Heads basins: tip up or sliding

[Poignard]

As the OP seems to have become fed up with frivolous replies (I apologise for mine) I'll offer a more serious one.

I have a small s/s sink waiting to be installed in a Formica topped sliding shelf (like WestWittering's installation). This seemed the best arrangement for my boat because:

a) there is enough room for the shelf to slide out of the way of the lavatory pan (may not be the case on some boats with narrow side decks).

b) the tip up basins that I could afford looked pretty flimsy (I could not afford the beautiful s/s one shown above).

c) there is more likelihood of containing splashing with a shelf; epecially if a raised back and sides can be fitted.

But for those like the previous poster who was concerned about hygeine after using the heads, the disadavantage with a sliding sink would be that it needs two hands to pull it out; one of which would be 'unclean'.

 

[chewi]

I found some pics of others...
mine is like the one on the left, (I lied about the plywood top, its a GRP moulding!)

Googled "cobra 750" in googles images.
also "sliding sinks" in googles images.

 

[dgadee]

As the OP seems to have become fed up with frivolous replies (

Don't mind frivolity at all. That was all I was getting though ...

Many thanks for all these suggestions and images. Very useful indeed. I think the sliding sink looks the way for me to go - a bigger sink (perhaps for washing those extremities some of you like to talk about) and they do look more robust than the plastic tip up caravan options. I have quite a wide boat which means there will be space to slide it back out of the way.

 

[carrswood]

Here's ours. Works well:

 

[V1701]

Penguin Engineering have a wide range, here. Prices are reasonable (from £45ish for a stainless basin)...

 

[Forbsie]

In my opinion all of these suggestions are really quite tacky!!

THIS is far more suitable to discerning boaters.

 

[rob2]

That'll look great alongside the elephant's foot umbrella stand!

Rob.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Seems like sliding wins by a country mile. But how easy is it to plumb with H/C? Re - the earlier comment about needing two hands to pull it out, one could use a proprietary kitchen draw slide to make it slide easily.

 

[chewi]

Seems like sliding wins by a country mile. But how easy is it to plumb with H/C? Re - the earlier comment about needing two hands to pull it out, one could use a proprietary kitchen draw slide to make it slide easily.

Choose a sink with an offset drain and keep it back as far as you can.
similarly feeds to tap(s), then you will have more scope to pull it fwd.
it might help to have the back panel hinged at bottom and swinging fwd with the drawer which will give more scope to pull forward, and releasing it from the top would give good access to the pipes.


Mine is just plain grp on dry bearers and only need one hand.
Kitchen drawer slide seems like an unnecessary rust/cleanliness risk.

 

[prv]

Kitchen drawer slide seems like an unnecessary rust/cleanliness risk.

You can buy them in 316 stainless if you want, from specialist suppliers found easily online. I built a chart table using them, so that it can slide back to reveal the fridge and sink and provide extra galley workspace. In theory mine are strong enough for me to stand on the fully-extended chart table (and I am no lightweight) - although in practice I suspect the woodwork they're attached to might give up instead.

Cleanliness is more of an issue (for me too, since they're part of the galley) but you can reduce the muck-catching capacity by carefully considering which way round to mount the slides.

Suspect plain runners are probably fine for all but the most extravagant porcelain heads sinks though.

Pete