Using the heads on board

Just_sayin'

Just_sayin'

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Assuming four of you on board and no harbour facilities, do you have a set routine for, er, the morning "clear out”?

Radio on to cover the noise?

Wait for people to go on deck? Not go ON deck. You know what I mean.

Scuttle in and hope no-one notices?

Is there deathly silence whilst you ‘perform’?

Is there an understood waiting time before the next visit?

Or do you just go”HOLY SH*T, what exactly did you eat last night? :nonchalance:
 
We have an appointments book and guests and family are required to book their slots, with a maximum of seven and a half minutes. It lives on the chart table.
 
Just_sayin' said:
Even I can't complete the Telegraph crossword in that time. You must know some clever people.
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The skipper is exempt. I can usually do the crossword in that time but not usually the toughie, which I do first. Crew are not permitted to deface the paper until I have dealt with it.
 
Don't even really consider the issue. With guests on board we use forward heads which is in our closed off area leaving them to use the aft heads - and with 6 people on board there's enough clatter to cover any noise.
 
If it's the Curry Night team out for their annual sail it's advertised mayhem gagaramma. Otherwise, the guests use the aft heads, far away from everyone (centre cockpit) where discretion is assured.
 
I found that banning paper down the loo and introducing a little bin (with removable sack I hasten to add) for the "ahem.. wipings" has worked wonders in reducing the amount of toilet traffic in my albeit very short amount of time boat ownership history.
 
Electric flushing loo, extractor fan (covers noises and gets rid of smell) plus carbon filters. Job or jobby as the case may be, done!
 
The danger of sending everyone into the cockpit whilst the business is done is not without pitfalls........ after pumping out, there always seem to be bits and pieces that come to the surface, which then drift slowly aft in the current, occasionally being chased by myriads of small fish. :eek:
 
I remember the late great JD Sleightholme writing about this.

Some people creep into the heads and manage to perform silently then creep out again.

Others will happily sit there discussing the latest cricket results with the people in the cabin whilst using it as a thunderbox.

His conclusion was that a considerate skipper would make a point of putting Radio 4 on loudly every day between 8 and 9 a.m. :encouragement:

(I do miss his wit)
 
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