@@walkerbasham7342 What impresses me about Dan is how well he executes his design. I've worked with many architects who only knew how to draw pretty pictures and scream at other people to figure out how to get it done. Dan's definitely a doer...not a whiner.
OMG you just solved the problem with my heat exchanger! It's a radiator-like box that heats fresh water from the coolant fluid running from my Espar heater to the fans providing hot air. It has a unique thread, metal, that matches Nothing, and has been packed with plumbers tape and goo forever... but naughtily drips a bit. So frustrating, until now, and you've provided the answer! Plastic fitting to the rescue! Coincidentally, when you started explaining the two styles of watermaker pumps, I thought "I used to think I could be like Dan, and do everything onboard myself, and now it's clear he's so far beyond my skill set & comprehension, I'm happy just to be impressed and inspired, and hire people to do the complicated stuff". Then you did this little thread number, and I thought, I can do that! It may take a few tries, and that's ok. You're soooooo inspiring, Dan! Love you both so much 😄😊
Well I’ve built reverse osmosis plants for a living and I can tell you that I wouldn’t expect to run these systems without limits because your maintenance on your filters is going to be very expensive. The more you run them the more you got a flush clean replace to maintain. Figure out everything that can go wrong and have two or three back up parts because you’ll need them. The question is not whether it will breakdown the question is when. I advise be proactive and stay ahead of the game on your maintenance. Set up a system for testing water quality. Get the test kits and test at intervals. Its important to know the systems ultimate performace. Each system varies. Your good planning has put you in a good position for maintence. Saved yourself allot of headace by doing that. Very nice thoughtful installation. Good job.
My husband is a sailor and watches all these sailing channels. I usually avoid them cause they are all depressing, always about something going wrong. I saw this title on a sailing vid I was so excited about a positive video on sailing!!!!!! My husband was shocked when I suggested we watch it.
The disaster magnet boats (oN fIrE aNd SiNkInG... AgAin!!) and clickbait disaster tropes (WiLl CuStOmS lEt uS leEaVe ThEiR CoUnTrY?!) are certainly well represented on sailing channels. But Dan and Kika really are much more solution oriented than drama oriented. The things that do go wrong get a self deprecating chuckle and at some point a very competent solution. That's just how they roll.
after you get it working, you may want to order some spare parts / fittings that you manually made and have them onboard in case the plastic parts that you melted / fabricated develop problems.
I second that idea. Depending on the pressure involved the fitting created my have a limited lifespan. If they were made of nylon 6.6 it might not matter yet I have found "plastic" fittings at a chandlery are not always of the best quality.
I can't believe my honey and I were excited to watch a watermaker install! I guess we are now boat geeks🤗😂 Dan & Kika, amazing what you have accomplished since Step #1!
Definitely "To be continued!" It is incredibly impressive that you figured out how to make your own threads! I can't wait to see the rest of the watermaker go in!
I find it amazing that the two of you coming from a total different background and talking about constant hot water.......... that is so awesome. I love the two of you.
Geez Dan, you do not stop amazing me with your improvising approaches to get the results required, the way how you tell about them is so simple and clear, really I enjoy see how you fix problems
Speaking of Kika and crawling inside the boxes,....the project isn't over yet, and I know she has them saved for a future Step. Dan, excellent work, and planning, very impressive! Safe travels.
@@mrpenn4613 if you actually watched all the episodes you would see where she acknowledges something I mentioned to her, they already have a couch some might call it a salon sofa.
@@duanemiller5606 I'm aware, It's called a settee and it's located in the salon. AKA the "couch" on the starboard side they use as a pilot berth by adding a lee cloth during long passages. 😐
If you need that piping for your water maker you can get it in most aquarium shops. It's used to make pure water using a similar system to the one you are installing. It may help in the future.
It's bittersweet knowing they're on this romantic journey sailing the 7 seas, while I'm trying to extend my lunch break as long as possible. I became stuck in this rut, and now I live with it.
"Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck." - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer Another brilliant episode from the magicians themselves!
Btw, I'm a journeyman moldmaker, and I'm not sure I'd stick with your brilliant homemade adapters. Heating and cooling that barb may make it brittle for marine use where it may be subjected to extreme use. I'd replace with brass or legit abs when you can.
I think Dan’s adapters will hold, since there is no high preassures present where they are used. Just my two cents though. All plastic gets brittle over time, so brass adapters is the prefered choice, but for a start, these adapters should do the trick just fine. Well done, Dan. Amaizing how well the treads turned out, very cool! Can’t wait to see the next episode! Hugs from Oslo/Nittedal, Norway!
*This* is why I rate your channel as the *best* sailing channel on TH-cam. To date, it's the only channel I've watched every single video in your collection (at least once) You two are simply the *best.*
I love that everyone is raving about the home made adaptors - For me it's the five years planning so that you can take the whole thing apart and rebuild it so that it fits in the available space that excites and inspires me; but even then not as much as the example you set me in how you behave towards each other. Thank you for sharing your lives with us all.
