Does anyone like showering in their wet head?

Hi. My shower is not a pull out... it is the same as the shower shown the attached picture... I am trying to figure out how to turn on the shower
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My shower is not a pull out from the sink...it is the same shower as shown in the attached picture... I see the hot and cold knob but dont see where to turn on and off the water to the shower. I am sure it is simple but just cant figure it out
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OK, I see... maybe a diverter valve issue? I assume it's plumbed right with the sink...
 
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 :( .
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
 
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

Yes, Navy showers are a must but with that, should I plan on a Luke warm shower? 6 gal WH I believe.
 
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 :( .
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.
 
I really like mine. It's not fancy but to get in and get clean on the water or even while at the slip is so convenient vs walking to the marina shower's. After a little wipe down the bathroom is nice and clean. :D
 
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 :( .

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.
 
I love my wet head. I'll shower and get ready with my first drink before someone could even walk to the showers on site!
 
We've gone from a tiny shower on the 250 that was useless for a 6'2" 240 guy, to a large separate shower now. We always completely dry it after use so it's no different than using a wet head so I'd have no problem using a wet head.

My wife has learned a great trick on making shower clean-up super easy. Get in first every time!! :)

Since you always want to make life as easy as possible for the first mate I never complain (much) about being the shower attendant! ;)
 
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
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.
 
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.
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.
 
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.
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.
 
Yes, Navy showers are a must but with that, should I plan on a Luke warm shower? 6 gal WH I believe.

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.
 
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"
 
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.
 
The separate shower was my wife’s most important “must have” when we were shopping for our current boat.

Same here and the wet head was a deal breaker when shopping.

There was an ancient 11 gallon water heater installed at the factory that quit last year. I replaced it with a 6 gallon unit that was close to the same size. I assume that the new one has a lot more insulation around the tank.

We can take consecutive showers with no issue using common sense regarding usage when on the hook, but at the dock on shore power I’ll loosen up a bit and take a more traditional shower.

My wife sleeps like a stone on the boat so the heater has plenty of time to recover before she gets up.
 

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