Showering on passage using seawater drawn up by a bucket on a line.

[MisterBaxter]

You have a very big bucket!!

I might be misremembering the capacity, it was twenty years ago! But it was unusually big as buckets go, can't quite recall why I had it on the boat now...

 

[westhinder]

Filling a bucket when underway?
Chuck it - head down so it fills quickly - ahead of where you are standing.
Haul in on the lanyard and get it clear of the water before it comes abreast of where you are standing.
Simples.

That's exactly as I was taught as a lad by the barge skipper

 

[Mudisox]

"That's exactly as I was taught as a lad by the barge skipper."

And not just Barge skippers, my grandfather taught me this, almost the first thing he did when we went sailing almost 70 years ago.

 

[Blueboatman]

Old buckets Vs 99p diy ones
I have a heavy old rubber bucket that is relatively small . I think it would sink if I let go of the lanyard

 

[emandvee44]

We have used this stuff, works well.
M.

 

[john_morris_uk]

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We have used this stuff, works well.
M.

I’ve never had any problems getting a good lather up using regular body wash or shampoo so I wonder what’s special about this stuff?

 

[capnsensible]

Filling a bucket when underway?
Chuck it - head down so it fills quickly - ahead of where you are standing.
Haul in on the lanyard and get it clear of the water before it comes abreast of where you are standing.
Simples.

Should you happen to be on a modern yacht with a sugar scoop transom, the water retrieval technique needs adjusting.....

But you can also dangle your feet in the sea.

 

[Stemar]

I’ve never had any problems getting a good lather up using regular body wash or shampoo so I wonder what’s special about this stuff?

Marine pricing?

 

[john_morris_uk]

Marine pricing?

My suspicion exactly.