Potable Water

[HangOutdoors]

I was wondering is there a way to rig something on the boat that would take either lake water or ocean water and purify/convert it to potable water on the fly?

 

[HangOutdoors]

I looked at these and similiar. A bit pricey

Boat water purifier - Pick&Drink - Schenker (nauticexpo.com)

 

[lazergeek]

Watermakers are definaly not inexpensive and not really designed for small boats. This is the smallest and portable onesone I have seen but stil expensive https://www.rainmandesal.com/portable-watermaker/ Cruise RO https://www.cruiserowaterandpower.com/ is my preferred maker but there portable ones are twice as much as there 20gph model. Although these can make sea water drinkable

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

The first question would be how much water are you thinking about?

When I was looking at a larger sailboat, I explored water makers, for use with saltwater. Found them to be a pit pricey (at least several thousand dollars) and somewhat bulky, due to the RO filters.

If you were looking at small quantities of water, and the source is lake water, perhaps a water filter might do?

Jim

 

[HangOutdoors]

I was just thinking about stuff for the future.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I have thought about this as well for my planned off grid boating trips. Something I learned years ago was that those straws you drink lake water etc out of will not protect you against some of the little beasties in the water, you still need to use aqua tabs or something like that, I keep aqua tabs in my boat for emergencies.

This unit Guardian™ Purifier | Filters & Purifiers | MSR is a very good one, is small lightweight and portable. According to their web page looks like 2 mins per gallon of water. This one is 1/4 the cost AutoFlow™ XL Gravity Filter 10 L | Filters & Purifiers | MSR If it was me, I’d probably go with the cheaper unit, and treat the water with Aqua tabs for 100% assurance against bacteria, virus, and parasites.

I read through the reviews on their page and of course some folks are not happy with it or the warranty, when I went and looked for the warranty on the web site they were … evasive and said to call their team with help. But its the net, most folks don’t go back to the web site to say how great something is..

As a caveat, my friend used one of the higher end units for many years while doing Boy Scout hikes and such and never had a problem with it.

 

[Babin Farms]

I was just thinking about stuff for the future.

Something your not telling us?? Apocalypse???

 

[HangOutdoors]

Not really. After seeing the larger boats, the Admiral and I were discussing possibly going with something larger and keeping the AR210 for inland watersports, etc. Maybe a Center Console or a Cuddy. Nothing too expensive and probably used, but something where we could take some trips up and down the Great Lakes and that has a much larger range than what I have now. Maybe take it down around the keys, etc. Just thoughts.

 

[TeenGee]

Have you looked at Berkey Filters?

https://www.berkeyfilters.com/

 

[HangOutdoors]

Have you looked at Berkey Filters?

https://www.berkeyfilters.com/

No, but will check it out.

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

The simplest source of water would just be a 20 - 30 gallon tank. You could buy an off the shelve tank or have a tank made. Or you could use multiple water containers in lieu of a tank. Whether this is enough water, you would have to calculate your use, (drinking, head, shower, cooking). Do you plan to stay on the hook or use marinas for trips? Depending on how far you travel, you may end up at a fuel dock every other day or two, where you could also refill a water tank.

When I was exploring water makers, I was thinking about extended time at anchor.

Jim

 

[lazergeek]

Not really. After seeing the larger boats, the Admiral and I were discussing possibly going with something larger and keeping the AR210 for inland watersports, etc. Maybe a Center Console or a Cuddy. Nothing too expensive and probably used, but something where we could take some trips up and down the Great Lakes and that has a much larger range than what I have now. Maybe take it down around the keys, etc. Just thoughts.

If its going to be sea water then a Water Maker is your only options since they are designed for that function. The RO has to be ran at a certain pressure to be able to clear the salt which is there the costs come in because of the High Pressure Pumps.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I’m sure this isn’t cheap…. Pretty much all in one.

https://seawaterpro.com/pages/portable