Plastic sliders for sink

[dgadee]

With a shower one needs to make sure that one is going to have an adequate supply of hot water & that the freshwater tanks have sufficient capacity. If in a marina one can easily fill up, but then a marina shower may be the better option anyway. If on a mooring it may mean ferrying water to the boat or risk running out sooner than expected. Also to get that hot water it may mean running the engine first. Not a problem to many, but a nuisance if on a quiet mooring for a couple of days. Or parked up that muddy creek that so many sailors seem to love

On the other, larger, boat this was certainly a problem which was solved by having a suitcase gennie to heat the water in the morning for her shower and hairdryer. Then - at vast expense and many months of planning and installation - a watermaker was added. Luckily she is not very keen on marinas (and the price of some in the Med cause a Scot to tremble) so we are pretty well independent of taps. The plan for this smaller boat is to put extra water tankage in under the cabin seats to keep the shower going for that bit longer. When we set off cruising 200 litres would do for 2 days maximum. Usage is a bit less these days, but not much less.

 

[alan_d]

Sorry, no more pics, and not sure where that came from (is a reverse image search possible?) There are very few images out there with sliding sinks I found. And very little discussion of their benefits/problems which is why Neil39's comment was useful to me.

My Konsort has a sliding sink. I don't have a picture of mine, but I found this one on the net HERE

 

[ScillyPuffin]

My Konsort has the original sliding sink, like the photos above, which I intend to keep. I don't find the drainage line is a problem when pulling it out, but it doesn't slide completely smoothly so is a two hand job and I tend to use to main sink for hand washing. Else I find it works well.
Mine is on aluminum strips as well, perhaps by upgrading this the process could be made smoother.