Everyone reading this who doesn't live on a boat probably thinks we have a lot of free time. What most people don't realize is that living on a small sailboat is really a labor - intensive way to live. For example, we do almost all of our own laundry by hand in a bucket. We use sudsy ammonia for the water, as this does not have to be rinsed, so we save on our water. Each small load takes about 2 to 3 gallons of fresh water - most of which we lug by 6 gallon jerry jugs. Here's some pix of Larry doing laundry. We have no problems getting it dry, with the brisk trade winds here in the tropics and mostly sunny days.