Swim step shower leak

[Syversens]

Well I guess this was the weekend I had my shower on the swim step start leaking. I noticed water dripping from the showerhead after use and started taking things apart and I think I fixed it, maybe... By the end of the weekend I had about a gallon fresh water in the shaft tube and I engine bilge.

We only use that shower to rinse off things like feet and crab, no one ever taken a full shower back there so I'm thinking about doing the following:
- Blowing out the hot water line and capping it, it's never used anyways.
- Bypassing the hot/cold switch and go directly to showerhead to simplify tubes back there and free up room.
- Install a valve in the cold, that way we can disconnect the outside shower from the rest of the pressurized fresh water.

Anyone think I'm just over complicating it instead of just fixing the shower head and fittings back there?

 

[Gunni]

No need to booger up a fine system. Just go on the Beneteau spare parts website, purchase the mixing valve, have it shipped direct, and install it.

 

[arf145]

I love the transom shower-hot and cold. When cruising, it's a lot easier and less messy to take a shower back there than in the head!

 

[Jackdaw]

You Oceanis guys have HOT water at the transom? Holy cow!

 

[Syversens]

Not sure how fine the system is, takes up half my storage back there and the shower hose has a talent for wrapping itself around anything I put in there. I'm thinking a few plumbing changes would be easy enough to both do and then re-do to prepare for a possibly new owner who's more alfresco than we are.

 

[SoSound]

You Oceanis guys have HOT water at the transom? Holy cow!

On the 34 the shower hose stows in the hinge side of the flip up/walk through to the transom. The hose is entirely in the transom and doesn't hang up or interfere with anything. Syversens, if you'd like to see how they installed our version, let me know and I can show you our set up...

 

[Gunni]

You Oceanis guys have HOT water at the transom? Holy cow!

Yeah, AND everyone gets their own bunk and nobody has to cut the handles off their toothbrushes to save weight!

 

[arf145]

You Oceanis guys have HOT water at the transom? Holy cow!

And a champagne spigot in the cockpit

 

[Compromise]

And three wine cellars.

 

[Twidget]

Yep, Must not forget about the wine cellars.. :dance:

 

[Syversens]

Ah! wine rack, that's what they are! I've been using them as paper towel holders....

Sosound, that would be awesome, I need to clean that up, I'm thinking the leak might be from fenders bending the hoses. Looks like you're in my neck of the woods so send me a message with an email or something, perhaps we can compare.