Apparatus, systems, and methods for washing sandy, debris-ridden and/or salinated articles

A system for washing an article, comprising:

• an inflow hose configured to connect to a source of pressurized fluid;
• and
• an article washing apparatus, including:
• a container including a sidewall and a base cooperating to define an internal chamber configured to receive an article to be washed, the base of the container defining a closed lower end of the container, the container having an open upper end, the container defining an inflow opening through the sidewall thereof towards the closed lower end thereof;
• an inflow connector sealingly engaged within the inflow opening of the sidewall of the container, the inflow connector configured to connect to the inflow hose for supplying pressurized fluid to the internal chamber of the container;
• a filter member disposed within the internal chamber of the container between the base of the container and the inflow opening of the container, the filter member configured to at least one of:
• collect particulate or permit passage of particulate therethrough;
• and
• a lid releasably sealingly engagable with the upper end of the container, the lid defining at least one opening therethrough,
• wherein the apparatus is configured such that pressurized fluid supplied from the inflow hose through the inflow connector and into the internal chamber of the container is urged upwardly through the internal chamber of the container, through and around an article disposed therein, and out the at least one opening of the lid, thereby carrying or urging salt retained within or on the article through the at least one opening of the lid, and such that particulate on or within the article is at least one of:
• collected within the filter member or passed through the filter member to settle on the base of the container.