The other day as I was attempting to have a pee, I thought about how, on a boat, everything you do involves strategy so different. Just to have a pee, when the boating is moving, requires some thought. The head is so small that you really cant remove shorts without hitting the wall..literally. If the boat is rolling and you never know when that will happen, your hands are busy so you cant brace yourself. I remove shorts, etc and step into the head. Then I leap on the toilet with shorts around my knees now. The toilet is set high so my feet dangle. I now flush while seated. Then I climb down off the toilet bracing with one hand and holding my clothing with the other hand. Yes at that moment a wave knocks me off balance and my clothes hit the deck. I then just kick them off,leave the head and redress sitting on the sofa. All that just to have a pee.
And cooking, that is another subject. I wont cook while the boat is rolling. Boiling water on a pitching boat seems the height of stupidity. Bob may be eating a lot of granola bars.
I have decided that I will make a bunch of sandwiches before we leave on our next leg. That should solve that problem.
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