How exciting..!! This is fantastic, and so satisfying to see that you modelling and planning came together so perfectly. And I love your ingenuity to adapt the fittings. Brilliant..!! And thank you for including Kika's Korner, it wouldn't be the same without her cameo appearance..!! You two are such a delight, and the highlight of the week. Blessings, Grant
Love it! Reminds me of our old camping days of having to haul water in jugs, heating it up on a coleman stove, etc and then we moved up to a travel trailer with a larger water tank, water heater, etc. We thought we were on top of the world.
You'll be glad you bought a Spectra DC unit. We have a Spectra 300mkII with auto flush mpc5000. for over 13 years. On;y problem has been the salinity probe going bad twice. We now keep 2 spares on board. We change the carbon filter every 3-4 months. The other filters can be washed & dried, then reinstalled one more time for 4-6 months. Love your way to make a thread in the plastic fitting...learned something new today...thanks! If you have a problem, Spectra's support is superb!!
I've just finished binge watching from step 1. I can't believe the condition Uma was in when you got her and the ammount of work you've done to get her to this point. I can't wait to see where you'll be sailing to next.
So stoked for you guys! Last summer I installed a freshwater filter system (3-stage + UV) to fill my tanks from Lake Ontario. Finding water is easy here, but still what a difference it made. I'd often be at anchor for a week or two and the only reason I'd have to find a marina (and usually at least buy some diesel if not take a slip) was for water. Now I can just flip a switch and in a couple hours, my tanks are full. I even added an inline chlorination system to keep the tanks fresh and algae-free.
In the 80s i served on submarines and these projects bring back many….MANY..fond and not so fond memories of working on systems north of the arctic circle while being held by my ankles in the frozen bilge working on systems that were installed by yard engineers prior to other systems that no one gave a consideration to fixing underway. Your excellent systems engineering will serve you very well when you least expect it. Love the boat project’s always.
Impressive. What an incredibly skilled, patient--and non-claustrophobic--man. I love that you're going to be able to change salt water to drinking water. Soooo necessary. You'll be truly off-grid now. As long as you can eat seafood, birds and seaweed, you'll be self-sufficient as well! I'm so proud of you and so happy for you. SO satisfying to see all the brilliant and successful adaptations and changes you're making in your tiny home on the water.
Congratulations on a great watermaker. I know the founder of Spectra Watermakers - Bill Edinger when we were dock mates in Sausalito. He had a Vertue Cutter "Dawn" we had "Puffin" a Vashon Island Cutter. Spectra was Bill's next boat, hence the name. Bill was always involved in thinking outside the box, a very ingenious entrepreneur. You can't go wrong with a Spectra Watermaker.
It is clever yet when PVC first came on the market, many plumbers did such wizardry to get by. Normally you fashion the brass (cut grooves perpendicular to the threads) to create a makeshift tap. Then you thread it into the PVC at room temperature. In other countries (especially Baja Sur) I have seen this done quite bit. If you've no hardware store , no money...or both, you develop skills such as this.
We love how you are together. You make Liz and I smile. Enjoy the water and each other! Thank you for the video. I bookmarked for when we might need a water maker one day.
your skills are exemplar ,from the moment you fiber glass'ed the keel to installing an electric motor and now cutting your own threads with a heat gun. You make a great team. Brian from London
Brilliant.Im a tinker and can put a lot of things together from wood to metal to glass to plastic BUT never thought I would see someone making his own threads in PVC. "I,m going to wash my hair to test it" is too cute for words.
Leak test, and constant leak inspection after installation and some traveling with all the flexing and vibration associated with traveling is now the next step. Nice job on the installation. Cheers from Winnipeg.
I don't know if plastic threads need to be hardened in some way after they are cut or maybe the formed plastic already has its hardening and maybe the heating of it again, loses any hardening. I didn't hear you say how much pressure each of those customized fittings has to take, but if they don't leak, you did a great job of improvising! I don't think I've ever taken the time to mention how much I like the uniqueness of your opening theme! I love the ship's horn, the whistle theme, the "Don't Buy A Couch" motto, and the floating compass rose / UMA logo! It seems so easy AFTER its done, but I could never come up with a combination like that! You deserve a BRAVO ZULU for that! (It's a naval flag hoist signal.)
Almost caught up on your channel. I’m up to step 185 and saw this episode coming up. Just had to skip ahead and watch it, as I’m addicted to the boat improvement episodes. A quick peek at this before I go back in time (you’ve just left NY). Watched quite a few other channels before Delos and yourselves interacted and gotta say it is definitely the best sailing channel on TH-cam land. Keep up the good work. Fair winds and following seas from Ireland 🇮🇪
Dan - Your example of planning the water maker installation for 5 years and seeing that benefit as soon as you start is brilliant. I’m going to use your example of planning in a work presentation tomorrow! Thanks for the content!
