A couple of thoughts: 1) I would always let the first few minutes of rain go down the drain to wash away dust, dirt and salt from the deck. The tanks would stay cleaner. 2) I would plumb in an overflow so that once the tanks are full the remainder will go overboard and not in to the bilge. Thanks for sharing!
Just recently finished binge watching the first 91 steps and though it is a trivial little thing I REALLY want to thank you guys for your audio leveling. Not only do I not need to crank the volume in order to hear what's happening but I don't have to lower the volume every time the music is on nor raise it back up once the dialog begins. I really wish every channel paid attention to that. Thanks for that and all the other work it takes to make such a great show.
Good job Dan. This system is SO basic (and quite widely used) I have no idea why there are so many people on here who don't seem to grasp it??? As long as you don't try using it while actually sailing along, and that you let the boat wash down for 10mins to let all the encrusted salt wash off it will work fine, just like it does for everyone else. No need for second valves (!?!?!?!?!) and filters etc etc. Keep doing what you are doing - keep being supremely practical and thinking outside the box.
"Can i ask you a question? Do you smoke?" that was so gorgeous. :)) I could feel the Reggae coming out of this old guy. I hope you guys will never stop sailing, maybe when you are 60 you might wanna change to a Cat for easier sailing and to have space to store all the stuff you collected during your journeys. awesome videos. curiosity, creativity and no matter which problem, you always stay calm and find solutions. Oh and before i forget, always great explaining. So i wish you all the luck you need to stay on this journey and never reach the end.
Brilliant idea. I don't know too many boats where the rain scuppers are connected to plumbing through the hulls. Lots of cockpits drain that way but your solution is great! And super easy. YOu wait for the dirt to rinse through a little and flip the valve to fill! So slick!
You two are great hosts on your travels... I had no idea I would see all the acrobatic performances.... wow.... both of you are very entertaining. I'm a USVI and BVI sailor... and I'm feeling a great loss.... and I pray for my friends and fellow sailors in that area. Keep on with your sailing life together... you're a beautiful couple... Fair Winds and Following Seas... Capt'n Rick... retired living in Jackson, MS, USA...
Being excited about getting a dinghy motor is great. You guys remind me of when I was young and not having everything and being excited when you get a little comfort for your boat to make your life easier. Again, love your videos
Wow! Kiki is a great acrobat! You guys are so great together! I’m jealous, but at 75+ I can’t figure why! I think because you are smart, industrious, good thinkers, and just great together. And I’m too old to get waterlogged! Lol, lol! Oh well, I’m gonna follow you two and live vicariously thru your adventures. Keep up the great vlogs, you two make great ones. Fair Winds, smooth sailing, much fun, great love!
Awesome water catchment guys. that must feel so awesome solar power . electric motoring . solar cooking . you guys are so inspiring. and now you are catching water without an expensive water maker. nothing more refreshing than ice cold rain water with just a hint of lime in it.
I did very similar system on my Person 424 and cruised the Bahamas for 8 summers lasting 6 t0 8 weeks and only had to get water once in 8 years. A 30 minute shower would fill our tanks , we carried 160 gallons but had 5 persons on board. Each took showers every day but shipboard ( rinse down. soap up, rinse off) using. I would suggest using second valve to keep salt water out your tanks also a charcoal filter. Love your channel.
Great video! Fantastically edited, really well made and nice to see another step on your adventure! Impressed how dan makes it all look so easy installing all this stuff - much have been a bit of a pain!
I had family guests over for Father’s Day weekend and had to pause my binge watching of your fabulous series. I missed you so much!! I am also psyched that you are in the area of my ancestry now and can’t wait to catch up with you in Norway!!
