Next message: Peter Ogilvie: "Re: [world-cruising] Rain Catchment Systems"
The book Sailing the farm has different ways to acquire fresh water. If you
are going cruising,this is a very helpfull bool.
>From: Richard Bradshaw <>
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>To: World-Cruising List <>
>Subject: [world-cruising] Re: Rain Catchment Systems
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:39:47 -0700
>
>David,
>
>As of right now, we have a water maker when we are not in a marina, and
>have access to bottled water in addition to non-potable dock water which
>we put in our tanks. The tank water we add bleach to and then filter
>(over 99% out including all the little "critters" that make you sick) it
>if we are going to use it to cook also. The result is a very flat
>tasting but clean water. That said, we have not used a rain catchment
>system but we have seen them in books, etc. and have plans in our future
>to make and install one. Our way of thinking is to have multiple
>choices of as many things as we can so we can have multiple failures and
>still take care of business.
>
>I would think that after the surface of whatever you are using to catch
>the rain water in/on is washed off, you could go directly into your
>tanks. I'd still do the bleach thing though. With all the "stuff"
>floating in the air these days, you never know if the rain will wash it
>out or not. Bleach might be a good thing.
>
>Good luck.
>
>--- In , "svraven" <RavensJourney at dot dot dot >
>wrote:
> >
> > Everybody talks about them but nobody seems to describe them. I'd like
> > to start a thread on Rain Catchment systems: what works, what doesn't,
> > do you still treat the water after you get it into your tanks? In
> > these days of watermakers, is anyone still using plain ole rainwater?
>
>Rick
>
>S/V La Vita
>1987 Hans Christian 33T
>
>
