Sitting down to pee..

No, never.
If the weather is bad, you have to fight with loadsa lagging.
If the weather is good, no problem anyway.

Plus, it's really girly.
 
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Real sailors always do it standing up. In a blow, when you're all togged up in your oilies, you just put one foot in the bowl and pee. Simple. Except you have to remember to take your boot off first.

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Yeah, I've been on some of those real sailors' boats and the heads stank to high heaven of stale piddle. Sitty-down mandatory aboard ours.
 
Are other races, besides the British, as interested in matters lavatorial?

Is it something to do with upbringing, i.e. instilling the idea in kids that urinating and defecating are somehow wrong and can only be atoned for by excessive cleanliness and by using coy euphemisms such as "spending a penny, poking Percy at the plumbing, going for a Tom-Tit, etc"?
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Best euphemism I heard was an advance on the polite visitor asking "May I wash my hands," was a request to "Visit the doughnut in granny's greenhouse." Never been able to understand that one. Re the post that started all this, our rule is "sit down at sea." With a crew of three males and one female on board we excuse the female from heads cleaning on the basis that the blokes are more likely to be responsible for any efforts wide of the mark.
 
Of course. It's when you said you take your boot off. The piddle runs down the inside of the oilie leg, and once the fleece midlayer is saturated the excess drips off the hem of the oilie and splatters everywhere. Disgusting habit. Keep your boot on until you've finished, then just empty it over the side.
 
A properly designed and equipped heads compartment enables the male of the species to KNEEL!

That over comes all the objections regarding poor aim, having to half undress and uses the "equipment" to best advantage.
 
Agreed. Plus another requirement for the head, is sufficent space to read a broadsheet newspaper whilst having a crap.
 
My solution is to mount the Lavac two feet above the floor. Then the only risk is the lid coming down sharpish when rolling. Mind you after a week on board we're all permanently dehydrated.
 
My experience of living in the Fatherland was exactly the opposite, there is very strong pressure to ensure that the men sitzt!

These stickers are everywhere:
http://takamoto.stay.jp/image/pinkeln.jpg

But then again maybe I just got in with the wrong crowd:

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=53&story_id=34604

But, I have to admit, it does make sense, especially on a boat (if not all togged up), and if your lazy it does take the weight off of your feet /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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In some cultures it's a man-thing not to sit down. There is a contemptuous German word for the sort of effeminate wimp who sits down - sittzpinkler, or something like that.

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, that's true and is also true in England...very much a public school thing to pee in the urinal and not in the cubicles. Similarly, in pubs it is the custom to leave the door open if you have to pee in a cubicle (if urinals are busy) presumably to prove that you are not peeing sitting down?

I was almost engaged to a girl once whose father was forbidden by his wife to pee on foot, and she tried to force the ruling on me....it was a major factor in the breakup of our relationship!

Since we started living aboard I have always sat, on board or ashore. Much more sensible but not as macho??
 
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[I was almost engaged to a girl once whose father was forbidden by his wife to pee on foot, and she tried to force the ruling on me....it was a major factor in the breakup of our relationship!


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the mother or the girl? Tell us more: it will maek interesting reading! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Problem with sitting down on a standard, smaller than domestic size marine loo is squashing one's tackle thru the gap. And on a 26 footer I recommend that people strip in the cabin and revese in..........it's what I do.
 
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Problem with sitting down on a standard, smaller than domestic size marine loo is squashing one's tackle thru the gap...

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Now I feel really bl**dy inadequate /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
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And on a 26 footer I recommend that people strip in the cabin and revese in..........it's what I do.

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We favour the reverse method, head sticking out much more sociable. But I must admit I am inclined to use a small beach bucket. Insert your tackle and lurch about to your hearts content. Easy to dispose of and minimal clothes removal.
 
There is no need to Kneel. No need to sit down and no need to pee all over the floor when the boat lurches.

Use a piss pot. A nice one with a handle as used in hospitals is just the ticket.

You don't have to take your jacket off. You don't have to take your trousers down. You can just open th zip and stand up holding the container over the old gentleman and even the drips will be contained. Then empty it into the pan or overboard. If you are single handed you can even keep it by the helm.

Whatever you do don't pee over the side unless you know someone can easily recover you if you go for an involuntary swim. There was a Drascombe fatality this year when a single handed sailor apparently stopped the boat, fell overboard and couldn't get back in although we will never know for certain what he was doing or why he fell.
 
Re: Sitting down to pee..Re Mac27

QUOTE: If you are single handed you can even keep it by the helm.

Why's that then, in case you get a thirst on?
 
Yes same thing happened to me when I got up in the middle of the night to visit the ensuite loo in a B and B in Mull after having had several pints of Tennants earlier that evening .

Woke up on my back looking at the ceiling with my feet just before the loo and my head towards the wall . Whole back was sore . Good job it was a large bathroom nearly missed the radiator in the loo. Back was sore for a week
 
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