My dear young lady not only are you very beautiful you are extremely talented that was a beautiful display you did with those silks.... Thanks for another awesome video and well done on your plumbing there young man you too are talented when it comes to fixing things... You kids are so wonderfully blessed.... BBE... 😀🤗😌👍🐬
Well I'm up to step 92 I absolutely adore you guys you're very innovative and very caring I can't lie I have skipped around a little bit and watch some of your newer episodes but applauds to you and keep doing what you're doing you're awe-inspiring and by the way great videos I enjoy watching them very much
OMG, you guys went to my Island. ST. VINCET AMD THE GRENADINES 🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨. Woop woop....... Glad you enjoyed it. Was anticipating this trip. Hope you and Dan enjoyed the local beer (Hairoun) it has won a few gold medals worldwide, and when I'm in St. Vincent on vacation that's my beer of choice lol. Was hoping you went to the anchorage at salt whistle bay at Mayreau ya'll would have loved it there it's also in the Tobago keys. Glad you Loved it there.
, glad you're having fun on your silk once again looks like a great way to have fun and stay in shape you look great up there and super excited to hear you're getting a motor for your dinghy unbelievable so happy for you Little sandy beach with the umbrella how perfect is that and yay for drinking water looks like an awesome place in the Caribbeans have fun guys
I loooooved this place (as I loved petit tabac, Mayreau and Tobago Cays!) It remembers me soooo much souvenirs ! I was pretty young, with my parents cruising on a sailboat, and all people we met on this island kept asking me "Are you married ? Do you smoke gandja ?". It was so funny to me! Thanks for sharing your cool experience at see guys. Makes me realise how much I really want to sail again this part of the world.
Hey Sailing Uma, I have been watching your videos for a while and I just want to say that I live in Bequia and I'm so glad that you have discovered it. You are one of many that inspire me to make TH-cam Videos.
Congratulations on the DIY water system!! Your boat work on Uma is where it a began and enjoy watching you continue making her meet your needs! Happy Kika found her scarf tree! And WHAT did you say, a dinghy motor?!?! 😀😀 Thanks for sharing! #LoveSailingUma
Great idea for easy rain water collection, but I agree comments from others: the chances of getting salt water into your fresh water tank is very, very high. At the minimum you should install a shut off valve in the fresh water line right after the Y. Fresh water has to be positively protected. The lack of shut-off valve makes it a passive protection. Good luck!
i like the way he put the Y valve with the fresh water flow UP not down or sideways. if they let the rain rinse off the salt water from the boat then throw the valve that will work. But maybe Dan will decide to put in deck fills for both water tanks. Then after a couple of minutes of rain all that is needed is to take the caps off the fresh water fills caps
Be sure to note the diameters of each pipe at the connections and stock a set of reducers/converters--juuuuustttt in case. The Grenadines are beautiful. Hope you got to visit Bequia. An entire episode on its own. Especially the Turtle preserve, the model Boat Builders and the Beach Pizza and Bar!
I have a beach sand collection with the location of the beaches on every bag. One of my favorites is the pink sand from Eleuthera, Bahamas. Kika, I loved your silk dancing.
Such a great idea! way to go you two! That is so amazing that it filled up so fast. You guys are the best! So happy to follow you guys and i hope we can meet up next winter if you are still in the Caribbean.
Lol I'm pretty sure if you would've answered yes to the question "do either of you smoke?" You would've been stoned rowing back to you boat 😂 Keep up the amazing tour of the adventure of a lifetime my friends ❤️
Great video guys. I liked your project for collecting the fresh rain water. I think you have to observe the tank while the rainwater is filling in otherwise the water will come out of the tank as your first trial. I am also looking forward to see your new dinghy motor. You definitely needed that. It looks like a small engine like mine.
Excellent video guys. Years ago I worked at a chemical factory where we made pvc resin. A very interesting but dangerous process because of the flamability of the raw material, vinyl chloride.
Are you sure you are not allowing salt water into the fresh water system? Even if the valve in the cockpit locker is open, when you heel and there is a lot of seawater on deck you might get salt water into the pipes, and the tanks. If I understand correctly, besides the first drain pipe you don't have anywhere to drain the catching system (but the tanks themselves). I would also recommend to separate one water tank for emergency (fill it only after you made sure the catching system is clean) . Great videos, especially love the DIY ones!
First time you have heavy following seas you are going to have salt water forced up and into the fresh water tanks. You really do need a valve on the feeder line
Soo cute how that exchange about weed went with the rasta man. On an unrelated note, I think you guys are a fantastic example for other cruisers and racers; people need to get rid of their dirty diesels and switch to electric! Uma is such a clean hybrid vessel.
