Toilet technique

[alant]

Is there a technique for going to the heads?
Not in a marina but when sailing and you have got all you wet weather gear and life jacket on.
Trying to go over the side in weather can be dangerous for obvious reasons and the chances are you will also get covered in it.
Going to the heads is much the same. You need about six hands.
The zip on the trousers never seems to go down far enough.
The easiest way is to take most of the stuff off but when short handed it is a pain and time consuming.
Holding the trousers down, aiming in approximately the right direction and keeping yourself upright and safe from being thrown around is a technique I have never fully mastered.
Any useful tips.. I must be missing something.. usually the toilet.

Gentlemen should sit down at sea when peeing!

 

[Rum_Pirate]

On KATE, leeward shrouds. each shoulder resting on outer shrouds, left arm round the left shroud and gripping the mid shroud, right hand outside the right shroud and use to complete the operation. No problem.

Then again this is for a pee only.
The other operation is to organize your day, or if sailing on a long passage to use a 5 gallon pail with a little bit of water in the base. Then chuck it.
Capt'n doesn't allow us (him included) to use the head.

 

[prv]

On KATE, leeward shrouds. each shoulder resting on outer shrouds, left arm round the left shroud and gripping the mid shroud, right hand outside the right shroud and use to complete the operation. No problem.

That's what I used to do on KS, very easy and secure in reasonable conditions, but starts to feel a little precarious once it gets bumpy or we're well heeled over. I guess on Kate the range of peeable conditions is much greater.

Seems bizarre that the head is permanently out of bounds though.

Pete

 

[MASH]

Seems bizarre that the head is permanently out of bounds though.

After the third or fourth time it's been blocked and the culprit has either declined to identify themself or volunteered that they wouldn't be able to put it back together again that's an understandable policy. At sea go over the side or bucket and chuckit. in a storm pee in the cockpit if you gave to.

We once rigged the stern mounted boarding ladder out horizontally with a couple of sail ties and put the bog roll on the hydraulic backstay handle, made a fine seat with feet on the transom and the ties to support you.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Pee in a bucket? Or have a bucket of water handy, pee in the cockpit and rinse away.

+1

If it's rough I keep the bailer handy (dinghy type) allowing you to remain seated in the cockpit and minimising the chance of splashback....

Getting your wet weather gear off is still a faff though....