Washing socks in the same bucket as the T-shirts.

[oldvarnish]

Any tips because I am doing this as a single-hander these days.

Try the American method of washing clothes. I used it on an ocean passage and it works. Buy Ammonia from a hardware store. Add a cupful of ammonia to a bucket of warmish water and put your dirty clothes in. Give them a good old soak and a bit of a stir round.
Here's the clever bit - simply wring out the wet clothes by hand and hang them out to dry. No need to rinse because the ammonia evaporates - thus saving water, so very useful on passage.
The ammonia is hugely effective at killing smelly bacteria, which is what washing is mostly about. But it's not a detergent so don't expect everything to come out dazzling white.

 

[BurnitBlue]

Try the American method of washing clothes. I used it on an ocean passage and it works. Buy Ammonia from a hardware store. Add a cupful of ammonia to a bucket of warmish water and put your dirty clothes in. Give them a good old soak and a bit of a stir round.
Here's the clever bit - simply wring out the wet clothes by hand and hang them out to dry. No need to rinse because the ammonia evaporates - thus saving water, so very useful on passage.
The ammonia is hugely effective at killing smelly bacteria, which is what washing is mostly about. But it's not a detergent so don't expect everything to come out dazzling white.

Well thank you for that tip. It really does make sense. I have a jar of extremely strong ammonia left behind by a tenant in my house. Haven't known what to do with it before now. Yes it is the rinsing that takes up all the fresh water. YBW strikes again.

 

[jordanbasset]

We used to do the washing in a bucket routine but after a few times we decided that at around 5 euros a pop you could get a week load of washing done (cheapest was 3 euros most expensive 8 euros) then dried it on the boat so did not need ironing. No longer liveaboards but when we were I considered that the best 5 euros we spent.