Now here's a good idea from a marina

[MoodySabre]

So simple, cheap and effective.

 

[prv]

What is it? A fresh-water filler? Not sure how it's better than a normal hose.

Pete

 

[sailorman]

Colon cleaner

 

[Blueboatman]

It sucks the weed and barnacles away?

Pressurises holding tanks at deck level to ensure good 'back flow'?

Water pistol?

 

[willpatten]

Looks like freshwater - MDL woolversone have done similiar thing and really good way to save / control water

 

[Babylon]

Looks like freshwater - MDL woolversone have done similiar thing and really good way to save / control water

Except that, especially in warm weather when the hose hasn't been used for a while, its a very good idea to let the hose run for a few minutes to clear out the tepid, plastic tasting water before refilling one's tanks.

Having said that, a simple inline cock is a great idea.

 

[MoodySabre]

Just freshwater filler. Tap at the business end where you need it. Made it an easy one-man operation.

Seperate hoses were provide using river water for boat washing.

Sixhaven Marina.

 

[prv]

Tap at the business end where you need it. Made it an easy one-man operation.

That's certainly true. I used the hose to wash out my engine freshwater system the other week (rinsing out old unidentified coolant rather than mixing it with the new). Obviously with a hose in use in the cabin I didn't want to be turning it on and off from the pontoon! I lashed up something vaguely similar to the picture using a mishmash of plumbing parts from the shed.

Perhaps I should make it a permanent addition to the hose? Then again, as Babylon says, I deliberately leave it running while I bring it round to the side-deck and unscrew the filler cap, so as to rinse out the hose and at least some of the plastic piping along the pontoons. So apart from odd jobs like that heat exchanger I wouldn't ever turn the thing off at the business end anyway.

Pete

 

[Giblets]

Northney Marina have similar cut-off valves near the end of their water hoses albeit not as elaborate at that one.

 

[sarabande]

The tap looks as if it is fastened to blue hose. That is industry standard for use with potable water, so it's made out of plastic with much much less translocatable plasticisers than the yellow stuff. And it's the plasticisers which are not good for you. Hence Babylon's advice about letting a hose run for a minute or so is especially valid if the hose is yellow or green, and has been in the the sun for a while.

 

[agurney]

Looks like freshwater - MDL woolversone have done similiar thing and really good way to save / control water

I just fold the last couple of feet of hose; it's just as effective

 

[ferroboat]

I presume that is the water tap, all Spanish marinas have taps like that.


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[onesea]

I carry hose ends and connectors for marinas that do not have them, when I bought the boat the deck fitting was stuck.

Various techniques have failed to free it, I just disconnect the hose below deck and fill it direct.. Hose end tap a necessity.

 

[Simondjuk]

I spend 20 seconds putting my own spray/stop nozzle on the hose. Then another 10 taking it off when I'm done. Genius eh?

 

[Leighb]

I think marinas that fit some sort of tap close to the end of the water hose should be congratulated, but they are few and far between, on the East Coast at least. It does make life easier and should save on water as well. However these days a lot of marinas have removed their hoses and you have to provide your own. They say it is "to comply with Water Authority Regs", but other marinas in the same areas still provide hoses.

 

[Ripster]

Whilst a tap at that end makes a useful tool and cuts waste etc... I would not want that clattering around the deck when I was washing the boat if I dropped it or it dragged over something. Looks like it could do some serious damage. Like others, I just put my own lightweight plasic adaptor on.

 

[sealegsjim]

I spend 20 seconds putting my own spray/stop nozzle on the hose. Then another 10 taking it off when I'm done. Genius eh?

That's what everyone in my marina does - simples!