F= heads (also shower)
Well, that shower cost me a lot! As I've explained, the power on this boat definitely lie with the men, and the women (four of us on this leg of 17 crew) are sometimes an 'irritation they tolerate'. My shower request was looked at with disdain and I was told that the outlet was not connected in any way. Then a guy from another boat came over to show me a pump that was meant specifically to drain the shower grate. He also explained how the pump works and told me that the women on their boat have been taking showers, with the same story from other girls on some of the other boats. I asked about the consequences, how it would work, what the implications would be if I did, and I was willing to be the experimenter for the other girls on our boat. Nobody else was willing to try.
I should've known that if anything can go wrong, it will (Murph - your law!!). Late this morning the skipper was shown very full bilges, and guess who was to blame!!!! Apparently the pump was not diverted out but instead pushed the water into the bilges. I immediately said that if it was because of my shower I will clean it all out, and was sniggeringly told that they were certainly not going to do it!
I rolled up my sleeves, tried the clumsy hand pump (which just didn't work), and then continued to sponge up twelve buckets of dirty water out of the bilges! Yes, your first response to this is correct: how the hell did I use twelve buckets of water!!? I have used a camp, campervan and boat shower many times in my life and I could not've used more than probably three buckets of water, if that.
But of course, I don't have any way to defend myself or get out of this one. I just sucked it up and finished the job. I also realised that it was my first and last shower on this race! ;-( Wet wipe washes on the colder legs, and back of the boat showers on the warmer ones are what I will have to put up with.
Twelve buckets of water?! Maybe it was because I sneaked in a man or two, or I have been a very dirty girl indeed!
I should've known that if anything can go wrong, it will (Murph - your law!!). Late this morning the skipper was shown very full bilges, and guess who was to blame!!!! Apparently the pump was not diverted out but instead pushed the water into the bilges. I immediately said that if it was because of my shower I will clean it all out, and was sniggeringly told that they were certainly not going to do it!
I rolled up my sleeves, tried the clumsy hand pump (which just didn't work), and then continued to sponge up twelve buckets of dirty water out of the bilges! Yes, your first response to this is correct: how the hell did I use twelve buckets of water!!? I have used a camp, campervan and boat shower many times in my life and I could not've used more than probably three buckets of water, if that.
But of course, I don't have any way to defend myself or get out of this one. I just sucked it up and finished the job. I also realised that it was my first and last shower on this race! ;-( Wet wipe washes on the colder legs, and back of the boat showers on the warmer ones are what I will have to put up with.
Twelve buckets of water?! Maybe it was because I sneaked in a man or two, or I have been a very dirty girl indeed!
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