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Shaving legs onboard?

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#1 ·
Well, my girlfreind and I are sitting around and talking about the things that a person takes for grandted in the house that is not avaliable onboard a boat while cruising. The main thing is showering. Our boat has a shower but like most other boats it doesnt have an unlimited amount of fresh water on board, so showering with meek amounts of water is something that you must get used too.

One topic that came up is shaving legs. What methods do you ladies use to shave your legs while using a minimal amount of fresh water. Have you tried it with salt water? Does it work well? Sting?

Thanks and any replies would be much appreciated by females or males who have observed this being done.
 
#63 ·
Well, yes, but this time I was being serious - stubble on the Admirals legs can cause untold of problems such as her sarong to not billow gracefully in the breeze, not to mention ripping the sheet hardened calluses off my hands.
 
#65 ·
Millerman40
Personally, I like Ian's suggestion, it's bound to win me some points for those nights I wander back late
Might win you something better than you think;) Guys, let's face it, we usually have to half drag the other half to the boat, and to do a 3 night crossing, forget it! SOooo, I pamper 'em. It's better than a Princess Cruise with gourmet meals and spa to boot, never a problem getting female crew.
 
#67 ·
uhm...

ya know..i try to avoid shaving my legs..or other body parts when i sail...
i did however shave off my beard..now just rocking a 'stache.
my legs are pretty sexy..hair or no...
:D
 
#73 ·
Oh this thread is Soooooo ripe for some serious chop bustin! Man, you guys just leave yourselves open for the easy shots!!

I am going to rise above it and resist the delicious temptation.

On shore waxing happens. Who ever said brazilian's are imaginary has no clue...

on board a good remedy would be similar to the earlier pumice suggestion or the facetious sand paper comments. I love this gizz;

No water at all and nice smooth results that grow out pretty soft. not as nice as a wax job, but way softer than a razor. and no burn. basically just really fine fine grit finishing sand paper on a flexible rubber gripper.

And tweezers do an excellent job on the very delicate areas that would not take well to abrading.... what I can't reach I just get help with....
; -}
 
#76 ·
I am not as nice as Sara is. Sorry just part of my nature. This post cracks me up first of all. Good subject but 98% of the posts are from the guys. I am definitely starting to worry about some of you. Your knowledge base is incredible. Have to admit, I learned a thing or two. Having said that as Lucy from Peanuts "Psychiatric Help 5¢" "The Doctor Is In," cost of psychiatric help 5 cent."!
Some of you guys need to see me to discuss a few things! :eek:
A worried Sailorette
 
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#78 · (Edited)
I think the thread originally started as a comparison of living on land w/out constraints to that aboard a boat, probably at sea was implied, w/ limited resources, particularly fresh water, as well as little storage.

I suppose you could wipe the shaving cream off with a towel, or even one of Ian's satin sheets. :eek:

A couple of others in this thread suggested salt water worked rather well. As far as water goes, it's often in the form hot water (on land) and used to heat the blade and precondition the face/skin, i.e. taking a hot steaming washcloth and applying it to the skin, which I believe was alluded to earlier in this thread
 
#79 ·
Okay, here goes. I'll brace for the shocks.

I have a thing for hair. As far as I'm concerned, the women can go without shaving the underarms. The legs, well, calves only. I like hairy thighs . . . and, um . . . well, you get the picture.

Before you make me walk the plank, just think of the convenience, ladies. Your man likes you hairy. Unless you're stepping out on him, I would think it would be a dream. No?
 
#80 ·
"marketing"

"It began with the May,1915 edition of Harper's Bazaar magazine that featured a model sporting the latest fashion. She wore a sleeveless evening gown that exposed, for the first time in fashion, her bare shoulders, and her (shaved) armpits. Shocking at first, this soon caught on. At the same time a marketing executive with the Wilkinson Sword Company, which made razor blades for men, designed a campaign to convince women that underarm hair was unfeminine. By 1917 the sales of razor blades doubled as women conformed to this feminine stereotype of shaving under their arms."

Shaving History « Fluffy Woman
 
#88 ·
LOL. Thanks for this! Seriously.

That said, I don't shave. And I run around in shorts and tank tops all the time. Then again, am not really "hairy" so to speak, and never have been. In any event, back when I was falling for the feminine stereotype... or rather regularly wore hose for work, I used a depilatory. Nair, neet/veet, whatever. Primarily bc I hated razor burn, and those always left my skin very soft. So... if I did feel the urge to "shave" while aboard, I would use the depilatory. Anyway, that's my 2¢, fwiw.
 
#83 ·
How come more women have not discovered laser treatment...? A lot of OBGYN's are offering it these days as are lots of other doctors. IPL works well too but arguably requires a couple more visits than laser. The price has come way down over the last 5 years.

My friend even had his back done. He's no longer a gorilla with his shirt off and women & children no longer run away when he's on a beach...... :) I think it cost him $1200.00 total...

