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Not to diminish the luxury of having an onboard washing machine, here’s an old cruiser’s laundry trick for any who don’t already know it. Fill one or more of those big (6-gallon?), commercial white buckets about 2/3 full with clean seawater, some detergent that’ll lather in saltwater, and some dirty laundry. As with a machine, don’t over-fill it. Leave room for everything to move around. Secure the snap-on lid and lash the bucket at the extreme bow of the boat while underway, especially while sailing to windward. After an hour or so (more on a reach) of bouncing and sloshing, the clothes will be as clean as any machine would get them. Take ’em out, string a line through each, and toss them over the side to trail behind the boat for a thorough rinse. Finally, wring out the seawater, give the clothes a final freshwater rinse (if you can afford the freshwater), wring again and hang to dry. It’s almost more work to write it out than to actually do it.
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I was told by the PO that he used the seat in the shower to wash clothes. He plugged it up, filled it with water and one of those tide power balls while sailing. I don’t think I could get much in there so I have yet to give it a try.
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I tried using the seat basin for laundry while in the Med. A bucket is definitely easier, at least for me.
John
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Linus Martinez < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Quote:I was told by the PO that he used the seat in the shower to wash clothes. He plugged it up, filled it with water and one of those tide power balls while sailing. I don't think I could get much in there so I have yet to give it a try.Linus
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Laundry in the shower seat is a neat idea, the first practical use I’ve heard for that space, but the trick is to maximize the jostling motion. More often than not (and especially going to windward), that’ll happen at bow.
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We always use the tub in the shower for laundry. We filed down a cork
to seal it off. Use a little liquid detergent and it gets done. The
seas are never perfectly calm so it gets sloshed around enough. If
we’re doing pants then I use the entire floor of the shower – but
generally we don’t do pants often. They have to be standing in the
corner by themselves before I bother.while I am intrigued by that little washer I’m not sure it’s going to
bubble up the priority list much.– pat
Doris E, p424 #178Silver Heels wrote, On 11/17/2008 5:08 PM:
Quote:Laundry in the shower seat is a neat idea, the first practical use
I’ve heard for that space, but the trick is to maximize the jostling
motion. More often than not (and especially going to windward),
that’ll happen at bow.
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Well, the truth is that the built in washer does not diminish the utility and convenience of coin operated w/d in marinas as we freeze our way through NC and SC on our way to allegedly warm FL. We have yet to run the washer. I’m hoping it will run off our 2kw inverter, like the mixer and the food processer and the hair dryer.
Quent
Clairebuoyant, lying Georgetown, SC
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