in the boat yard). I have a small heavy rubber bucket which has proved brilliant, plus a strong vinyl one that stands up to being squashed etc, plus one of those two handled vinyl tubs which is great for washing clothes, ropes or fish.

 

[Poignard]

I don't have one but this one from Force4 looks pretty sturdy (pretty sturdy price too!)

 

[Graham376]

We have a couple of cheap DIY store buckets which last a couple of years before usually handles fail but, the one used most is for washing clothes, large size 42 litre - Easy Shopping Large Medium Small Flexi Tub Garden Home Flexible Colour Rubber Storage Container Bucket Polyethylene Flex Tub- MADE IN U.K. (Small 14 Liter, Orange) : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

 

[capnsensible]

I don't have one but this one from Force4 looks pretty sturdy (pretty sturdy price too!)

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Dogs doodles. Exactly my preffered type.

 

[johnalison]

Found those cheap plastic builders buckets to not past the test of time and are pretty useless for boat use (unless you are in the boat yard). I have a small heavy rubber bucket which has proved brilliant, plus a strong vinyl one that stands up to being squashed etc, plus one of those two handled vinyl tubs which is great for washing clothes, ropes or fish.

In the end it comes down to what stowage is available on board. My plastic bucket is a reasonably sturdy one that I bought at a chandlers', which means that it has a ring in the middle of the handle for a rope. It is much lighter than the rubber one and would be my first choice if needed to fight a fire for that reason.

 

[gregcope]

I seem to have been through a few buckets.

one I broke the bucket with a hole in it
Another the rim holding the handle broke
Another the handle rusted
Another the handle had the rings outward and would scratch the hull

The best one I have so far is a canvas one from Salty John of this parish.

So i am still searching for perfect solid one …

 

[mjcoon]

I seem to have been through a few buckets.

one I broke the bucket with a hole in it
…

Dear Liza, dear Liza...
With what shall I mend it...

 

[Poignard]

Dear Liza, dear Liza...
With what shall I mend it...

With a "Yachtsman's Bucket Repair Kit" price £19.99 ?

 

[wombat88]

My favourite bucket was once a rubbish bucket that was hung on the inside of a kitchen cupboard door under the sink. It has one flat side or looks 'D' shaped from above. Makes it so much easier to use for bailing...

 

[Stemar]

I don't have one but this one from Force4 looks pretty sturdy (pretty sturdy price too!)

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I have a blue version that I got in Jersey many years ago. It's battered and beaten, but still going strong. The eye in the handle is what makes it better then a builder's bucket on board