Alberto Aviles
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- Feb 12, 2020
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- Boat Info
- 330 Sundancer 2008
- Engines
- 496 mercruiser bravo III drives
Maybe the sink faucet simply pulls out of its stand? And it is the shower? That's how mine works.
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Maybe the sink faucet simply pulls out of its stand? And it is the shower? That's how mine works.
Take "Naval" Showers. You get wet, stop the water and soap up, turn on the water and rinse, turn off the water. Long showers are not allowed... LOLWe bought our 330 late last year and never showered in it. Planning on it this summer though. My big question is how does the water heater keep up? We are a family of 7 and I’m guessing I’ll be last .
Take "Naval" Showers. You get wet, stop the water and soap up, turn on the water and rinse, turn off the water. Long showers are not allowed... LOL
The trick is to teach everyone it’s nearly impossible for the hot water to keep up, so you make’m scared they’ll get stuck with cold water, that makes them realize the only way to surely finish with hot water is to learn the boat shower process. 1. Get wet 2. Turn the water off. 3. Soap up 4. Turn the water back on just long enough to rinse off. 5. Repeat as necessary. You wind up using very little water. I had an 88 300 weekender for 10 years. First bunch of years my wife said the boat shower was unusable, she couldn’t rinse her hair well enough, finally figured out that she never pushed the shut off valve all the way to open on the shower head, after she realized that she uses it happily, now we have an 04 340 and that’s even better. It works, just gotta teach the process to all... and make sure they get the controls entirely correct. 7 people oh my. When someone yells it’s cold ...everyone laugh... and wait 30 minutes to replenish the 6 gallon tank of hot water, or send in a tough guy... The process will help if all try to follow. It’s just my wife and I on our boat so I can’t speak for 7.We bought our 330 late last year and never showered in it. Planning on it this summer though. My big question is how does the water heater keep up? We are a family of 7 and I’m guessing I’ll be last .
We bought our 330 late last year and never showered in it. Planning on it this summer though. My big question is how does the water heater keep up? We are a family of 7 and I’m guessing I’ll be last .
Works for us we can live on 100 gallons of water for 4 days with wet soap rinse shower every day for 2. We have a water maker we got installed in 2006 that makes 25 GPH. Cost 5,000 installed then. No problems with it and it is about the size of a large cooler. We had a 28 foot boat with 35 gallons. Worked on going to marinas every 3rd day for showers and water. Showered in the wet shower a few times. Boat had 6 gallon tank so had to be quick and wait between showers. As the admiral put it on the 28 footer "Luxury Camping" Before that we had a tent.Take "Naval" Showers. You get wet, stop the water and soap up, turn on the water and rinse, turn off the water. Long showers are not allowed... LOL
Our generator failed once and we used engine to heat 10 gallon tank. Engine at 1400 RPM for 1/2 hour got us enough hot water for 2 showers. With generator it takes 1/2 hour to get hot water and 1 hour for fully hot water where the element goes off.Depends on how you are heating the water. If you have a genny to heat it electrically it should keep up. It’s not a big tank. Heating with the coolant loop from the engine is a bit different. You’ll have to heat up the engine on high idle and keep it there while showering.
We also always took quick “naval” showers as mentioned. If you don’t you’ll use up all your water right quick, heated or not.
Sounds about right. Our 270 AJ had a 6 gallon HW tank and no genny. It took about 15-20 minutes at about 1400-1500 to get water hot enough for a decent shower.Our generator failed once and we used engine to heat 10 gallon tank. Engine at 1400 RPM for 1/2 hour got us enough hot water for 2 showers. With generator it takes 1/2 hour to get hot water and 1 hour for fully hot water where the element goes off.
Yes, Navy showers are a must but with that, should I plan on a Luke warm shower? 6 gal WH I believe.
LOL..my wifey saw the seperate shower in the new 48 and said "Honey you can buy this boat... I approve"We had a 6 gallon water heater in our old 300 and I never had a problem gettin a good hot shower.
My wife hated the wet head shower. It didn’t bother me much, but she spent a lot less nights on the boat than she would have because of it.
That said, we love the big separate shower in our current boat.
We keep a squeegee handy in there, like we do at home, so the enclosure always looks good.
LOL..my wifey saw the seperate shower in the new 48 and said "Honey you can buy this boat... I approve"
The separate shower was my wife’s most important “must have” when we were shopping for our current boat.