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Original poster

I'm stuck on a boat and I need a poo

297 replies

Onaboat7 · 30/09/2023 15:42

Genuinely. I've nc for this 😳
I'm on my friends boat and the etiquette is to just have a wee, but I've been told the poo procedure and I....just.....can't

OP posts:
IReallyLikeYouButIWantToSeeHowThingsGoWithMark · 30/09/2023 16:25

DH has a boat with no loo.

The phrase is bucket and chuck it.

I never ever go on this boat.

cocksstrideintheevening · 30/09/2023 16:25

liveforsummer · 30/09/2023 16:23

Why are you on a ropey old boat in a facility less marina with someone you don't know?. Sounds like a plot for a thriller or crime drama 😬. Still going with the option of going for a 'walk' and finding a secluded spot.

I was wondering the same...

Just go and find a toilet somewhere, or you're going to have to poo in a bush

butterpuffed · 30/09/2023 16:26

So you had time to think up an applicable username , and spend half an hour on here telling us your predicament .

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isthismylifenow · 30/09/2023 16:27

Is this a first date 👀

Twospaniels · 30/09/2023 16:27

What is the poo procedure?
on our boat we press a button it fills the bowl, you do your poo, then press another button it adds more water and sucks the waste away - simple!

Original poster
Onaboat7 · 30/09/2023 16:27

butterpuffed · 30/09/2023 16:26

So you had time to think up an applicable username , and spend half an hour on here telling us your predicament .

YES. I need to make light of this

OP posts:
JustWhatWeDontNeed · 30/09/2023 16:28

Get off. Find toilet. What sort of marina doesn't have toilet facilities?

Chowtime · 30/09/2023 16:28

Get up off your bum and go and find a toilet somewhere.

LargeglassofRosePlease · 30/09/2023 16:28

Just read you are in a Marina. Surely they have a bathroom somewhere where you can go to the toilet?

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 30/09/2023 16:29

Poo in a bag and find an external bin

Mehmehmehmehmeg · 30/09/2023 16:29

Can’t you wrap it up in your handbag?

NooNakedJacuzziness · 30/09/2023 16:29

Poop up on the pop deck, I mean pop up on the poop deck

Blondeshavemorefun · 30/09/2023 16:30

How many are there on the boat

Can you poo and deny

Or a sains bag over the loo. Catch poo and tie in knot and place discreetly in kitchen bin ?

PortalooSunset · 30/09/2023 16:30

Applescruffle · 30/09/2023 16:20

I do beleive this is the truest thing I've ever read on MN

Grin
PortalooSunset · 30/09/2023 16:31

Hand him the poo?! Yep. Naturally.

Sallyh87 · 30/09/2023 16:32

Onaboat7 · 30/09/2023 16:16

To do it, tell him and hand him the poo

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😂 this is one of the funniest things I’ve read on mumsnet!

MissHoollie · 30/09/2023 16:32

You need a bog in a bag .
We use this camping

Twospaniels · 30/09/2023 16:33

SpamFritata · 30/09/2023 16:24

If you are 'parked' in a marina the etiquette is generally not to poo in the loo onboard because it gets pumped into the water and the parked up boats end up bobbing around in turds. So marinas have loos which boaty people use for 'number twos'. I've never been to a marina which doesn't have loos. I have no idea what the 'poo procedure' is otherwise. If you are out at sea you just 'dump and pump'.

Ha Ha
Not true!
We have a boat with a loo, we do everything we need to in it. It goes into a large tank and every so often (it has a gauge) we go to the pump out station, connect a hose and it sucks all the contents of the tank out and into a large septic tank which is then emptied by a tanker lorry whenever it needs it.

gotomomo · 30/09/2023 16:33

Go to a cafe or pub? There may be berthholders facilities too (our marina has toilets, showers, laundry etc but behind a pin coded door). No way would I go onboard I admit

PortalooSunset · 30/09/2023 16:34

Just go if you need to.

I speak as someone who had to use the hole at the stern of a pinasse on the river Niger. On a boat full of people. Sometimes you've just got to do what you've got to do.

Sallyh87 · 30/09/2023 16:34

How many are on the boat? Just do it and deny. It will be like an Agatha Christie and all the suspects are stuck on a boat!

Jerseygirl2023 · 30/09/2023 16:34

Eh? Do you put tampons down the toilet? Surely not!

WhileMyDishwasherGentlyWeeps · 30/09/2023 16:34

PortalooSunset · 30/09/2023 16:30

Grin
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Yeah. Likelihood is that this a case of Poor Pootroll - sorry Paw Patrol.

Hellofromtheotherslide · 30/09/2023 16:35

Take a shit in the water like the rest of us. If this person grudges you doing something that is a basic human need, then I would be questioning their relevance to my life. Go on, OP, take a shit and don't feel bad about it. 💩

SpamFritata · 30/09/2023 16:35

I want to know what he's going to do with the poo that you can't OP. If he's just going to put bin it on shore then surely you can offer to do the same. Refuse to hand it to him OP!

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