What a shower?

Does nobody else go for the 'cockpit shower'? Hunker down in the cockpit, kit off, washing up bowl of hot water (kettle or calorifier) and jugs of water over the head. I even do this in the boatyard in the middle of winter when the shower block is only 100m away.
 
UK-WOOZY said:
i thought with the 2GM20 being seawater cooles and not fresh it couldnt have a calorifier.
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Depends on how you plumb it in.

Hot water circuit from your engine goes via the calorifier, where it exchanges heat with the body of water contained within, thence on to the exhaust in the usual manor. Do not expect piping hot water.
 
The showers at Yarmouth used to give you six minutes for your dosh, which I found quite comfortable. Two minutes sounds like a bit of a sprint!
 
I bought on Ebay and re-furbished a Westerbeke 8KW genset. It was the open version without a soundbox.

Installed, £1600.00 all in. Apart from the crane lift I did the rest, at home in the workshop or on the boat. Used it heavily all last season, living aboard for 5 months.

35 minutes every morning gave a tank of hot water and gave the batteries a kick. We have a nice shower on board and we make good use of it.

A sound box is on the agenda shortly-should make it significantly quieter.

The lovely sailing club at Ballydorn in Strangford Lough uses a decommisioned lightship as club HQ. The shower cubicle in the gents is very nice, but brother-is it small! I banged my elbows and if I had dropped the soap it would have been a door open job to pick it up.
 
Steve_N said:
Does nobody else go for the 'cockpit shower'? Hunker down in the cockpit, kit off, washing up bowl of hot water (kettle or calorifier) and jugs of water over the head. I even do this in the boatyard in the middle of winter when the shower block is only 100m away.
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I used to do that in the previous boat, at anchor or moored. Probably wouldn't be popular in a raft at Yarmouth for instance :)

Current boat has a more spacious heads compartment with a drain under the sole and a sprayer hose on the sink tap. Calling it a shower is a bit optimistic, but it's perfectly effective for a stand-up wash so that's what I do.

Pete
 
richardbrennan said:
The showers at Yarmouth used to give you six minutes for your dosh, which I found quite comfortable. Two minutes sounds like a bit of a sprint!
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Two minutes is about what I normally take, though four is more generous. Someone did some research and found that young lads normally take eleven. A problem often arises when the showerer has no control over the water coming out in a pay-shower. He or she may not know whether the water just cuts off, which is fine, or whether only the hot water does so, in which case the frequent result is a high-pitched shriek so the old water strikes home.
 
johnalison said:
A problem often arises when the showerer has no control over the water coming out in a pay-shower. He or she may not know whether the water just cuts off, which is fine, or whether only the hot water does so, in which case the frequent result is a high-pitched shriek so the old water strikes home.
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<coughs politely, points at a post from yesterday>

JumbleDuck said:
The really important thing to know, though, is whether a PAYG marina shower is a turner-offer or a goer-colder. PB is a turner-offer.
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Steve_N said:
Does nobody else go for the 'cockpit shower'? Hunker down in the cockpit, kit off, washing up bowl of hot water (kettle or calorifier) and jugs of water over the head. I even do this in the boatyard in the middle of winter when the shower block is only 100m away.
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Are you trying to give Fifers the name of being tight? Be advised that the showers in "your" boatyard are now free.:D
 
Sandy said:
Depends on how you plumb it in.

Hot water circuit from your engine goes via the calorifier, where it exchanges heat with the body of water contained within, thence on to the exhaust in the usual manor. Do not expect piping hot water.
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The mistake most people make is to take exit water from the engine through the calorifier and thence to the exhaust manifold. This water is a mixture of heated and bypass water, possibly only at 40C or less, so of little value. The way it should be done is to circulate hot water from the engine jacket to the calorifier with an additional small electric pump. Thousands of Bukh seawater cooled engines use this method and it works just as well on Yanmars. Hot water from my calorifier was too hot to touch after about 15 minutes of motoring when I had a Bukh. There is a page on calorifiers on my website that will tell you exactly how to do it.
 
Steve_N said:
Does nobody else go for the 'cockpit shower'? Hunker down in the cockpit, kit off, washing up bowl of hot water (kettle or calorifier) and jugs of water over the head. I even do this in the boatyard in the middle of winter when the shower block is only 100m away.
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Until recently we didn't have any shoe side showers around these parts, so a cockpit tent, kettle, and one of those solar camping showers does the job. And being see through, you know exactly how long it's going to last!
 
Hauled out in boatyard at Ridge Wharf at the moment, showers are hot and free. The only issue I have is the damn push button that only allows about 10 secs of water at a push, but there is a solution if the pipe is accessable - two bits of cord and a wooden / metal bar to hold the button in ;)
 
NormanS said:
Are you trying to give Fifers the name of being tight? Be advised that the showers in "your" boatyard are now free.:D
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Yes, Norman, I presumed that those were the free showers that you referred to in your previous post! I've been using them quite a lot, and very nice they are too, but sadly the past weekend they were out of order so I reverted to the cockpit shower on the mooring.
We do have a very nice shower on board but it involves using 2 shower curtains to protect the heads woodwork so if conditions (and neighbours) permit it's often simpler to just use the cockpit.
 
Kelpie said:
U..., and one of those solar camping showers does the job. And being see through, you know exactly how long it's going to last!
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Surely a see-through solar shower is hardly going to get hot at all?

We used to hang the solar bag outside the heads with the hose through the hatch. The next person in the queue would monitor the shape of the bag closely...

Mike.
 
Steve_N said:
Yes, Norman, I presumed that those were the free showers that you referred to in your previous post! I've been using them quite a lot, and very nice they are too, but sadly the past weekend they were out of order so I reverted to the cockpit shower on the mooring.
We do have a very nice shower on board but it involves using 2 shower curtains to protect the heads woodwork so if conditions (and neighbours) permit it's often simpler to just use the cockpit.
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The (greatly improved) boatyard showers weren't actually the ones that I referred to, as I only use them in the winter. The free ones referred to are on a small island. We do have a shower aboard, but as it depends on a mixer tap to adjust the temperature, it wastes an awful amount of water. We tend to use a basin, which in good conditions, maybe two days in the summer, :D is used outside, but normally in the toilet compartment.
 
UK-WOOZY said:
this? http://coxeng.co.uk/engine/calorifier-installation/

i still dont understand. but guessing its expensive to do on a 2GM20
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Why would you think that? You need the calorifier of course but otherwise a couple of hose tails, some hose and a pump. If you were to buy the latter new it might be £100 but I bought an ex-Jag one on Ebay for £25. Last time I looked there were lots at around this price, plus the usual chancers at far more.

I don't know exactly how it would all go together on a 2GM but I doubt it would be very difficult.
 
mjcoon said:
Surely a see-through solar shower is hardly going to get hot at all?

We used to hang the solar bag outside the heads with the hose through the hatch. The next person in the queue would monitor the shape of the bag closely...

Mike.
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That's why I also said it involved a kettle!
 
mjcoon said:
Surely a see-through solar shower is hardly going to get hot at all?

We used to hang the solar bag outside the heads with the hose through the hatch. The next person in the queue would monitor the shape of the bag closely...

Mike.
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I don't have one but the ones I have seen had a transparent front and a black backing to absorb the energy, so the term see-through has some meaning.
 
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