Showers

Here is one who might help anyone who is traveling minimalist style and/or on a very strict budget but wish to maintain an acceptable level of cleanliness. So there is not enough space on little 26′ Tula for a proper shower so I have been forced to search for alternative options to stay clean. One option I will do as soon as I get to warm weather, and can shower outside, is install one of those hand pump pressurized insecticide sprayers with a little shower head. Until then I will be on the search for free/cheap showers.

So far the best option I have found is a gym with showers who will let me do a drop-in workout in exchange for doing some work for them like cleaning the windows or wiping down equipment. Most of the time however, the gym won’t go for that and I have to pay a 5, 10, or 15 dollar drop in fee. Depending how long I have gone without a shower or real workout is how much I’m willing to pay :-).

A lot of marinas have showers for transients but I am reluctant to pay $50+ for a transient slip so I either try and learn the code to the showers…. Or see if they will include a shower in my fuel fill-up bill. So far neither has worked very well so I seek other options but in Annapolis the fee at the city dock for a shower was $1. That was the best $1 I have ever spent.

Sink showers have become common in coffee shops and they work well enough. The last resort is a wipe-down on the boat with baby wipes or a soapy wash cloth. You would never know difference!