You had to end it with the worst words in my childhood memories. To be continued! I can remember waiting for ages for a show and getting to watch it for a hour and then the words show up! You never knew if you would get to see it the next week. I am 50 years old and we had one tv and kids got the last pick for the night!
OK, the tapping of the threads in the plastic fitting was freak'n awesome! Love to watch field ingenuity. It's so much more interesting and creative that assembling a kit by the numbers. After all, "necessity is the mother of invention"!
We've really enjoyed our Spectra. In the Bahamas I made probably close to 200 gallons per week for two people. We showered almost daily, made ice (with trays in the freezer), and drank water constantly. I replaced the filter once in four months. Then in the ICW and Chesapeake I was replacing the filter every week and finally gave up on making water. To heck with that. I'm looking forward to being back in clear water where my water make works!
Damn you’re ingenious. I would have never thought of creating or recreating threads on plastic pipe. Careful Dan. Your genius is beginning to show. A lot! It’s so fun watching you two problem solving your way around the world. It is very entertaining. Keep the great videos coming. It inspires more of us to take the leap and dive in. Hope to be on my boat by summer. Thanks.
We added a Spectra water maker aboard our Corbin 39 in April 1997 in Louisiana and finally replaced the membrane in Turkey in 2010. These are top-of-the-line water makers and factory support was absolutely excellent. The only failures experienced were with 90 degree ELLs (brass) connecting the high pressure hoses to the membrane housing after eight years of use!
A very clever couple to solve the simplest issues with what you have on hand. You will survive anywhere with that practical thinking. Well done Dan, many others would have waited to buy what was required and then get stuck somewhere when not able to buy a replacement down the track.
I have the same watermaker and just on a practical note the raw water inlet for an engine that you kept usually faces to the stern so that the engine doesn't get too much raw water as the boat moves forward. The recommendation for the watermaker is that the intake faces the bow so that when you are moving the intake pressure adds the the pump pressure and is much more efficient. Mine now works fine but I had all sorts of problems including a split in the factory fitted check valve and the wrong size components in the sealed packs and no factory calibrationn or testing. That said it is a wonderful piece of kit when it is working.
You guys are simply amazing at planning the features on Uma! Your mind goes to those “creative places” and designs/fabricates way in advance of actually having the hardware/equipment required, eventually purchasing and installing your pre-engineered project. Very impressive!
I would suggest putting a t-valve in your fresh water flow to the tank so you can put drinking water into a container before it goes to the tank. Also, remember that the osmosis system strips everything out of the water ( Fluoride, minerals, etc. ). Look on line for suggestions for additives. We also added a small amount of Clorox to our tank water.
Once everything is pressurized, please let us know if the home-made fittings work. The mfg should probably include a few fittings like the ones you made.
One of the neatest installation jobs I have ever seen on a boat!! U r both amazingly capable and unbelievably organized to have the water maker compartment mapped out so precisely, so far in advance and have it all come together so well!!! Though my fingers work, I am left speechless!! I hope that "it will be continued" Thanks for a gr8 episode!!
Dan, It was great ingenuity you exhibited to make your custom fitting from melting and forming plastic fittings. Every time an adapter is used there is a certain probability of leakage or failure which increases with each added fitting used to cob together a rig. If using dissimilar fittings there is also issues of material interaction (corrosion, seizing, etc … especially with metals in a marine environment). Your solution utilizing single adapter was elegant from a standpoint of engineering, simplicity, and reliability! If your not going to replace it with a commercial adapter, I’d make a spare and keep it with your watermaker spare parts. 👍😎
It looked like you were using Teflon tape on plastic threaded connections. The best thing to use is Oatley Great White Pipe Joint compound. It is a thick white paste which will prevent or stop leaks, especially in plastic. A small can goes a long way and don't get any of it on your clothes because it will not wash out/off. It will work where tape will fail and no drips ever.
I continue to be impressed at the research, careful planning, and innovative research you both continue to do to execute your projects to upgrade UMA. Well done to both of you. Thanks for sharing!
Very clever, Dan. We could use you on our sailing crew. Recently we switched to 8 Lithium Batt's to turn our 21hp screw, and enjoy a built from components freshwater maker. Our Captain is like MacGyver as well. We Use solar and diesel to charge the Batt's. Been Gunkholing along the east coast of SC last two weeks. Stay safe. Stay warm.
When I saw you opening the box I was saying, “oh I hope it’s a Spectra.” And it was! Great choice. I had one o the earlier spectra’s when I was down in a the Seas of Cortez Mexico. It’s a desert! And really needed a watermaker. Loved it. It worked for several years until we sold the boat and it was still working. Very efficient. Also, there aren’t many watermaker that work in cold water. Good stuff!
