Sailing Water Maker

Water is life and we are so happy that we can finally make our own drinking water.

Sailing water maker.

Water tanks can also be a pain to top off especially in a remote foreign port. What to consider when getting a sailboat watermaker. Water may be essential to life but it can also be a pain aboard a sailboat. Finally those sailing into less frequented cruising grounds in particular need to ensure they have a safe supply of clean water that they can rely on and the best way to do this is to produce your own.

If you re worried about water quality in remote locations or fed up with running out of water after just a few days at anchor maybe it s time to consider installing a marine watermaker. Doubles as a salt water pressure washer with optional pressure washer gun. No more struggling with jerry cans and now we are even more independent on. The wastewater or brine is released overboard and the product water goes into your water tanks.

9 from the membrane a quarter inch plastic line goes through a flow meter to a y valve which can be connected to the water tank for drinkable water and optionally to the sink. Only rainman provides these convenient extra features. For one thing it weighs a tremendous amount and tankage can take up a good deal of space especially aboard a smaller cruising boat. Doubles as a salt water pressure washer with optional pressure washer gun works with mk1 electric and gasoline powered systems only.

In the back of my head commissioning the existing water maker seemed like a huge task. Having potable water anywhere on sea other than relying on shore based water. They produce safe water when the quality of shore water is doubted. For the first few years of dock life i didn t have much use for it.

When i bought satori 2014 a 1989 morgan 44 sailboat she came equipped with an older model water maker 12v little wonder 200 gallon per day which was installed in 1999. Great for people who cruise and race due to ability to offload. Honda dow filmtec general pump jabsco. 10 from the other side of the membrane and pressure vessel connected by a high pressure line is a pressure gauge to 1 000 psi followed by a.