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Winterstale said:
Okay...

This isn't really something that happened while sailing....well, maybe it did.

Last year on One Love with Tradewinds and Mrs. Tradewinds, we lost almost all of the water we had left on the boat due to a broken shower hose....we get to the Bight and realize what has happened. Chris (Tradewinds) gets on the VHF

Chris: Blue Moon, Blue Moon, One Love
Capt. Jim: One Love,BlueMoon
They switch channels.....
Chris: We lost all the water in our tanks - shower hose came off
Jim: Do you have beer?
Chris: Yes
Jim: Then I don't see a problem.
Chris: I have women on board who need to shower.
Jim: Still don't see a problem.

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They didn't tell us that story before we rafted up with them to transfer water from our tanks to theirs. Guess we should have asked for some beer or women in exchange!

We had no water worries since it was the end of our trip and we were headed back to Yacht Haven Grande. The water maker had topped off our tanks the night before.

One of the funniest stories I recall is with some rookie sailors in Belize on my very first trip there. My now brother-in-law and another friend were sharing the head on the port side of the boat. I had briefed them on using the head, but apparently not on using the shower.

Turns out they finally pulled me aside to ask what do do with all of the shower water in the head as it was just about an inch from spilling into the companionway. I remember asking both of them about the button by the sink to pump out the water, to which Rob replied, "I pressed that button, but the noise was too scary, so I stopped."