I'm very impressed with your way of making threading, simply ingenious, a big applause from me. And with regard to imperial thread, it is not only an American phenomenon, as soon as you work with pipes and fitting in Europe or in any case in Denmark, it is in 99% of cases imperial thread, you can easily have mm hoses in a quick connectors with imperial thread. Thanks for some lovely videos.
Completely feel for you with those threads. BTW. U.S. pipe threads are different from BSP (British Standard Pipe) threads, although similar concept for the way they lock. Just as U.S. gallons, eight 16oz pints (3.8litres) are different from Imperial gallons, eight 20fl.oz pints (4.56litres)! Looks well fitted. Enjoy your water.
Great engineering Dan. I'm amazed by your DIY skills over and over again. My thought on unlimited water, that it probably is , sort of, but I would still treat it as a precious source not to be used mindlessly.
Usually I would complement with "you find out later something went fundamentally wrong". However, with your planning skills you made it right on 1st attempt. Congratulations!
That same style of pump I use to rebuild...looks like a rodder pump a 2 piston pump in a pipe...we used huge ones on industrial vacuum 18 wheelers where use water to blow out pipes and suck out all the gunk for city
Hey guys , keep you eyes open for condensation damage , being in cold climates and uninsulated . Nice thinking in the way you got your packages delivered close to the boat , where a hand truck was available , then using your winch and boom to pick it up and set it on deck. Then you fabricate pieces that don't exist and rebuild something that you've never seen before and I'm guesing ... will work , first try . You're a smart confident person who can adapt his circumstances to make it work , just because you don't understand the meaning of can't. Bravo ! I admire you and your attitude ! Both of you are really nice people and I hope that you can beat of your up upcoming challenges .
We actually did insulate our hull. We only insulated it above the waterline, so all the condensation from our breath could still accumulate in the bilge and get pumped out by the bilge pump. It's like a natural dehumidifier. It works so well, that we actually add humidity to our boat when we run the woodstove or it gets too dry inside.
I will stated that I have seen you do things that work that you should not do, but I absolutely loved your ingenuity in making the two adaptors for the water maker...
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I just love the care and meticulous attention to detail you take when planning and executing these projects. It’s a joy to watch.
I love how giddy and excited Dan gets when he has engineering problems to solve.
They both have architecture degrees, which is something I could really use during house projects
@@walkerbasham7342 What impresses me about Dan is how well he executes his design. I've worked with many architects who only knew how to draw pretty pictures and scream at other people to figure out how to get it done. Dan's definitely a doer...not a whiner.
I love how “giddy” & excited Dan gets when looks at Kiki ... You guys are so supportive of each other!
I do a lot of DIY. that heat gun thread tapping on the PVC was boss, never seen that before and very impressed. you have talent!
I know. It's one of those "Why didn't I think of that." tricks.
OMG you just solved the problem with my heat exchanger! It's a radiator-like box that heats fresh water from the coolant fluid running from my Espar heater to the fans providing hot air. It has a unique thread, metal, that matches Nothing, and has been packed with plumbers tape and goo forever... but naughtily drips a bit. So frustrating, until now, and you've provided the answer! Plastic fitting to the rescue!
Coincidentally, when you started explaining the two styles of watermaker pumps, I thought "I used to think I could be like Dan, and do everything onboard myself, and now it's clear he's so far beyond my skill set & comprehension, I'm happy just to be impressed and inspired, and hire people to do the complicated stuff". Then you did this little thread number, and I thought, I can do that! It may take a few tries, and that's ok.
You're soooooo inspiring, Dan! Love you both so much 😄😊
Dan is a freaking wizard!!!
I wished I would have thought about his method a time or two!
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From necessity comes ingenuity. Always true.
And since those two kids are brilliant 🤔 minds, piece of cake !! 😁 Well, sort of...
Dan's Secret/If everything goes wrong totally tell mom it was Kikas fault! lol
Truth
Well I’ve built reverse osmosis plants for a living and I can tell you that I wouldn’t expect to run these systems without limits because your maintenance on your filters is going to be very expensive. The more you run them the more you got a flush clean replace to maintain. Figure out everything that can go wrong and have two or three back up parts because you’ll need them. The question is not whether it will breakdown the question is when. I advise be proactive and stay ahead of the game on your maintenance. Set up a system for testing water quality. Get the test kits and test at intervals. Its important to know the systems ultimate performace. Each system varies. Your good planning has put you in a good position for maintence. Saved yourself allot of headace by doing that. Very nice thoughtful installation. Good job.
Improvise, Adapt, Overcome! That was a Brilliant piece of MacGyver-ing!
My husband is a sailor and watches all these sailing channels. I usually avoid them cause they are all depressing, always about something going wrong. I saw this title on a sailing vid I was so excited about a positive video on sailing!!!!!! My husband was shocked when I suggested we watch it.
There is more exciting videos. You have to watch from the first time to now
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Yep, from the "Don't buy a couch" concept. Simply brilliant.