One tip bib of advice would be to ensure one things. A small filter is placed in the line somewhere to catch debrie that would come from the deck...ie; anything from flying fish remains and accumulated dirt. If your water gets allot of micro organisms living in there...in no time, poor water and bad smells will be the reality. Add some vinegar to your tank, in small amounts...should take care of it but a quick cheap filter will stop 95 percent
very smart yes: every people coming on this island taking 10cm3 of sand... no beach after 2 years..."how hoRRRRRiiibblEEEE it is other people are very unrespectable of nature" :( ; I think a word of apology will be welcome
WOW!! Look at that. You made it all the way through and we have the comment stream to prove it. Send us your address in a PM and we'll send you one of our new Uma Stickers! You deserve it! Now, go get some sleep ;)
What a brilliant an innovative idea for water collection. But I would be very cautious to connect the two tanks together - at least when you sail. The principle of "free water surface" is well known issue when it comes to the boats stability. This is among the first things you learn when you take a maritime education. The way to reduce stability issues is making the surface as "short as possible". That is the reason there are one tank on each side, not one large one whith a long free surface.. Larger ships with tanks normally have them separated with a wall for this reason. As long as the tanks are full, it is no problem, but when the surface is free, it can be dangerous. If there is a valve between the tanks, I would be very carefull to keep it closed except from when you fill them up.
Hope you allow deck flushing before closing the valve to dump water to the holding tank. You don't want saltwater in the freshwater tank. You might want to keep the tanks apart also.
I have not read all the questions and replies here but I have a question and I am sure you thought of it but did you plumb valves to shut off the crossover to balance the tanks while underway?
Cool project but you need a water leak detector alarm to let you know it is full. Humm snorkel valve. Just get a Survivor water desalinator. Mine made the best tasting water I ever drank. Use a UV light set up with it and a metal filter then pre-filters for top results and to make it last. READ the manual. Get the spare parts... extended cruising kit etc.
I was thinking the same thing. I would have put another shutoff valve/charcoal/Micron filters to the tanks first. Edit: If they contaminate the tanks in any way, they will create untold problems.
Low Flow rate is something that happens with gravity charcoal filters. That's true for PAC charcoal filters (plus they don't remove bacteria and viruses), GAC is the fastest gravitational solution, but it will need constant care as not to build up bacteria. Hell, charcoal filters will develop bacteria if not used every month or so anyway, so they all need attention. Thus I was talking about Micron filters after (because there are other things to worry about as well). There doesn't have to be a solid and 60% contaminant and debris catcher before the tanks, they could be applied 100% after (well, I wouldn't want whatever to collect in my tanks). Personally, if I was going to use pressure or siphon, I would go ceramic first (but then I'm the dude who keeps BOB's and GH & EDC's). If they want to run it like that, life straw (under $20 for 1,000 liters) or any of those things like that. They can also put something like gauze type filters in the scupper drain/tank fill, as well as having some type of "isolation" tank. I was just trying to give a few ideas on staying alive for an old age. I never stated I had ALL the answers, just my opinion 🙂
The Life Straw and those type "emergency/camping filters, I would only use for drinking. Edit: They will protect you for 99.999% of fresh water bacteria/protozoa anywhere in the world. 🙂
For your info. Mopion (Island) is obviously the diminutive of french "morpion" a slang word for a kid (more like a sea urchin kid of kid), but also before that the slang word for crabs (the kind you do not talk about) yes yes from the toilet seat!
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A couple of thoughts: 1) I would always let the first few minutes of rain go down the drain to wash away dust, dirt and salt from the deck. The tanks would stay cleaner. 2) I would plumb in an overflow so that once the tanks are full the remainder will go overboard and not in to the bilge.
Thanks for sharing!
I wanted to write the same thing ! 🙂
Just recently finished binge watching the first 91 steps and though it is a trivial little thing I REALLY want to thank you guys for your audio leveling. Not only do I not need to crank the volume in order to hear what's happening but I don't have to lower the volume every time the music is on nor raise it back up once the dialog begins. I really wish every channel paid attention to that. Thanks for that and all the other work it takes to make such a great show.
