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Volume 28
Number 17
September 2002

Crank the Laundry

Wonder Wash pressure vessel with
ûdrain tube attached.

Doing the laundry on a boat during a cruise or passage presents a bit of a challenge. Alongshore you can usually find a laundromat within a short hike from the boat. Big marinas and small towns almost always have them. But if you're not within easy striking distance of a laundry, or you just don't relish spending a vacation morning herding a bag of underwear around, there are other, onboard means. Over the years we've seen a variety of them, including more than one family who shut their cockpit scuppers, half-filled their cockpit wells with warm, soapy water, and agitated the laundry with their feet while quaffing beer in the…

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