Do you use your own Hosepipe?

[claymore]

To fill your water tank?
If so which - I've been looking at some of the elasticated jobbies but there is such a choice

 

[Stemar]

One of these

Expensive, but I've had it for the best part of 10 years, so cheaper than a sensibly priced one that doesn't last. (Had one of those, too )

 

[ashtead]

Yes all the pontoon hoses were taken back by most marinas to save money(elf and safety ?) so a rare sight now in uk. We have the flat hose but real pain to recoil so a extending hose from your local garden centre or diy store is softer and greater length . I guess these are the elasticated jobbies . Be aware these type do split though more quickly (we are on our second) than your cheap hose from the local pound store

 

[Poignard]

I use Hozelock yellow hose. I have 2 lengths and a connector. Most of the time I only need to use one length.

 

[JumbleDuck]

No, because every marina I visit has hoses available.

 

[sarabande]

Try to avoid the yellow hoses as they are not designed for potable water. If left out in the sun, the plasticisers (chemicals that make the hose flexible) can migrate into the water - probably in minute quantities, but ...

Potable water hoses are usually coloured blue if the whole hose is made from a single plastic plus reinforcement, or sometimes you can buy with a liner, e.g.

Potable Drinking Water Hoses | Water Irrigation


I like the idea of flat hoses for storage space reasons but find they kink and wrap themselves under cleats.


Much more choice available form e.g. Amazon than the last time I looked a couple of years ago.

Amazon.com : potable water hose

 

[Robin]

Home marina still has hoses. We carry a reel hose that can be used partially unrolled, I Think it is Hozelock, affordably bought at tool station. Tried a flat cassette one from Force 4 that was returned faulty same day. hose apparently designed for larger size and adapted to EU 19mm but fittings just fell off under slightest pressure. Previously owned brilliant original cassette hose that lasted over 10 years. Also have one of the snake recoil ones which if needed gets used before the reel one to extend its 50m range. Also carry a bag of tap/hose connectors and adapters since these are in high demand from the light fingered brethren.

 

[Roberto]

The extendable ones have the disadvantage of much reducing the pressure of the water at their boat end, I have one and it takes 3x-4x the time to fill the tanks than with the regular rubber hose; what's nice is an extendend length of 20-25m, once emptied and back to its normal size can fit into a small shopping bag.

 

[johnalison]

I use one of those blue reel hoses from a chandler's, bought to replace a similar one that suffered a dissecting aneurysm, if you know what that is. I see people struggling to get the water out of the hose when re-reeling, which I find entertaining, when all you need to do is use gravity to do it for you. We keep a wide variety of adapters, though Continental taps have become more uniform in recent years. I have heard that the elastic hoses don't last very long but are convenient for occasional use.

I am happy to use a marina hose if present, if only to save the bother of getting ours out. The main thing is to run the water for a minute before putting it into the tank. The waste water can always be used for washing the boat.

 

[Birdseye]

To fill your water tank?
If so which - I've been looking at some of the elasticated jobbies but there is such a choice

An el cheepo from lidl or aldi - cant remember which. Been using it since they arrived in the UK so it must be 10 years or more.

 

[Boathook]

Ive got a x hose, the one that extends. No problem with the hose material itself, but the boat end fitting broke. Managed to get a new one foc from the company but that then broke. I now have a mix of fittings on the end so that I can use it. If it breaks again I'm going back to a traditional hose. I don't think that a normal hose should be used for drinking water, but as it isn't used for storage, water flowing through it shouldn't be a problem over a short length.

 

[Sandy]

No, our home marina has blue hoses. We carry 200 lts of water so rarely need to refill, if we do we use a Jerry can.

 

[Leighb]

No, our home marina has blue hoses. We carry 200 lts of water so rarely need to refill, if we do we use a Jerry can.

You must be very frugal with water? We have about 200L and it lasts no more than 5 days or so, no showers, just strip washing , and use for drinking, washing up etc.
We do have one of those flat hose reels, it is compact, but a bit of a fiddle to put away, and can only be used when fully unreeled. Until a couple of weeks ago I had a rather unsatisfactory collection of lengths of garden hose, so having got fed up with joints leaking or bursting open I bought a Hoselock garden hose reel with 25m of yellow hose. It is great, no leaks and can be unrolled just as much as needed. Downside is it is quite bulky, but we have an enormous lazarette under the cockpit floor no plenty of room. Our club marina did have proper hoses on reels until last winter, but they have now been removed for reasons that are unclear.

 

[johnalison]

We carry 250l and get through it in about three days. I like to shower on board, and it keeps the water fresh the more it is used.

 

[[3889]]

The extendable ones have the disadvantage of much reducing the pressure of the water at their boat end, I have one and it takes 3x-4x the time to fill the tanks than with the regular rubber hose; what's nice is an extendend length of 20-25m, once emptied and back to its normal size can fit into a small shopping bag.

Do you allow it to fully 'inflate' before opening the nozzle. Makes a big difference to flow rate.
They are convenient for stowage but not mechanically robust, especially if bent sharply near the couplings. Still, cheap enough and we're on our second.
Interesting comments on water consumption. Showering (frugally) everyday we use 12l / day / pax

 

[RupertW]

We carry 250l and get through it in about three days. I like to shower on board, and it keeps the water fresh the more it is used.

We have 600l and like you we shower on board and have a deck shower and do basic clothes washing but even so use about half your rate. Good to be self-contained and not use marina public facilities though.

We have a couple of lengths of bog standard hose. One yellow and one green.Never coil them but stuff them into the locker in a heap as they come out without kinks then.

 

[Momac]

250 litres of water last us a couple or three days as others have said .
I use the blue flat cassette hose like the one shown above. On my second one in 12 years and it seems okay but it will probably go he same way a as the last one and perish in the end.
The expandable hoses look like they are better for storage . .......getting the flat hose back in its cassette is always a pain.

 

[Roberto]

Do you allow it to fully 'inflate' before opening the nozzle. Makes a big difference to flow rate.
They are convenient for stowage but not mechanically robust, especially if bent sharply near the couplings. Still, cheap enough and we're on our second.

I understand mine is a bit different: it actually about 10m long, it's not flat, actually it appears like a normal hose. When I open the tap its outside diameter remains the same but it stretches to more than twice its length, as it fills with water it gives the impression of a contorting dying snake. When totally extended it remains at that length as long as water flows. Once I shut the tap, it shrinks back to its original length.
I was overenthousiastic and bought a section which stretched to about 50m, water outflow was so weak I cut it into two smaller lengths, but it's still rather slow. Once empty though it could fit into a shoe box.

 

[Sandy]

You must be very frugal with water? We have about 200L and it lasts no more than 5 days or so, no showers, just strip washing , and use for drinking, washing up etc.

Sounds like we are very frugal. Perhaps the salt water tap really does help?

 

[JumbleDuck]

Sounds like we are very frugal. Perhaps the salt water tap really does help?

We get through ~100 litres between two of us in a week or so. No shower. For longer trips we fill a bow tank as well which gives another week.