I wish shows on netflix would do the same thing xD It's soooo obnoxious how loud it gets
You think I'd be used to it by now, but it never ceases to amaze me how resourceful you two are.
Dan is sooo handy....his contribution is so amazing to this partnership and keeping things always functional
I've been hoping to see you fly again, Kika. Thank you, it's on my bucket list -- that and sailing! ❤️
I love the way Dan’s mind works. You guys have the best DIY projects I’ve ever seen, lol. Love watching it all coming together.
Good job Dan. This system is SO basic (and quite widely used) I have no idea why there are so many people on here who don't seem to grasp it???
As long as you don't try using it while actually sailing along, and that you let the boat wash down for 10mins to let all the encrusted salt wash off it will work fine, just like it does for everyone else.
No need for second valves (!?!?!?!?!) and filters etc etc.
Keep doing what you are doing - keep being supremely practical and thinking outside the box.
"Can i ask you a question? Do you smoke?" that was so gorgeous. :)) I could feel the Reggae coming out of this old guy. I hope you guys will never stop sailing, maybe when you are 60 you might wanna change to a Cat for easier sailing and to have space to store all the stuff you collected during your journeys. awesome videos. curiosity, creativity and no matter which problem, you always stay calm and find solutions. Oh and before i forget, always great explaining. So i wish you all the luck you need to stay on this journey and never reach the end.
Dan you look 10 years younger and much cleaner
with your hair short. We love watching your videos! What a life. Your companion is a great editor
Brilliant idea. I don't know too many boats where the rain scuppers are connected to plumbing through the hulls. Lots of cockpits drain that way but your solution is great! And super easy. YOu wait for the dirt to rinse through a little and flip the valve to fill! So slick!
You two are great hosts on your travels... I had no idea I would see all the acrobatic performances.... wow.... both of you are very entertaining. I'm a USVI and BVI sailor... and I'm feeling a great loss.... and I pray for my friends and fellow sailors in that area. Keep on with your sailing life together... you're a beautiful couple... Fair Winds and Following Seas... Capt'n Rick... retired living in Jackson, MS, USA...
Awesome idea on the rain catchment!
Clever upgrade with the water system :-) As always great video! TY
That’s a cool rainwater collecting system.
Being excited about getting a dinghy motor is great. You guys remind me of when I was young and not having everything and being excited when you get a little comfort for your boat to make your life easier. Again, love your videos
I like this site because they show how to constantly upgrade your surroundings and make do with what you can obtain.
We love to see all your projects, thanks for sharing! Enjoy the Grenadines too, It's been 13 years and I still remember every day spent over there!
Very neat way to catch rain water on boat. Thanks for sharing.
Stumbled across this video. I am glad you enjoyed my homeland. Happy sailing.
Wow! Kiki is a great acrobat! You guys are so great together! I’m jealous, but at 75+ I can’t figure why! I think because you are smart, industrious, good thinkers, and just great together. And I’m too old to get waterlogged! Lol, lol! Oh well, I’m gonna follow you two and live vicariously thru your adventures. Keep up the great vlogs, you two make great ones. Fair Winds, smooth sailing, much fun, great love!
Excellent fresh water collector idea....always thinking!
Awesome water catchment guys. that must feel so awesome solar power . electric motoring . solar cooking . you guys are so inspiring. and now you are catching water without an expensive water maker. nothing more refreshing than ice cold rain water with just a hint of lime in it.
They're not drinking that water......... That's for all other water usage.
I did very similar system on my Person 424 and cruised the Bahamas for 8 summers lasting 6 t0 8 weeks and only had to get water once in 8 years. A 30 minute shower would fill our tanks , we carried 160 gallons but had 5 persons on board. Each took showers every day but shipboard ( rinse down. soap up, rinse off) using. I would suggest using second valve to keep salt water out your tanks also a charcoal filter. Love your channel.
Great video! Fantastically edited, really well made and nice to see another step on your adventure! Impressed how dan makes it all look so easy installing all this stuff - much have been a bit of a pain!
I had family guests over for Father’s Day weekend and had to pause my binge watching of your fabulous series. I missed you so much!! I am also psyched that you are in the area of my ancestry now and can’t wait to catch up with you in Norway!!
