Who ever uses marina loos or showers?

[DJE]

And even the most palatial showers never seem to be adequately ventilated. They are often so hot and humid that you come out sweatier than you went in.

 

[Sandy]

I feel the need for a 'How good are the amenity block thread?' thread coming on.

I'll need to check the log book. From memory the best were Portland and the worst somewhere in Cowes.

 

[johnalison]

If you have ever used the facilities in Bruinisse you would certainly have no qualms about using their shore side showers etc. I just wish some of the UK marina operators would follow the example.
i think some architects should be made to use the facilities after they have designed them. Especially the idiot who designed Eastbourne's showers with the loo in the shower compartment. There is nothing like having a shower just after some winch monkey has dumped the previous nights curry in the same cubicle that you need to use to shower because that is the only available one
if berthed in Scarborough then on board facilities are the only option - unless one has had a typhoid injection before hand of course

Combined loo/shower cubicles have appeared as a luxury item in recent years. They have the 'advantage' of being unisex and are OK so long as they are well maintained. I think the first example I came across was at Hamble Point.

More important generally is e separation of the shower room from the stinking loo room, but I don't seem to find this often. Far from worrying about ventilation, I am more concerned about heating, since we oldies start our season before things have warmed up. Cold tile floors are unwelcoming, even more so if they are wet and dirty. A simple plastic shower mat is all that is needed to improve the situation. A shower curtain seems to be an exclusively British invention; if only the numbskulls who patronise the showers could be bothered to use them.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I feel the need for a 'How good are the amenity block thread?' thread coming on.

I'll need to check the log book. From memory the best were Portland and the worst somewhere in Cowes.

The best I have encountered were at Portavadie, though the free hair straighteners for men are now just a memory. The worst were at Gigha, where a single dodgy shower has to do anyone from a boat who wants one as well as the increasingly chavvy camp site outside the Boathouse.

 

[alant]

I feel the need for a 'How good are the amenity block thread?' thread coming on.

I'll need to check the log book. From memory the best were Portland and the worst somewhere in Cowes.

Cowes - yuck, who was the architect/plumber, who thought that whilst cleaning teeth etc on a Sunday morning, with toilet function from a heavy night boozing just a metre behind you, was a great combination, should have their professional credentials burned in publc.

Poole - who thought that motion activated lights only at the entrance, were a good idea?
I well remember, whilst at early morning prayers, being left in complete (and I do mean complete) darkness, stumbling around trying to find entrance to reactivate.

 

[alant]

Cowes - yuck, who was the architect/plumber, who thought that whilst cleaning teeth etc on a Sunday morning, with toilet function from a heavy night boozing just a metre behind you, was a great combination, should have their professional credentials burned in publc.

Poole - who thought that motion activated lights only at the entrance, were a good idea?
I well remember, whilst at early morning prayers, being left in complete (and I do mean complete) darkness, stumbling around trying to find entrance to reactivate.

Worse still, those shower cubicles with no hooks to hang your clothes.

 

[Kukri]

I feel the need for a 'How good are the amenity block thread?' thread coming on.

I'll need to check the log book. From memory the best were Portland and the worst somewhere in Cowes.

Berthon must be a contender.

 

[Lucky Duck]

The ones a the yacht haven are also top notch but at over £4 per meter a night - they ought to be.

The ones a Chichester marina benefit from under floor heating and piped music

One snag with the otherwise decent facilities at Portland is from time to time they seemed to get used as the "overspill" toilets for the adjacent pub.

 

[mjcoon]

And even the most palatial showers never seem to be adequately ventilated. They are often so hot and humid that you come out sweatier than you went in.

But no doubt the ones with only tepid water will have a good breeze blowing through...

Mike.

 

[mjcoon]

Poole - who thought that motion activated lights only at the entrance, were a good idea?

Yes, motions should be restricted to cubicles...

Mike.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Our old boat had/has a shower but disabled. With only 100L of water on board and a swinging mooring no one was going to waste precious drinking water on showers. Harbour visits are opportunity to shower and fill fuel and water tanks.

I expect that those who shower on board are those who due to ill luck are forced to keep their boats in marinas, where they can fill their water tanks daily if they so wish. Showering on board then gives an illusion of indipendece

 

[weustace]

I have just returned from the second 2 week cruise of the summer on an Achilles 24. We did not feel the temptation to use the flexible plastic bucket [i.e. the heads] while in the marina, nor the (as yet unchristened—and long may it continue so) chemical lavatory under my bunk. We did actually have a shower while close hauled on passage in F5-6 on passage from Guernsey to Plymouth, as did the chart table, courtesy of a previously undiscovered serious deck leak in a stanchion base... otherwise showers only ashore too. I am now bound for a fortnight aboard a Beneteau First 40, with hot running water—the mere thought of such decadence makes me weak at the knees

 

[Skylark]

There's normally just 2 of us aboard so we have the pleasure of a shower each. No real desire to use rampant fungal infected marina showers. Have the cleaners never heard of disinfectant.

 

[RupertW]

Our old boat had/has a shower but disabled. With only 100L of water on board and a swinging mooring no one was going to waste precious drinking water on showers. Harbour visits are opportunity to shower and fill fuel and water tanks.

I expect that those who shower on board are those who due to ill luck are forced to keep their boats in marinas, where they can fill their water tanks daily if they so wish. Showering on board then gives an illusion of indipendece

You suspect wrong in our case. 3 x 220l tanks lasts a long time for a couple showering at least twice a day and mostly living on the hook.

 

[JumbleDuck]

You suspect wrong in our case. 3 x 220l tanks lasts a long time for a couple showering at least twice a day and mostly living on the hook.

The average 5 minute domestic shower uses 45 litres of water, so at that rate the two of you would get through 180 litres per day. Does that sound about right?

 

[sailor211]

There's normally just 2 of us aboard so we have the pleasure of a shower each. No real desire to use rampant fungal infected marina showers. Have the cleaners never heard of disinfectant.

That may be how they are but when I have paid BERTHON £48 for a night I need to have some benefits. I would much prefer to pay £20 and shower on board.

 

[Robin]

that may be how they are but when i have paid berthon £48 for a night i need to have some benefits. I would much prefer to pay £20 and shower on board.

buoys opposite town quay?

 

[RupertW]

No - about 30 or 40 I think - boat showers use a lot less water

 

[Heckler]

I think that’s a big factor - we used them all the time when we had a 31 footer but when looking for this boat 2 heads were an essential requirement ( I couldn’t see why but I get the point now). Using up boat resources isn’t an issue as that’s what they are for and the convenience of just opening your bathroom cabinet rather than living out of a washbag and the shower itself cleans the compartment with a quick spray around at the end.

Getting into the habit of boat as independent home means we usually have a nice hot shower when sailing overnight although pressing the button to empty the shower sump when heeling needs precise timing.

Im with you on this. Two heads on mine, one overboard, one portapotti. so always use. Shower, in Bruces Yard at mo so use theirs to save hauling the waste water to the drain, otherwise would use on board.

 

[alant]

The average 5 minute domestic shower uses 45 litres of water, so at that rate the two of you would get through 180 litres per day. Does that sound about right?

10gallons/ shower?