An early start to finish the cockpit shower - a nice dry sunny morning.
I soon had the shower control mounted to the shelf / tray and the flexible pipes feeding it hot and cold water.
I fitted the shelf nice and solid inside the cockpit locker - the spot that I chose to fit it is very awkward to get to from inside the locker but it is a good use of unused space.
I then swapped two push in elbows for t pieces and piped up to the flex's with plastic plumbing pipe.
The shower head is an unusual one with a squeeze trigger to turn on the water and I coupled it to the shower control valve with a really long hose.
It works great !!!
Everything fits well on the shelf - the access panel is easy to open / close - the water gets to temperature really quickly - lovely.
After putting all the tools and locker contents away - Jackie gave me a haircut in the cockpit - ( yes we keep a set of barbers gear on board ) - Then we tested the shower -
We washed Penny !! - she hates it !!
We have tried washing her with the hose pipe before and its no good - too powerful and too cold.
The new shower is warm and a gentle spray - just right.
We were all done in a flash
Penny didn't seam to mind much at all !
We then swapped to the hosepipe and gave the whole boat deck and spray hood a good clean - lovely.
Then off to Ille Grande for a walk with Penny - from the port to the bird sanctuary.
We stopped off for Penny to go in the sea for a while - then coffee at the restaurant - "Le Bout De Ille"
Lovely.
Back on board for cocktails and dinner with music from the Ipod - fantastic.
A great day.
Mike - Jackie + Penny.
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