Next message: cirejay: "[world-cruising] Re: Emergency water"
In a life-raft situation redundancy could mean the diff between
making it or not. I plan to buy the Xpack Bryan pointed our
attention to and store it in the liferaft next to my 2 solar stills
that (hopefully) will yield enough for 2 without any effort.
http://www.speedplastics.co.uk/solarstill.html
Fair winds, Len.
--- In , "Jim Burgoyne" <jimbim at dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
> Thanks for this, Bryan. I don't have a watermaker and planned to
ask
> here if anyone had ideas about about a reasonably priced system
that I
> could store with my liferaft. This might be the answer. But wonder
why
> they don't have much information on their website. Maybe it's
> new/untested.
>
> Would appreciate it if anyone else had suggestions about cost-
concious
> emergency water alternatives.
>
> cheers, Jim
>
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 20:54:10 -0400
> From: "Bryan Genez" <svcapella at dot dot dot >
> Subject: Emergency water
>
> A newspaper article about water filtration systems being used by
our troops
> led me to their site.
> <http://www.hydrationtech.com/ >. They claim to be able to make
drinkable
> water from pretty nasty sources. The FAQ on their site refers to a
> "Seapack" which is used to make ocean water drinkable. The
Seapack appears
> to be ideally suited for an abandon ship kit. While it's not
described on
> the website, I've received an answer to my inquiry, which I'll
quote:
>
> Our Seapack is essentially our X-Pack using a different syrup. It
works
> with seawater, and delivers a liquid that is very similar to
grapejuice.
> The drink has a high sugar content, and is intended to sip slowly
in order
> to hydrate, as opposed to drinking quickly. It is a passive
system, thus
> requires no pumping, etc. to operate.
>
> Our price to government agencies is $55.45, while our retail price
is
> $64.00.
>
> --
> Best,
> Bryan Genez
> "Capella" V40-158
> New Bern, NC
>
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