Part of The Underway Gourmet by Suzy O'Keefe
Pardon me for being blunt, but if you don't know Baby Wipes, you don't know shit! Toilet habits quickly become "common knowledge" aboard small boats. And what with macerators, holding tanks, environmental laws and other issues, many mariners keep their paper bathroom trash so it can be disposed of by a better means than flushing it overboard.
Such trash, smoldering in the tropical heat, can often be cause for olfactory discomfort. The fragrance of scented Baby Wipes co-mingled with the other paper can help, but there is an even better reason for making the Wipes a permanent part of your boat's head. After the morning dump... reach for a Baby Wipe. They feel nice. They smell nice. And you probably won't use quite so much toilet paper.
You may get strange looks in the ckeckout line at the supermarket from folks who know that you don't have kids. So What? If they are really your friends, you'll be able to share the secret with them. If not, "wipe" them off your list!
Another use for Baby Wipes is in the v-berth for cleanup after those romantic interludes when neither one of you really want to get up right away. You'd probably prefer to just lie there and recover via the afternoon nap, right?
Travel packs of Baby Wipes are available, but a Ziplock bag full of them works just as well. After all, when cruising in foreign countries, the facilities aren't always what they should be.
Written Appropriately by,
"Derrie Aire" aka Suzy O'Keefe
Published in Latitude 38's September 1997 issue
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