You really need to be more careful with your husband's heart health!
Dont be surprised if you end up with Silks and desires for a present. 💞
The disaster magnet boats (oN fIrE aNd SiNkInG... AgAin!!) and clickbait disaster tropes (WiLl CuStOmS lEt uS leEaVe ThEiR CoUnTrY?!) are certainly well represented on sailing channels. But Dan and Kika really are much more solution oriented than drama oriented. The things that do go wrong get a self deprecating chuckle and at some point a very competent solution. That's just how they roll.
I am so glad I watched this to learn your McGuyver for making threaded couplings with a brass one and heat. That is just brilliant! Kudos.
I second this.
They know a lot about Engineering. They are not normal people. Check out their background.
Everyone needs a few Systems Specialized Life Hacks...
I watched to the end just to say how impressed I am with Kiki's self control that she didn't try to climb inside any of the boxes.... 🤪
Like cats, who want to find the smallest box.
LOL
Not on camera anyway........... :)
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after you get it working, you may want to order some spare parts / fittings that you manually made and have them onboard in case the plastic parts that you melted / fabricated develop problems.
I second that idea. Depending on the pressure involved the fitting created my have a limited lifespan. If they were made of nylon 6.6 it might not matter yet I have found "plastic" fittings at a chandlery are not always of the best quality.
you are indeed one of the most resourceful DIY guys I've come across. my deepest respect!
I don't think I have every been more excited about watching Dan make a part he didn't have work in his favor. Great video!!
I can't believe my honey and I were excited to watch a watermaker install! I guess we are now boat geeks🤗😂 Dan & Kika, amazing what you have accomplished since Step #1!
Definitely "To be continued!" It is incredibly impressive that you figured out how to make your own threads! I can't wait to see the rest of the watermaker go in!
I find it amazing that the two of you coming from a total different background and talking about constant hot water.......... that is so awesome. I love the two of you.
Geez Dan, you do not stop amazing me with your improvising approaches to get the results required, the way how you tell about them is so simple and clear, really I enjoy see how you fix problems
The Uma definition of “adaptability”: The ability to make your own adapters! 😊👌
Speaking of Kika and crawling inside the boxes,....the project isn't over yet, and I know she has them saved for a future Step. Dan, excellent work, and planning,
very impressive! Safe travels.
"What's next AC, wash machine...... Couch!?" 🤣
oops ..just said the same thing then saw your comment!
@@chrisbarnes6312 Great Minds....... lol
@@chrisbarnes6312 Actually I reminded them and Kika has actually acknowledged they already have a couch It’s just called a different name in a boat.
@@mrpenn4613 if you actually watched all the episodes you would see where she acknowledges something I mentioned to her, they already have a couch some might call it a salon sofa.
@@duanemiller5606 I'm aware, It's called a settee and it's located in the salon. AKA the "couch" on the starboard side they use as a pilot berth by adding a lee cloth during long passages. 😐
If you need that piping for your water maker you can get it in most aquarium shops. It's used to make pure water using a similar system to the one you are installing. It may help in the future.
It's bittersweet knowing they're on this romantic journey sailing the 7 seas, while I'm trying to extend my lunch break as long as possible. I became stuck in this rut, and now I live with it.
"Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck." - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer
Another brilliant episode from the magicians themselves!
Btw, I'm a journeyman moldmaker, and I'm not sure I'd stick with your brilliant homemade adapters. Heating and cooling that barb may make it brittle for marine use where it may be subjected to extreme use. I'd replace with brass or legit abs when you can.
Yeah it might be okay to kludge it just to get it running but I'd want a solid backup when it was available and a good spare too.
I think Dan’s adapters will hold, since there is no high preassures present where they are used. Just my two cents though. All plastic gets brittle over time, so brass adapters is the prefered choice, but for a start, these adapters should do the trick just fine. Well done, Dan. Amaizing how well the treads turned out, very cool! Can’t wait to see the next episode! Hugs from Oslo/Nittedal, Norway!
Quality protective packaging there.
*This* is why I rate your channel as the *best* sailing channel on TH-cam.
To date, it's the only channel I've watched every single video in your collection (at least once)
You two are simply the *best.*
I love that everyone is raving about the home made adaptors - For me it's the five years planning so that you can take the whole thing apart and rebuild it so that it fits in the available space that excites and inspires me; but even then not as much as the example you set me in how you behave towards each other. Thank you for sharing your lives with us all.
Admirable. You speak fluent workbench.
How exciting..!! This is fantastic, and so satisfying to see that you modelling and planning came together so perfectly.
And I love your ingenuity to adapt the fittings. Brilliant..!!
And thank you for including Kika's Korner, it wouldn't be the same without her cameo appearance..!! You two are such a delight, and the highlight of the week.
Blessings,
Grant
Love it! Reminds me of our old camping days of having to haul water in jugs, heating it up on a coleman stove, etc and then we moved up to a travel trailer with a larger water tank, water heater, etc. We thought we were on top of the world.