The Gift of enginuity!!! You two have it and so much more! I learn so much! Wonderful and sharing always!
Sooo glad to see you getting some of those creature comforts. Keep it up so that I can continue to enjoy paradise vicariously.
My dear young lady not only are you very beautiful you are extremely talented that was a beautiful display you did with those silks.... Thanks for another awesome video and well done on your plumbing there young man you too are talented when it comes to fixing things... You kids are so wonderfully blessed.... BBE... 😀🤗😌👍🐬
Great show , I love your channel. I'm a boat builder and you guys just impress me all the time with your improvements and camera work .
You're doing what I wish I'd done 40 years ago! :)
Well I'm up to step 92 I absolutely adore you guys you're very innovative and very caring I can't lie I have skipped around a little bit and watch some of your newer episodes but applauds to you and keep doing what you're doing you're awe-inspiring and by the way great videos I enjoy watching them very much
OMG, you guys went to my Island. ST. VINCET AMD THE GRENADINES 🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨. Woop woop....... Glad you enjoyed it. Was anticipating this trip. Hope you and Dan enjoyed the local beer (Hairoun) it has won a few gold medals worldwide, and when I'm in St. Vincent on vacation that's my beer of choice lol. Was hoping you went to the anchorage at salt whistle bay at Mayreau ya'll would have loved it there it's also in the Tobago keys. Glad you Loved it there.
Always thinking out of the box, I like that. Fair winds guys!
, glad you're having fun on your silk once again looks like a great way to have fun and stay in shape you look great up there and super excited to hear you're getting a motor for your dinghy unbelievable so happy for you Little sandy beach with the umbrella how perfect is that and yay for drinking water looks like an awesome place in the Caribbeans have fun guys
KIKA is the goddess of the Caribbean and Dan is a swashbuckling Bob Vila the Caribbean
I loooooved this place (as I loved petit tabac, Mayreau and Tobago Cays!)
It remembers me soooo much souvenirs !
I was pretty young, with my parents cruising on a sailboat, and all people we met on this island kept asking me "Are you married ? Do you smoke gandja ?". It was so funny to me!
Thanks for sharing your cool experience at see guys. Makes me realise how much I really want to sail again this part of the world.
That silk thing is awesome!
Hey Sailing Uma,
I have been watching your videos for a while and I just want to say that I live in Bequia and I'm so glad that you have discovered it.
You are one of many that inspire me to make TH-cam Videos.
Your out of sight, very clever. Good work, love your ideas.
Congratulations on the DIY water system!! Your boat work on Uma is where it a began and enjoy watching you continue making her meet your needs!
Happy Kika found her scarf tree!
And WHAT did you say, a dinghy motor?!?! 😀😀
Thanks for sharing! #LoveSailingUma
Great idea for easy rain water collection, but I agree comments from others: the chances of getting salt water into your fresh water tank is very, very high. At the minimum you should install a shut off valve in the fresh water line right after the Y. Fresh water has to be positively protected. The lack of shut-off valve makes it a passive protection. Good luck!
Absolutely agree. Not only saltwater but other contaminates will find it's way into the main tank and could potentionally make it dangerous to drink
Might be better to fill up a seperate tank with it and use it for gray water ...
i like the way he put the Y valve with the fresh water flow UP not down or sideways. if they let the rain rinse off the salt water from the boat then throw the valve that will work. But maybe Dan will decide to put in deck fills for both water tanks. Then after a couple of minutes of rain all that is needed is to take the caps off the fresh water fills caps
@@edl617 right....its utility water....good work again as always
Beat boating video everrrrrrrrr!!! Perfect amount of content with a vast amount of variety and didn't drag anything on too long. WELL DONE MATE!
Awesome! Thank you for all your lessons. We are converting our Alberg 30 using Uma as the blueprint. Keep this vids coming.
Great idea catching the water and even better, a filter.
SOOOOOOO enjoyable to watch your videos. All the best, Mick
Be sure to note the diameters of each pipe at the connections and stock a set of reducers/converters--juuuuustttt in case. The Grenadines are beautiful. Hope you got to visit Bequia. An entire episode on its own. Especially the Turtle preserve, the model Boat Builders and the Beach Pizza and Bar!
