The toilet and shower on a boat. How to use them

The toilet and shower on a boat. How to use them
The toilet, although it is not the most romantic artifact on a ship, as it happens in
land is ESSENTIAL.
Its correct use is a critical factor in coexistence (and in romanticism).
Most people who have never been on a boat think that the toilet works
just like the one at home, that is, you can throw everything into it and all you have to do is press a button or
in a crank, so that it empties perfectly. WELL NO! Gets stuck with nasty
easily if not used correctly and unclogging it is not a pleasant experience.
But not only that, it can also be an entry route for sea water if you don’t have
Caution, causing a flood. I know more than one ship that has sunk by the water
It came in through the toilet drain.
Let’s see how it works first.
1- The WC has an outlet or evacuation pipe that goes to a black water tank or to the
sea ​​and another tube, which by means of a pump (electric or manual), takes sea water, since it does not
there is a tank
2- Before using it for the relevant physiological function, make sure that
the inlet and outlet taps of the aforementioned tubes are open. ASK THE LANDLORD
WHERE ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY OPEN AND CLOSE?
3- If the evacuation pump is electric, there is a button that turns it on
operation by emptying the content and adding water as it is turned or pressed in one direction or
in other. This pump works only while it is being pressed. MUST KEEP IT
PRESSED UNTIL THE WC IS EMPTY AND STAINLESS AS MANY TIMES AS
BE NECESSARY..
4- The manual pump has a selector that in one position empties the content and in the other
add water. The procedure is the next:
a- Select empty and pump until there is no doubt that everything disgusting is
has been.
b- Select to add water and pump repeatedly (not less than 5).
c- Select empty and pump repeatedly, leaving the selector on empty .
d- CHECK THAT THE OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. IF NOT, REPEAT
UNTIL GET IT.
5- Once successful, close the inlet and outlet valves again. if not done
in a list, the WC can become a WATERWAY, (and… WHAT DO WE NOT WANT
THAT?)

MORE THAN IMPORTANT NOTICE: The WC has a propensity to clog (with the
consequent fun this causes), so PLEASE DO NOT THROW:
– TOILET PAPER
– WIPES, I repeat WIPES, T-O-A-L-L-I-T-A-S
– CELLOPHANE
– PLASTICS
– CHOPSTICKS
– FOIL
– FOOD
– HAIRS….
In case there is any doubt, DO NOT THROW ANYTHING INTO THE WC THAT IS NOT
PREVIOUSLY ENTERED THROUGH THE MOUTH AND HAS NOT PASSED THROUGH THE TRACT
GASTROINTESTINAL OR URINARY. IS IT CLEAR?
Note: In case of being a professional fakir, ask the patron
So what do we do with toilet paper? It is convenient to have a
plastic bag or other type of container where the used pieces of paper are thrown. East
receptacle, it should be emptied or changed frequently, for obvious reasons.
PEE PEE (the “ONE”, the “TWO”, is the “other”) IN THE TOILET (recommendation for
gentlemen)
Nature has endowed the male individuals of most species with a
simple and very efficient urinary excretory system, which allows, under normal conditions, to direct the
chorrico (little jet, in the language of Shakespeare) within more than acceptable limits. Without
However, despite its great design, (it can be used for other purposes no less
interesting and pleasant), it has, like everything else, to be used properly. Due to the
distance of the outlet point from the bottom of the toilet bowl, the jet has a
certain kinetic energy and its impact on the reception area of ​​the WC causes a dispersion of
this in small drops. A large part of these go to the bottom of the toilet, but a certain portion is
spread around and outside the bowl, (floor walls…etc.).
But there is another problem, man in his current configuration is a terrestrial mammal and
therefore the design of it is optimized to work on land. A stable situation, (like
happens on land), allows during urination a great aim of the stream, without failures
noteworthy (provided that its dynamic pressure reaches a certain value). However in the
sea, if there is a certain swell and a hand is busy holding us so as not to fall, point to
the cup can become almost mission impossible and it is easy to impact the walls, floor
and even the towel, before getting the shot centered. Similar effects occur from
certain amounts of ethyl alcohol in the blood.
For these two reasons, it is to be appreciated that when it is time to pee the gentlemen
sit in a cup (like ladies) and deftly direct the stream direction downwards.
DO THE “TWO” (that is, “the other”). This is less complicated, since for
To begin with, you are sitting down and in principle you do not fall, although if there is a list, you have to hold on.
It is convenient, while the operation lasts, to empty and add water several times (at the discretion
of the artist who knows better than anyone what has come out). That way you avoid one show
unpleasant at the end and the WC works more comfortably and little by little
If the boat is listing and the bathroom is on the raised side, the hull water intake is
out of the water. As much as we insist, it will not catch water. Wait for us to change
board or if the need is pressing, request the skipper to put the boat on a course that
generate less heel. You will understand. Sure
By law, ships are equipped with black water tanks, provided with a
drain that can be opened and closed to pour the content to the outside. This operation is only
can legally do so outside 12 miles of the coast.
If we are in an anchorage, we must make sure, before proceeding to “make a two” that the
valve to empty the tank into the sea is closed, thus we will prevent bathers from having a
“meet in the third phase”, if the pump is manual, or bathe wrapped in a micronized
shit, (excuse me) if the toilet has an electric pump.
The criminal is caught immediately. He wasn’t in the water…
THE SHOWER . At least one of the toilets is usually equipped with a shower, that is, a
floor drain, a pump with a push button to drain into the sea and a shower head that
It could be the sink faucet.
Showering in a bathroom has no greater mystery than draining the bottom and leaving everything as
was at the beginning. You have to press the button on the drain pump until it empties and
hear a “glug-glug” that indicates that you are already taking a deep breath. If the pump works empty it burns.
In summer there is an alternative solution, which is to shower in the stern, in the jupette. In that
area there is hot and cold fresh water and there is less entanglement. Ideally, use a gel that makes
foam with salt water. We get wet in the sea. We give ourselves the gel and wash in the jupette and
We rinse with fresh water. We stay cleaner than a San Luis and with a minimum
fresh water consumption
In any case, it should be remembered that on a ship the amount of fresh water IS
LIMITED. Nothing to leave the taps open with joy. Get wet. Close the tap. Soaping.
Clear up.

It is also very important to check before showering, or spending water in general if
there is water in the tank, (there is an indicator on the boat’s control panel, ask for information
to the pattern). If the pressure pump works empty… it burns.
If there is no water in one tank, change to another (ask the skipper to do so or to explain
how to do it).
After showering, and bearing in mind that on ships, the entire room is often
bathroom is a shower, it is polite to dry the walls. To this end, nothing better than
gums used to dry crystals