Ocean Rowboat Emerson Spectra Ventura 150 Operation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ย. 2024
- This is a short description of the plumbing setup in ocean rowing boat Emerson. I used a Spectra Ventura 150 Watermaker throughout the entire 336 day journey without any problems whatsoever. Since I had water tanks on board, I only had to run the system once every 4 days, with a full three minute fresh water flush each time.
I would run the watermaker for about 2-3 hours, which was plenty of fresh water to last 4 days. I would never go more than 5 days without running the system, due to the potential of organic growth within the membrane. I changed the pre-filter twice over 11 months, and the sea strainer once. Otherwise, there was no required maintenance other than taking care to operate the system in accordance with Spectra recommendations, including the fresh water flush.
Overall, I was very satisfied with the system and would use Spectra again in the future! Feel free to email with questions - www.jacobadoram.com or jacob@jacobadoram.com.
Beautiful boat! Very informative walk-thru of the system, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
That on/off power switch with open wires to it could cause problems if your bilge floods. Did it?
I had a separate breaker specifically for the water maker, so power wasn't constantly going to the compartment. I'd only flip the breaker if that compartment was completely dry. Then I could turn on the water maker. I got some water in there on occasion, but it was never a problem.
Nice, but it's very spread out. If it could be integrated together a lot of space might be freed up.
I managed to store quite a bit of supplies and food in the free space. The space also made it easier to work on the water maker when needed. Luckily, I never had any problems!
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What happens If that desalter fails?
I had two back-up hand pumps in case this system failed. If all my pumps failed, then it would get dangerous very quickly. But I also had a complete overhaul repair kit, just in case.
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Hello Mr, Jacob....May I know how much U bought the rowboat? TQ
I designed and built the boat - the whole process cost about $350K. Custom boats are expensive!
@@JacobAdoram Thanks for ur reply Sir..
@@JacobAdoram is it has to be self righting?
@@bazzaip2698 Yes, we designed it take take big waves and self-right. It worked as designed and proved very useful during tropical cyclones!
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Have you ever capsized during your journey?