Yup, I am defiantly putting in hot water and a stand up shower - If your going to be on the water for days at a time it's greatly needed. I spent too many mornings as a youngster sleeping out in the cockpit waking up all salty and crusty in the morning because I was on the water and could not get to a shower. I will put the same stand up shower in 'boat' that I have in the van (matt, you have seen it - I will post picture when I start that project).The things I wouldn't give up about the big boat: Warm water, inside shower, flush toilet, roller-furling mainsail, and of course the dual hasps on the companionway door.
A flush toilet is okay but why a bun? but you still need to clean the bowl. Latest technology is superior I think to a water flushing potty: I like the dry flush toilet because you get a fresh clean new bowl after every flush. (And the bowl on the dry flush is MUCH deeper making a standing up pee pee position less geometrically hazardous.) Of course, only the X boat can accommodate a standing position when saluting the wind and although this may not be so important to some people I think a captain with a peg leg would really appreciate it.
A roller furling mainsail continues to be the ultimate goal - I have already attempted and failed once on that - but I have not given up yet. At night it keeps me up trying to engineer such a thing that works well. I'll get it.
Time is money - that's a big deal for a lot of people too - some just don't have the time to spend an extra day getting to a mooring all the time. And with a trailer a 6 month trip around the horn is only three days by car. Time is money - I wish I had the time and money to spend 6 months on the water in a big boat. That would be nice.
Double doors are for giants like mastreb.