You'll be glad you bought a Spectra DC unit. We have a Spectra 300mkII with auto flush mpc5000. for over 13 years. On;y problem has been the salinity probe going bad twice. We now keep 2 spares on board. We change the carbon filter every 3-4 months. The other filters can be washed & dried, then reinstalled one more time for 4-6 months. Love your way to make a thread in the plastic fitting...learned something new today...thanks! If you have a problem, Spectra's support is superb!!
I've just finished binge watching from step 1. I can't believe the condition Uma was in when you got her and the ammount of work you've done to get her to this point. I can't wait to see where you'll be sailing to next.
12:00 The shiftier Dan's eyes get when explaining something, the shadier the practice. Uma's Law #1
So stoked for you guys! Last summer I installed a freshwater filter system (3-stage + UV) to fill my tanks from Lake Ontario. Finding water is easy here, but still what a difference it made. I'd often be at anchor for a week or two and the only reason I'd have to find a marina (and usually at least buy some diesel if not take a slip) was for water. Now I can just flip a switch and in a couple hours, my tanks are full. I even added an inline chlorination system to keep the tanks fresh and algae-free.
Brilliant! Adaption of parts to get what you need without waiting for months for the right parts to arrive - Well Done!
In the 80s i served on submarines and these projects bring back many….MANY..fond and not so fond memories of working on systems north of the arctic circle while being held by my ankles in the frozen bilge working on systems that were installed by yard engineers prior to other systems that no one gave a consideration to fixing underway. Your excellent systems engineering will serve you very well when you least expect it. Love the boat project’s always.
Impressive. What an incredibly skilled, patient--and non-claustrophobic--man. I love that you're going to be able to change salt water to drinking water. Soooo necessary. You'll be truly off-grid now. As long as you can eat seafood, birds and seaweed, you'll be self-sufficient as well! I'm so proud of you and so happy for you.
SO satisfying to see all the brilliant and successful adaptations and changes you're making in your tiny home on the water.
Congratulations on a great watermaker. I know the founder of Spectra Watermakers - Bill Edinger when we were dock mates in Sausalito. He had a Vertue Cutter "Dawn" we had "Puffin" a Vashon Island Cutter. Spectra was Bill's next boat, hence the name. Bill was always involved in thinking outside the box, a very ingenious entrepreneur. You can't go wrong with a Spectra Watermaker.
Outstanding!! Only Dan would think of using a threaded metal plumbing fitting as a die/tap to cut threads into standard PVC fittings. ..The DIY King
It is clever yet when PVC first came on the market, many plumbers did such wizardry to get by. Normally you fashion the brass (cut grooves perpendicular to the threads) to create a makeshift tap. Then you thread it into the PVC at room temperature. In other countries (especially Baja Sur) I have seen this done quite bit. If you've no hardware store , no money...or both, you develop skills such as this.
We love how you are together. You make Liz and I smile. Enjoy the water and each other! Thank you for the video. I bookmarked for when we might need a water maker one day.
your skills are exemplar ,from the moment you fiber glass'ed the keel to installing an electric motor and now cutting your own threads with a heat gun.
You make a great team. Brian from London
Dan is the best at "Find a way" or "Make a way!"
Brilliant.Im a tinker and can put a lot of things together from wood to metal to glass to plastic BUT never thought I would see someone making his own threads in PVC. "I,m going to wash my hair to test it" is too cute for words.
I'm a bit of a make it work DIY person and your remolding/threading of these parts blew my mind.
Best quote ever, "...and like all good solutions on boats, it involves rope."
Leak test, and constant leak inspection after installation and some traveling with all the flexing and vibration associated with traveling is now the next step. Nice job on the installation. Cheers from Winnipeg.
Best possible advise for them thank you Mr. Toth...
What the hell! I just started to watch this and its over? Time flies when you enjoy something.
I don't know if plastic threads need to be hardened in some way after they are cut or maybe the formed plastic already has its hardening and maybe the heating of it again, loses any hardening. I didn't hear you say how much pressure each of those customized fittings has to take, but if they don't leak, you did a great job of improvising! I don't think I've ever taken the time to mention how much I like the uniqueness of your opening theme! I love the ship's horn, the whistle theme, the "Don't Buy A Couch" motto, and the floating compass rose / UMA logo! It seems so easy AFTER its done, but I could never come up with a combination like that! You deserve a BRAVO ZULU for that! (It's a naval flag hoist signal.)
Almost caught up on your channel. I’m up to step 185 and saw this episode coming up. Just had to skip ahead and watch it, as I’m addicted to the boat improvement episodes. A quick peek at this before I go back in time (you’ve just left NY).
