Would anyone have a link or photo to shower sump drain? Ours is missing and the vinyl house is plugged. 30mkII aft head.
Thanks Kevin Sent from a mobile device. On Feb 24, 2014 2:25 PM, "Tom Anderson" <t...@nonpareilracing.com> wrote: > Steve, > While cruising, we usually take showers, although quick ones every day. > Our 32 came with shower installed with sump pickup under grate. We also > carry two five gallon sun showers while cruising. They work great for > ferrying water back to boat and also when we haven't run the engine for > awhile, and hot water tank is lukewarm, I take the sun shower and hoist it > up on pole lift, then run nozzle into head's hatch. I actually prefer this > method for then I don't have to use one hand to hold shower nozzle in head > while trying to soap up at same time. And I also agree with others that > this is a great way to keep the head clean. > > Here's a funny story. My wife and I were out for a ten day cruise, and of > course when we depart, water tank is full, hot water heater carries five > gallons too, and two sun showers. Now when cruising you are always going > into the dock if you are at a certain island or harbor, right? So what I > have learned to do is always keep one sun shower empty in dink ready to > fill up when ashore. So I fill up the sun shower a couple of times over > the first couple of days, then the third or fourth day I fill it up again, > and before I put it into the main tank, I think, wait a minute, what if the > main tank is already full ? If I put it in when full, it just overflows > into the bilge. So I check the main tank (or I should say, only tank), and > sure enough, it's topped up. So I have learned that even while cruising > and taking showers every night we aren't going thru that much water every > day. > > Tom Anderson > C&C 32 Nonpareil > Marblehead, MA > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:59:33 -0400 > From: Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Landfall 38 - cruising & showering > Message-ID: <530ba4a5.8020...@eastlink.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Steve: > > We have a shower in the head on our C&C 32.....shower water is pumped > overboard from the sump under the wooden grate in the head. Shower > water does not go into the bilge. > > While there is not an abundance of space, there is enough to stand up > and/or sit down to run fresh water over your body....and isn't that was > counts? > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > On 2014/02/24 3:31 PM, Stevan Plavsa wrote: > > Thanks for your input Wally. Having never taken a shower on a boat I > > always assumed that the head/shower combo would leave a big mess. I > > know that at home one of my least favourite chores is scrubbing the > > bathtub. Doesn't the whole head get all soap scummy? > > > There is certainly a case to be made for storage. > > > Steve > > Suhana, C&C 32 > > Toronto > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:03:33 -0400 > From: "dwight" <dwight...@gmail.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Landfall 38 - cruising & showering > Message-ID: <7560B9BC31344C158771EABAF1BFD0CF@your4dacd0ea75> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On my 35 MKII 2 of us shower every day for 5 days and then we need to get > more water. I have not fitted any extra water tanks > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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