Wow , great plumbing Dan, Cool silks Kika. Only time I was in the Caribbean was 84 & 85 Antigua
Excellent well rounded episode guys! been binge watching over the last few weeks and really enjoy the progression. really enjoyed this one
Love the projects! Great video guys...
ok... now i have been binge-watching ALL your videos.... tired! love this channel! thanks a lot! now a glass/bottle of wine! :)
I have a beach sand collection with the location of the beaches on every bag. One of my favorites is the pink sand from Eleuthera, Bahamas. Kika, I loved your silk dancing.
Nice DIY dude on your valve to fill your freshwater tank. I watch your videos while I am working it inspires me, thanks for the great videos
Living the dream‼️👍🇨🇦
Such a great idea! way to go you two! That is so amazing that it filled up so fast. You guys are the best! So happy to follow you guys and i hope we can meet up next winter if you are still in the Caribbean.
Lol I'm pretty sure if you would've answered yes to the question "do either of you smoke?" You would've been stoned rowing back to you boat 😂
Keep up the amazing tour of the adventure of a lifetime my friends ❤️
Very smart solution.
Waiting for the shower demo :)
Wanna see Dan in trunks do you? LOL
Great video guys. I liked your project for collecting the fresh rain water. I think you have to observe the tank while the rainwater is filling in otherwise the water will come out of the tank as your first trial. I am also looking forward to see your new dinghy motor. You definitely needed that. It looks like a small engine like mine.
Your videos make me smile and laugh. Keep it coming. Where are you going to next?
Super cool utilization of rain water"
Awesome idea.
I want to live like this now 👍🏾
Dan knows how to work the pipe!!
youhhuuuuuu a new video :) take care guys :)
cheers from France
Awesome safe trips.
Very nice video! you guy's are very ''simpatique''
cirque du soleil skillz! thumbs up!
cant wait to see you guys get to Grenada.
A good video on a useful upgrade. Nice job
!
Thanks for sharing, dudes! Please tell us more about your epoxy+copper powder´s antifouling hull treatment!
Smartz... superb locations.... you have to love life just a little!
You guyz are awesome! Love all the smart solutions... One of my favourite steps and I´ve seen them all...
Excellent video guys. Years ago I worked at a chemical factory where we made pvc resin. A very interesting but dangerous process because of the flamability of the raw material, vinyl chloride.
KIKA has the best personality and in life that is a treasure
Nice. as always intelligent ideas executed with perfection.
Brilliant! Thanks u 2.
Amazing beaches
Are you sure you are not allowing salt water into the fresh water system? Even if the valve in the cockpit locker is open, when you heel and there is a lot of seawater on deck you might get salt water into the pipes, and the tanks. If I understand correctly, besides the first drain pipe you don't have anywhere to drain the catching system (but the tanks themselves). I would also recommend to separate one water tank for emergency (fill it only after you made sure the catching system is clean) . Great videos, especially love the DIY ones!
First time you have heavy following seas you are going to have salt water forced up and into the fresh water tanks. You really do need a valve on the feeder line
There's a good reason tanks are separated, no problems with the ability to have them self level at your choosing.
Why don't they just cap it? Uncap it when it rains?
Donald Maywald i
Dan, more and more you look as Chuck Norris of home repairs :-)
Hahaha the old hard ware shop guy wanted to have smoke with you guys... epic
I think he wanted a different smoke than tobacco, hence the “fun” comment.
Soo cute how that exchange about weed went with the rasta man.
On an unrelated note, I think you guys are a fantastic example for other cruisers and racers; people need to get rid of their dirty diesels and switch to electric! Uma is such a clean hybrid vessel.
:)
I love your Vids. Very much appreciated.
That was an awesome mini movie, you are fun like you smoke. Keep the cool cheer. haha
Great video! Cheers!
YAY A Dingy Motor!!!! Finally!
Just subscribed! Going to start from the beginning.... Great video like your style..