Watched quite a few other channels before Delos and yourselves interacted and gotta say it is definitely the best sailing channel on TH-cam land. Keep up the good work. Fair winds and following seas from Ireland 🇮🇪
"I love it when a plan comes together" - Colonel "Hannibal" Smith, the A-Team
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I expected this, and I will endorse it :D
And plays mr.T with fittings...
Came to the comments to say the same. Ya beat me.
Dan - Your example of planning the water maker installation for 5 years and seeing that benefit as soon as you start is brilliant. I’m going to use your example of planning in a work presentation tomorrow! Thanks for the content!
I find Dan so knowledgable and innovative and a great Canadian. You two are so in entertaining and one of the best sailing channels.
I learnt two lessons: the importance of planning; the curse of imperial units!
Brilliant, thanks :-)
You guys are both so darn cute I can hardly stand it. Schlepping your boxes through the winter streets of Trondheim back to the boat. Adorable.
You had to end it with the worst words in my childhood memories. To be continued! I can remember waiting for ages for a show and getting to watch it for a hour and then the words show up! You never knew if you would get to see it the next week. I am 50 years old and we had one tv and kids got the last pick for the night!
OK, the tapping of the threads in the plastic fitting was freak'n awesome! Love to watch field ingenuity. It's so much more interesting and creative that assembling a kit by the numbers. After all, "necessity is the mother of invention"!
In a year you're gonna be sitting around and realize, "I haven't hauled water in a year!"
We've really enjoyed our Spectra. In the Bahamas I made probably close to 200 gallons per week for two people. We showered almost daily, made ice (with trays in the freezer), and drank water constantly. I replaced the filter once in four months.
Then in the ICW and Chesapeake I was replacing the filter every week and finally gave up on making water. To heck with that. I'm looking forward to being back in clear water where my water make works!
Damn you’re ingenious. I would have never thought of creating or recreating threads on plastic pipe. Careful Dan. Your genius is beginning to show. A lot! It’s so fun watching you two problem solving your way around the world. It is very entertaining. Keep the great videos coming. It inspires more of us to take the leap and dive in. Hope to be on my boat by summer. Thanks.
You have no idea how much I enjoy your videos! You two are incredible, PERIOD...
“necessity is the mother of invention” and you nailed it ! 😎🇬🇧
You're the man, Dan. Best DIY videos on TH-cam. Great video. Two thumbs up.
We added a Spectra water maker aboard our Corbin 39 in April 1997 in Louisiana and finally replaced the membrane in Turkey in 2010. These are top-of-the-line water makers and factory support was absolutely excellent. The only failures experienced were with 90 degree ELLs (brass) connecting the high pressure hoses to the membrane housing after eight years of use!
Wow 13 year on a membrane is really good. But I guess if you maintain them properly, they should last for a very long time.
I'm glad to see you doing project video's again. I like yours the best of all the sailing channels.
A very clever couple to solve the simplest issues with what you have on hand. You will survive anywhere with that practical thinking. Well done Dan, many others would have waited to buy what was required and then get stuck somewhere when not able to buy a replacement down the track.
I am so proud of you guys. Dream big and live even bigger!!!!!!
I have the same watermaker and just on a practical note the raw water inlet for an engine that you kept usually faces to the stern so that the engine doesn't get too much raw water as the boat moves forward. The recommendation for the watermaker is that the intake faces the bow so that when you are moving the intake pressure adds the the pump pressure and is much more efficient. Mine now works fine but I had all sorts of problems including a split in the factory fitted check valve and the wrong size components in the sealed packs and no factory calibrationn or testing. That said it is a wonderful piece of kit when it is working.
I'm back! Love to see you two are still going strong!
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The Edward Scissorhands clip was just perfect!
Edward Scissorhands is one of the best movies ever, and the soundtrack is just as good as the movie.
I have no words for this kind of talent and knowhow
You guys are simply amazing at planning the features on Uma! Your mind goes to those “creative places” and designs/fabricates way in advance of actually having the hardware/equipment required, eventually purchasing and installing your pre-engineered project. Very impressive!
Another great improv act by Dan and Kika. Wow!!
Just make sure you don’t let it freeze as that will ruin the membranes
I would suggest putting a t-valve in your fresh water flow to the tank so you can put drinking water into a container before it goes to the tank. Also, remember that the osmosis system strips everything out of the water ( Fluoride, minerals, etc. ). Look on line for suggestions for additives. We also added a small amount of Clorox to our tank water.
I like the way you worked the PEX adapters.. That was pretty good out of the box thinking to form them up. Well done.
Once everything is pressurized, please let us know if the home-made fittings work. The mfg should probably include a few fittings like the ones you made.
Your seamanship has so improved over time. It is quite amazing.
Another delightful episode that shares your little excursion into ingenuity! So cool. Keep 'em coming! - Jim
One of the neatest installation jobs I have ever seen on a boat!! U r both amazingly capable and unbelievably organized to have the water maker compartment mapped out so precisely, so far in advance and have it all come together so well!!! Though my fingers work, I am left speechless!! I hope that "it will be continued" Thanks for a gr8 episode!!
