MacGregor 25 shower
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DanInCanton
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MacGregor 25 shower
Has anybody out there installed a shower inside the cabin of a Mac 25? I’ve pretty much finished customizing mine for comfortable long-range cruising, and the last thing I’m missing is an indoor shower. Unfortunately, every notion I come up with ends up landing just the wrong side of ridiculous. Has anyone done this successfully?
Re: MacGregor 25 shower
I've thought about how I would shower on my 23', and the conclusion I came to was either sponge bath or tarp up the stern of my deck and use a hand pumped pressure sprayer. Wish I had more to offer you here. I'm always on the wrong side of ridiculous
So, don't let me discourage you.
Btw, saw the mods you made to your galley. It looks great.
Btw, saw the mods you made to your galley. It looks great.
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DanInCanton
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
Thanks. Your solution is the only one I’ve been able to come up with myself. I just wondered, with all the mod geniuses on this site, if someone had managed to solve that particular challenge.
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Johnacuda
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
hand pumped pressure sprayer.... Ridiculous nothing, that is brilliant! I need to find a black plastic one for solar hot water.zoneboy wrote:I've thought about how I would shower on my 23', and the conclusion I came to was either sponge bath or tarp up the stern of my deck and use a hand pumped pressure sprayer. Wish I had more to offer you here. I'm always on the wrong side of ridiculousSo, don't let me discourage you.
Btw, saw the mods you made to your galley. It looks great.
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
That's what I have, and I really like it. Also good for hosing down the boat.Hamin' X wrote:Get the stainless model that you can put on the stove.
~Rich
See my previous posting here for more info:
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... 94#p238394
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Johnacuda
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
Outstanding. This is so on my 2013 eqiupment list. Thanks guys.kmclemore wrote:That's what I have, and I really like it. Also good for hosing down the boat.Hamin' X wrote:Get the stainless model that you can put on the stove.
~Rich
See my previous posting here for more info:
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/forum/v ... 94#p238394
- macr
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
Another option would be using the galley stove to heat in a pot and fill sprayer or leverage the black container to warm up in the sun.
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1805
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1805
- u12fly
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
Our mac is an
. We originally started down a path thinking that we would convert the head area to wet location where we could also shower. But it is so tight in there you can't really stand up, and steam inside the boat is not the best thing... so we decided to just have a Transom shower. We added forced water to the boat so we could just open a valve and not have to manually pump the water. There are a number of hot water solutions on this site this is the one we selected:

When we installed it a few years ago it was the newest thing on the market, so far it has held up nicely for the $150 investment we made, and they same unit is available all over the place - so it must be good?
Here is how we installed it on our boat:
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1617
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1619
Chris.

When we installed it a few years ago it was the newest thing on the market, so far it has held up nicely for the $150 investment we made, and they same unit is available all over the place - so it must be good?
Here is how we installed it on our boat:
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1617
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/in ... ?view=1619
Chris.
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
Chris...having that unit on the transom violates every yacht code code of aesthetics I have ever read...I love it!
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SENCMac26x
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
I was actually thinking about this. The only real place to do it the cockpit would be under the pop top. You could drop a curtain from the top and put a drain at the bottom to the bilge?
- Tomfoolery
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
It violates the code of aesthetics right up until it's used properly, at which point nobody would care what the heater looks like.Catigale wrote:Chris...having that unit on the transom violates every yacht code code of aesthetics I have ever read...I love it!

Of course, I won't be posting any pics of me on the deck taking a shower, since the list of aesthetic code violations is essentially endless.

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Doug91mac26s
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Re: MacGregor 25 shower
Like this black plastic one?Johnacuda wrote:hand pumped pressure sprayer.... Ridiculous nothing, that is brilliant! I need to find a black plastic one for solar hot water.zoneboy wrote:I've thought about how I would shower on my 23', and the conclusion I came to was either sponge bath or tarp up the stern of my deck and use a hand pumped pressure sprayer. Wish I had more to offer you here. I'm always on the wrong side of ridiculousSo, don't let me discourage you.
Btw, saw the mods you made to your galley. It looks great.
$39.95 from Duckworks
http://duckworksbbs.com/gear/shower/index.htm

