Hot tub time machine
WHEN it was built in 1977 my Down East 45 foot schooner Britannia had a bathtub, of sorts, in the aft cabin bathroom.
It was only a short tub with a tapered end, so for anyone over about five feet it was an uncomfortably tight squeeze. For me, at six foot, it was practically useless.
The original bath held roughly 150 litres, so the boat’s 20 litre water heater was also totally inadequate to even draw a lukewarm bath. My first thought was to rip it all out and install a shower cubicle, which could have been quite large and modern looking with a nice Plexiglas door engraved with some nautical scene.
That would have been a relatively easy and inexpensive modification. In the process of taking measurements, however, it became apparent that if I encroached into the adjacent engine room, just a bit, I might be able to squeeze an actual full size bathtub into the same space.
This would of course serve as a shower base as well,
