transom/cockpit shower

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Hi is it possible to add a shower to the stern of an R27 to save using the head shower after swimming/sandy or getting grubby ?
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Peter & Ronie B
 
Put a longer hose on the shower head and pass it out the stern port (window).
If the shower head itself does not have a flow control valve, change it for one that does.

Alternatively, you could re-plumb the cockpit wash down into the fresh water tank. Or add a Y valve to it.

Or, add an upright to the sport rack and hang a sun-shower bag on it to warm in the sun.

Or go back to Roman Times and just hand them a scraper to scrape the sand off :mrgreen:

And finally . . . . (thought I would never stop, didn't you.)
It would be trivial to put a Tee in the water line under the sink in the head and route it out under the coaming to a valve and shower hose. HINT HINT, Andrew.
 
We have enjoyed the sink and hot water with pull out hose that is installed on stern of the R29. It should not be hard to plumb an outlet to the aft deck area. You could install a simple hose connection like the wash down or you could install a pull out hose much like those at the kitchen sink. You can buy the hose, trim fittings and everything you need at Lowe's or Home Depot. I would use PEX as it is flexible and easy to route. The marine environment won't bother it much either. Most of the time there aren't any "eyes" on us so we can go bare bones and get a nice hot shower without messing up the head.

Pat and Carolyn, Ladybug, Too
 
Anything is possible. Denny’s suggestion of adding a longer line to the head sink and running it through the port hole is the easiest. If you want a permanent installation with hot and cold water you would have to put tee’s off the hot water line and a cold water supply line and then run lines to the location of your shower valve/box. I would think a good spot might be on the port side of the rear bench.
However, expanding on one of Denny’s suggestions I have filled my sun shower with warm water from the sink, hung it from the bimini at the stern and showered away on the swim platform. It is definitely a much less complicated installation. I also have used SavondeMer, a soap that works great with salt water. If you use that, the raw water wash down with a hose connected works great.

Mike Rizzo
 
Suggest you stand in your Sunday's best in the cockpit and have 1st mate use the shower line routed thru the shower room's port hole to wash you down. Showering is a communal activity, right ? 😱 :lol: :roll:
 
I might mention that sand will accumulate in the cockpit gutters in between the hatches and may clog up the drain screens if not cleaned regularly.

I'd be careful about rinsing dirt or sand off in the cockpit area. Swim platform is better location for that, i think.
 
Crewdog":1c90lzzl said:
I might mention that sand will accumulate in the cockpit gutters in between the hatches and may clog up the drain screens if not cleaned regularly.

I'd be careful about rinsing dirt or sand off in the cockpit area. Swim platform is better location for that, i think.
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Many of the Ranger Tug owners have taken to removing those drain screens because they clog up very easily. At first I was apprehensive about removing mine until I saw/found the wisdom of this being done. 😉
 
We added one to YOLO last season, just below the center stern cockpit seat, to the right of the propane tank. We will add pictures to our album next time aboard.
 
Aussie,

If you'd like a warm shower, I'd follow the others recommendations. If you want just a freshwater shower for just mud and sand that would be able to be used on the swimstep, do what I did and just tap your cockpit wash hose into the freshwater supply and use that for your aft cockpit washdown.

If you look in my photo album (I have a 25SC mind you) you can just barely see the tee I used on the outboard side of the water heater (just said water heater for the sake of location, I did not tap into the hot water). I removed and permanently plugged the raw water washdown with a plug right at the sea strainer for safeties sake and removed the original hose entirely. Have fun getting that hose fitting out of the sea strainer. I used vise grips and didn't care if I damaged it as it was not going to be reinstalled. The sea strainer assembly looks like it was assembled on the bench and then installed whole, you won't have enough room for a wrench, at least on my rig.

I wanted freshwater for washing fishing tackle and blood out of the boat, on long trips if I want to conserve water, I'll just dip a bucket over the side for saltwater.

Rob
 
Aussie,
Depending upon where the factory is on construction of your boat, you may be able to get them to add one in. While I realize the R-27 does not have the small sink in the cockpit, the R-29 does. We had ours taken out during the building process and a shower installed instead. If you go to our website, you will see it in the pictures. It was mounted just inside the transom door allowing use on either the swim platform or in the cockpit.

David
 
Thanks all,
Andrew is supplying details and diagrams to the Australian Agent so we can get the shower installed here when our boat arrives 😀
Cheers
Peter & Ronie B
 
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