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Break Out the Bubbly…Bath

"We have to agree that a shower of any kind is a special event while cruising," writes Emmy Newbould, who has been cruising with hubby Eric Willbur aboard their Brickyard Cove-based Dutchman 37 Nataraja since April ’09 and are currenty in New Zealand. "Our boat holds only 40 gallons of water in her tanks, plus we carry four jerry cans. We don’t have a watermaker so fresh water is very precious to us. The shampoo, soap and sponge have a special place in the cockpit so as to be at hand when the squalls come.

"But, the real treat is a bath — pure decadence is a bubbly bath. Some of our favorite bath spots are: Comptrollers Bay in Nuka Hiva — the river has a wonderful spot where you can sit, relax and enjoy Jacuzzi-like jet action; Warm Springs Bay on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska — you can either hike up to the natural hot springs and enjoy them while a massive waterfall tumbles down behind you or you can enjoy a proper bath in the bath house on the wharf where you will find tub-sized cattle water troughs plumbed with the hot springs water; Smoke House Bay on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand — a very special spot with not one, but two bathtubs with showers (one is sitting above the beach, the other is inside the bath house and is plumbed with hot water that is heated by building a fire in the wood-burning stove); but my number one all-time favorite spot is the bath tub on Palmyra Atoll’s North Beach. This one sits on the beach backed by the lush jungle. Pure decadence is a bubble bath on the beach while sipping champagne!"

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