The up front cost was a bit tough but it has been one of those things my wife try's to persuade all her friends to do. Many now have and they can't believe they did not do it sooner.... Money well spent!!!! Never shave again.....;)
 
#84 ·
The up front cost was a bit tough but it has been one of those things my wife try's to persuade all her friends to do. Many now have and they can't believe they did not do it sooner.... Money well spent!!!! Never shave again.....;)
I believe in redundancy. Long leg hair can be a backup to the tell tales.

Don't get me wrong, I do shave, but I can't imagine caring that much about leg hair that I'd spend that amount to have it removed.
 
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#85 ·
We have 120 gals fresh water. Here's what I do: stand under shower in head. Quickly get entire body and head wet. Shut off water. Shampoo/condition hair. Leave conditioner on hair. Soap up body. Put small amount shaving cream (or body lotion) on legs. Shave legs using pink throwaway razor. Once legs (and armpits) are done, run water again, and quickly rinse entire body. Done, and used very little water, but feel nice and clean (and smooth).
If a nice, hot day, you can do this same method on the stern platform with the stern shower. Daytime... bathing suit. Nighttime... whatever. ;)
On our old boat, I have done this same method with a solar shower up on deck.
We also like Savon de Mer, all in one shampoo/soap that works well with salt water.
Here's to more women piping up on this thread!:)
Paula
 
#93 ·
Taken from another forum.....

This review is from: Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme 200 ml (Personal Care)
After having been told my danglies looked like an elderly rastafarian I decided to take the plunge and buy some of this as previous shaving attempts had only been mildly succesful and I nearly put my back out trying to reach the more difficult bits. Being a bit of a romantic I thought I would do the deed on the missus's birthday as a bit of a treat.

I ordered it well in advance and working in the North sea I considerd myself a bit above some of the characters writing the previous reviews and wrote them off as soft office types...oh my fellow sufferers how wrong I was. I waited until the other half was tucked up in bed and after giving some vague hints about a special surprise I went down to the bathroom. Initially all went well and I applied the gel and stood waiting for something to happen. I didn't have long to wait.

At first there was a gentle warmth which in a matter of seconds was replaced by an intense burning and a feeling I can only describe as like being given a barbed wire wedgie by two people intent on hitting the ceiling with my head. Religion hadn't featured much in my life until that night but I suddenly became willing to convert to any religion to stop the violent burning around the turd tunnel and what seemed like the destruction of the meat and two veg. Struggling to not bite through my bottom lip I tried to wash the gel of in the sink and only succeeded in blocking the plughole with a mat of hair. Through the haze of tears I struggled out of the bathroom across the hall into the kitchen by this time walking was not really possible and I crawled the final yard to the fridge in the hope of some form of cold relief. I yanked the freezer drawer out and found a tub of ice cream, tore the lid of and positioned it under me. The relief was fantastic but only temporary as it melted fairly quickly and the fiery stabbing soon returned .

Due to the shape of the ice cream tub I hadn't managed to give the starfish any treatment and I groped around in the draw for something else as I was sure my vision was going to fail fairly soon.I grabbed a bag of what I later found out was frozen sprouts and tore it open trying to be quiet as I did so.I took a handful of them and tried in vain to clench some between the cheeks of my arse. This was not doing the trick as some of the gel had found it's way up the chutney channel and it felt like the space shuttle was running it's engines behind me.
This was probably and hopefully the only time in my life I was going to wish there was a gay snowman in the kitchen which should give you some idea of the depths I was willing to sink to in order to ease the pain. The only solution my pain crazed mind could come up with was to gently ease one of the sprouts where no veg had gone before.

Unfortunately, alerted by the strange grunts coming from the kitchen the other half chose that moment to come and investigate and was greeted by the sight of me, arse in the air, strawberry ice cream dripping from my bell end pushing a sprout up my arse while muttering..." Ooooh that feels good ". Understandably this was a shock to her and she let out a scream and as I hadn't heard her come in it caused an involutary spasm of shock in myself which resulted in the sprout being ejected at quite some speed in her direction. I can understand that having a sprout farted against your leg at 11 at night in the kitchen probably wasn't the special surprise she was expecting and having to explain to the kids the next day what the strange hollow in the ice cream was didn't improve my status...So to sum it up Veet removes hair, dignity and self respect...
 
#89 ·
I'm preparing to live aboard my boat for about six months and this was definitely a topic that was on the top of my list to uncover. Have any of the ladies converted to waxing their legs? Heating up the wax on the stove and using that way? What are the thoughts on that process? Just trying to see what my best options are.

Thanks.
Kelley
 
#90 ·
Hey Kelley, male live aboarder, here.

It's so interesting, somewhat inspiring, and not so little 'sexy' to hear a woman is going to live aboard her boat. Very cool, I applaud you.

Although I do live on my Coronado 25 - which is for sale, by the way - I've been staying with friends while I do some work on their home for them.

As for the waxing, although I have plenty to wax! I don't intend to do so. It would leave my chest a bit cold.

Good luck.
 
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