Always joyful inspiration watching Uma productions. The look on Kikas face is priceless. I imagine that's about what a lottery winner looks like.
Dan,
It was great ingenuity you exhibited to make your custom fitting from melting and forming plastic fittings. Every time an adapter is used there is a certain probability of leakage or failure which increases with each added fitting used to cob together a rig. If using dissimilar fittings there is also issues of material interaction (corrosion, seizing, etc … especially with metals in a marine environment).
Your solution utilizing single adapter was elegant from a standpoint of engineering, simplicity, and reliability! If your not going to replace it with a commercial adapter, I’d make a spare and keep it with your watermaker spare parts. 👍😎
It looked like you were using Teflon tape on plastic threaded connections. The best thing to use is Oatley Great White Pipe Joint compound. It is a thick white paste which will prevent or stop leaks, especially in plastic. A small can goes a long way and don't get any of it on your clothes because it will not wash out/off. It will work where tape will fail and no drips ever.
Really enjoyable episode. Somehow the scenes of you using the hand truck reminded me of when Coco "followed" you home.
I continue to be impressed at the research, careful planning, and innovative research you both continue to do to execute your projects to upgrade UMA. Well done to both of you. Thanks for sharing!
12:35 Genius. What with the perfect fit with mm's to spare and the improvisation ...a good day.
Very clever, Dan. We could use you on our sailing crew. Recently we switched to 8 Lithium Batt's to turn our 21hp screw, and enjoy a built from components freshwater maker. Our Captain is like MacGyver as well. We Use solar and diesel to charge the Batt's. Been Gunkholing along the east coast of SC last two weeks. Stay safe. Stay warm.
When I saw you opening the box I was saying, “oh I hope it’s a Spectra.” And it was! Great choice. I had one o the earlier spectra’s when I was down in a the Seas of Cortez Mexico. It’s a desert! And really needed a watermaker. Loved it. It worked for several years until we sold the boat and it was still working. Very efficient. Also, there aren’t many watermaker that work in cold water. Good stuff!
I'm very impressed with your way of making threading, simply ingenious, a big applause from me.
And with regard to imperial thread, it is not only an American phenomenon,
as soon as you work with pipes and fitting in Europe or in any case in Denmark, it is in 99% of cases imperial thread,
you can easily have mm hoses in a quick connectors with imperial thread.
Thanks for some lovely videos.
Completely feel for you with those threads. BTW. U.S. pipe threads are different from BSP (British Standard Pipe) threads, although similar concept for the way they lock. Just as U.S. gallons, eight 16oz pints (3.8litres) are different from Imperial gallons, eight 20fl.oz pints (4.56litres)!
Looks well fitted. Enjoy your water.
You guys certainly let your light shine onto others... thanks!
You guys rock! Living and sailing in Norway when only the fisherman dare too is pretty hardcore! Love your vids! Greetings from Oslo!
Man! That's a bunch of engineer stuff I'll never understand. I love you guys. Thanks for taking me along.
Great idea with the threading. THANKS for the idea!
Am considering a Spectra as well, but imperial measure is a pain in the B-hind...
Great engineering Dan. I'm amazed by your DIY skills over and over again.
My thought on unlimited water, that it probably is , sort of, but I would still treat it as a precious source not to be used mindlessly.
Wow! You really caught all the green lights this time! I have a Spectra Cape Horn. Installed myself. Not simple.
Usually I would complement with "you find out later something went fundamentally wrong". However, with your planning skills you made it right on 1st attempt. Congratulations!
That same style of pump I use to rebuild...looks like a rodder pump a 2 piston pump in a pipe...we used huge ones on industrial vacuum 18 wheelers where use water to blow out pipes and suck out all the gunk for city
Hey guys , keep you eyes open for condensation damage , being in cold climates and uninsulated .
Nice thinking in the way you got your packages delivered close to the boat , where a hand truck was available , then using your winch and boom to pick it up and set it on deck.
Then you fabricate pieces that don't exist and rebuild something that you've never seen before and I'm guesing ... will work , first try .
You're a smart confident person who can adapt his circumstances to make it work , just because you don't understand the meaning of can't.
Bravo ! I admire you and your attitude ! Both of you are really nice people and I hope that you can beat of your up upcoming challenges .
We actually did insulate our hull. We only insulated it above the waterline, so all the condensation from our breath could still accumulate in the bilge and get pumped out by the bilge pump. It's like a natural dehumidifier. It works so well, that we actually add humidity to our boat when we run the woodstove or it gets too dry inside.
I will stated that I have seen you do things that work that you should not do, but I absolutely loved your ingenuity in making the two adaptors for the water maker...
On S/Y Rainfinger a Bristol 35.5 we have a Spectra Watermaker. Good choice for energy efficiency with solar on our electric-drive sailboat.