Hi- I feel a little silly still thinking potty thoughts-- sure seems as if I can hardly get my head out of the head. But here goes: (You're used to weird questions, right?)

I've read/heard that marine heads are so cantankerous that if space can be spared, a second one really is a very worthwhile investment for a tiny additional powder room, even if the usual two crewmembers think they could reasonably expect to take turns for a one-holer. What do you think? (I've got lots more fun places to spend that money, but I might be quick to change my mind if the only one tended to become out of service at the most inopportune times.)

Somewhere or other, you mentioned that five 'tickets' worth of toilet paper, the thin kind, was 'all anybody needs.' So, if we think we need considerably more than that on occasion to achieve the desired result, what happens? Do we risk plugging up the works and needing expensive and hard-to-find repairs? Do boaters rig up some sort of bidet-ish contraption for acceptable cleanliness, like a conveniently located kitchen sink sprayer, to help keep the paper problem within bounds? (My incorrigible spouse wisecracks that a large portion of the world does not feel the need for any TP. But I'm hopelessly lefthanded, which leaves me with a cultural dilemma in that regard.) Anyway, we hope to avoid mechanical difficulties-- and the time is approaching for us to figure on what sort of plumbing and water storage we'll want to make allowances for.

Also, we're planning on installing a shower only, no tub, either in a rigid enclosure, or with wraparound shower curtain. Leaning toward the former. We noticed that the campers' facilities at the famed Oshkosh airshow used a long-hosed version of the aforementioned kitchen sprayer, squeeze-lever-on-spray-head-for-warm-water gadget, which spouse thought worked brilliantly, a no-nagging way to cut his usual shower-'til the-hot-water's-gone to a bare 2 minutes. What do you think of that as a long-term houseboat-underway solution?

Thanks again!