Home depot. One hole for shower mixer valve, the other for shower hose outlet.
Quent
Clairebuoyant #132

I replaced mine with a two knob system with 4″ centers. Works ok. Should have done it with a mixer.

There is a tremendous space outboard of the shower. I and many others have put watertight access hatches there. When cutting the hole just realize that whatever you cut out will end up under the shower in an unreachable place. That's happened to at least two people, myself included. I store blankets and comforters for guests. Sheets and sweaters, too.

I plan on putting another access hatch below the little tub for storing shampoo and my 'Absorber' fake chamois that I wipe the shower down with. Other than that, I really don't see any purpose for it. I suppose you could plug the drain and make a little foot bath or something if you need to.

I may put some weather stripping around the seat so that I don't have to take it out every time I shower, but that's a distant project of 12 minutes or so.

Still on a dollar for dollar basis, upgrades to the shower are the most productive…

Bob

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Home depot. One hole for shower mixer valve, the other for shower hose outlet.
Quent
Clairebuoyant #132

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Dan,
Definitely go the single lever mixer route. Its an easy install and it helps save water when taking a shower – no need to experiment with water termperature (except when running the engine – my hot water is scalding after an hour or so of engine operation).
Pics of what I did are here: http://www.svsarah.com/Sarah/ewUpgradeHead.htm.

I would certainly like to know what Pearson intended for that little tub. I guess it could be used to bath a toddler or a small pet. I stopped the drain with a cork and used it for a while to wash clothes. Eventually I started using salt water for the wash and fresh water only for the rinse and went to a bucket in the cockpit. Now it's just a place that just collects soap scum. I may do what Bob plans – seal the seat to keep the tub dry. Maybe then I could use it for storage.
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Dan,
That locker door is what Bob described in his post. I'm the other guy who let the cut-out piece of plastic slide down under the shower pan. The space outboard of the shower pan is the width of the deck so there's a lot of space. The best use would be to put in a shelf, but for me that would have required a larger cutout and hatch (I can't get my shoulders through the existing hole to do any kind of installation work). I use this space as Bob does for towels and linens. I put them in small duffel bags that fit through the opening. They will not slide under the shower pan as the cutout did. They also will keep everything dry should the shower mixer start to leak.

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John:

Thanks for the input. I'll investigate mixer fittings further to see what works. The idea of a bar for the shower head is a great idea. So is a light.

I noticed the locker door in your head picture. Is there much room back in there?

Thanks

Dan Kalinowski
Lady Leanne (135)
Honolulu

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John Stevenson
http://www.svsarah.com

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The locker shown here: http://www.svsarah.com/Sarah/ewUpgradeStorage.htm

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:36 PM, John Stevenson < ([email][/email])> wrote:

Dan,
That locker door is what Bob described in his post. I'm the other guy who let the cut-out piece of plastic slide down under the shower pan. The space outboard of the shower pan is the width of the deck so there's a lot of space. The best use would be to put in a shelf, but for me that would have required a larger cutout and hatch (I can't get my shoulders through the existing hole to do any kind of installation work). I use this space as Bob does for towels and linens. I put them in small duffel bags that fit through the opening. They will not slide under the shower pan as the cutout did. They also will keep everything dry should the shower mixer start to leak.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, kalinowski < ([email][/email])> wrote:

John:

Thanks for the input. I'll investigate mixer fittings further to see what works. The idea of a bar for the shower head is a great idea. So is a light.

I noticed the locker door in your head picture. Is there much room back in there?

Thanks

Dan Kalinowski
Lady Leanne (135)
Honolulu

—
Regards,
John Stevenson
http://www.svsarah.com

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Regards,
John Stevenson
http://www.svsarah.com

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Go here and see installation.
http://www.dublerfamily.com/Regina_oceani/Interior.html All fittings
are just standard plumbing stuff. I use slip-in fittings for the hard
plastic tubing.

Pete

John Stevenson wrote:

Dan,
Definitely go the single lever mixer route. Its an easy install and
it helps save water when taking a shower – no need to experiment with
water termperature (except when running the engine – my hot water is
scalding after an hour or so of engine operation).
Pics of what I did are here:
http://www.svsarah.com/Sarah/ewUpgradeHead.htm.

I would certainly like to know what Pearson intended for that little
tub. I guess it could be used to bath a toddler or a small pet. I
stopped the drain with a cork and used it for a while to wash
clothes. Eventually I started using salt water for the wash and fresh
water only for the rinse and went to a bucket in the cockpit. Now
it’s just a place that just collects soap scum. I may do what Bob
plans – seal the seat to keep the tub dry. Maybe then I could use it
for storage.
—
Regards,
John Stevenson
http://www.svsarah.com <http://www.svsarah.com>

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We put a shelf in the bottom of ours, painted the fiberglass white, and
got a bunch of large plastic containers from wal-mart to hold all our
linens. With a combination of two sizes (deep and not so deep), we can
fill the volume pretty much solid with containers full of linens. The
nice thing about the sealed container is if you put a dryer sheet in
each one, your linens stay nice and fresh.

Pete

John Stevenson wrote:

Dan,
That locker door is what Bob described in his post. I’m the other guy
who let the cut-out piece of plastic slide down under the shower pan.
The space outboard of the shower pan is the width of the deck so
there’s a lot of space. The best use would be to put in a shelf, but
for me that would have required a larger cutout and hatch (I can’t get
my shoulders through the existing hole to do any kind of installation
work). I use this space as Bob does for towels and linens. I put
them in small duffel bags that fit through the opening. They will not
slide under the shower pan as the cutout did. They also will keep
everything dry should the shower mixer start to leak.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, kalinowski
< > wrote:

John:

Thanks for the input. I’ll investigate mixer fittings further to
see what works. The idea of a bar for the shower head is a great
idea. So is a light.

I noticed the locker door in your head picture. Is there much room
back in there?

Thanks

Dan Kalinowski
Lady Leanne (135)
Honolulu

—
Regards,
John Stevenson
http://www.svsarah.com <http://www.svsarah.com>

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Hi Pete,

I use those vacuum bags for my stuff – they make them now so you don't need an actual vacuum cleaner and it really does reduce the volume magnificently. For like 29.00 you get a slew of them. I think you can get them at https://www.spacebag.com/spacebag/901763/

They work surprisingly well.

Bob

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We put a shelf in the bottom of ours, painted the fiberglass white, and got a bunch of large plastic containers from wal-mart to hold all our linens. With a combination of two sizes (deep and not so deep), we can fill the volume pretty much solid with containers full of linens. The nice thing about the sealed container is if you put a dryer sheet in each one, your linens stay nice and fresh.

Pete

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s/v Pelican
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Yes we use some of the roll-up type of space bags. These have a one-way
valve at the bottom. You roll the bag with the stuff in it and the air
is pushed out. We use them for clothing. Good idea to use these
instead of the bins for the linens as well.

Pete

Robert Fine wrote:

Hi Pete,

I use those vacuum bags for my stuff – they make them now so you don’t
need an actual vacuum cleaner and it really does reduce the volume
magnificently. For like 29.00 you get a slew of them. I think you
can get them at https://www.spacebag.com/spacebag/901763/

They work surprisingly well.

Bob

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Pete Dubler <
> wrote:

We put a shelf in the bottom of ours, painted the fiberglass
white, and got a bunch of large plastic containers from wal-mart
to hold all our linens. With a combination of two sizes (deep and
not so deep), we can fill the volume pretty much solid with
containers full of linens. The nice thing about the sealed
container is if you put a dryer sheet in each one, your linens
stay nice and fresh.

Pete

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s/v Pelican
Hull #8

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