One tip bib of advice would be to ensure one things. A small filter is placed in the line somewhere to catch debrie that would come from the deck...ie; anything from flying fish remains and accumulated dirt. If your water gets allot of micro organisms living in there...in no time, poor water and bad smells will be the reality. Add some vinegar to your tank, in small amounts...should take care of it but a quick cheap filter will stop 95 percent
Brilliant!
i have not smoke in years but i think i would have not passed up the opportunity to try some island herb from that nice old gentleman :D
those wonderful light winds are the time when you wish you had a cruising spinnaker aka gennaker.
There used to be a big hill of conch shells on the north end of the Tobago Cays.
Very smart action: take sand to bring away...
very smart yes: every people coming on this island taking 10cm3 of sand... no beach after 2 years..."how hoRRRRRiiibblEEEE it is other people are very unrespectable of nature" :( ; I think a word of apology will be welcome
xavier duveau exactly in my country one famous pink beach closed to public cause many stupid and egoistic people!
Just caught up. Keep 'em coming!
Binge watching from Step 1 to 92 completed.....darn it.
WOW!! Look at that. You made it all the way through and we have the comment stream to prove it. Send us your address in a PM and we'll send you one of our new Uma Stickers! You deserve it! Now, go get some sleep ;)
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What a brilliant an innovative idea for water collection. But I would be very cautious to connect the two tanks together - at least when you sail. The principle of "free water surface" is well known issue when it comes to the boats stability. This is among the first things you learn when you take a maritime education. The way to reduce stability issues is making the surface as "short as possible". That is the reason there are one tank on each side, not one large one whith a long free surface.. Larger ships with tanks normally have them separated with a wall for this reason. As long as the tanks are full, it is no problem, but when the surface is free, it can be dangerous. If there is a valve between the tanks, I would be very carefull to keep it closed except from when you fill them up.
Hope you allow deck flushing before closing the valve to dump water to the holding tank. You don't want saltwater in the freshwater tank. You might want to keep the tanks apart also.
They don't drink or cook from those tanks....
I have not read all the questions and replies here but I have a question and I am sure you thought of it but did you plumb valves to shut off the crossover to balance the tanks while underway?
Yes. Of course. Each tank can be separated.
Nice water system but I would install the filter after the pump- could cause it to cavitate when the filter gets clogged.
Cool project but you need a water leak detector alarm to let you know it is full. Humm snorkel valve. Just get a Survivor water desalinator. Mine made the best tasting water I ever drank. Use a UV light set up with it and a metal filter then pre-filters for top results and to make it last. READ the manual. Get the spare parts... extended cruising kit etc.
I was thinking the same thing. I would have put another shutoff valve/charcoal/Micron filters to the tanks first.
Edit: If they contaminate the tanks in any way, they will create untold problems.
Low Flow rate is something that happens with gravity charcoal filters. That's true for PAC charcoal filters (plus they don't remove bacteria and viruses), GAC is the fastest gravitational solution, but it will need constant care as not to build up bacteria. Hell, charcoal filters will develop bacteria if not used every month or so anyway, so they all need attention. Thus I was talking about Micron filters after (because there are other things to worry about as well). There doesn't have to be a solid and 60% contaminant and debris catcher before the tanks, they could be applied 100% after (well, I wouldn't want whatever to collect in my tanks).
Personally, if I was going to use pressure or siphon, I would go ceramic first (but then I'm the dude who keeps BOB's and GH & EDC's). If they want to run it like that, life straw (under $20 for 1,000 liters) or any of those things like that.
They can also put something like gauze type filters in the scupper drain/tank fill, as well as having some type of "isolation" tank. I was just trying to give a few ideas on staying alive for an old age. I never stated I had ALL the answers, just my opinion 🙂
The Life Straw and those type "emergency/camping filters, I would only use for drinking.
Edit: They will protect you for 99.999% of fresh water bacteria/protozoa anywhere in the world. 🙂
For your info. Mopion (Island) is obviously the diminutive of french "morpion" a slang word for a kid (more like a sea urchin kid of kid),
but also before that the slang word for crabs (the kind you do not talk about) yes yes from the toilet seat!
Next time you guys go there,go in easter season its lit..
Nice... do you chlorinate the water ?