One of the main projects this winter is to plumb water tanks + pump to a sink faucet.
Boat: Classic Yachts 26. Usually moored in the summer and trailered home off-season. I'm new to marine plumbing - even just having a sink and drain this summer was a move up in the world from just water bottles on our C-22.
No practical space for a solid tank. Old flexible tank under the aft berth, which I plan to replace with a new tank of ~15 gal; and adding a ~25 gal tank under the starboard settee - we'll mostly use the aft tank, and keep the midship tank for backup and to level out some of our list to port (the galley, head and 2 of our 4 propulsion batteries are on port, so some water on starboard will help).
From some old threads, including this discussion, the clear consensus is to include a manifold / switch and draw from one tank at a time, which was definitely my plan.
But with 2 tanks (or the 5 that sail sfbay noted!) would one prefer separate deck inlets for each tank, or a single deck inlet and a manifold / selector valve to select which tank to fill? Reasoning? I have one deck fill currently, and it should be straightforward to add another - and that was my leaning, but I could be argued toward a fill-side manifold instead.
FWIW - we'll probably be using a low-flow faucet (osmosis-style). Ideally, I might do a foot-pump to conserve water, but I plan on an electric instead, so I don't have to pump for an hour to empty the tanks before trailering (we need to shift weight forward on the ramp, and definitely when towing). Maybe eventually I'll do both (foot-pump for daily use and electric to drain tanks).
Boat: Classic Yachts 26. Usually moored in the summer and trailered home off-season. I'm new to marine plumbing - even just having a sink and drain this summer was a move up in the world from just water bottles on our C-22.
No practical space for a solid tank. Old flexible tank under the aft berth, which I plan to replace with a new tank of ~15 gal; and adding a ~25 gal tank under the starboard settee - we'll mostly use the aft tank, and keep the midship tank for backup and to level out some of our list to port (the galley, head and 2 of our 4 propulsion batteries are on port, so some water on starboard will help).
From some old threads, including this discussion, the clear consensus is to include a manifold / switch and draw from one tank at a time, which was definitely my plan.
But with 2 tanks (or the 5 that sail sfbay noted!) would one prefer separate deck inlets for each tank, or a single deck inlet and a manifold / selector valve to select which tank to fill? Reasoning? I have one deck fill currently, and it should be straightforward to add another - and that was my leaning, but I could be argued toward a fill-side manifold instead.
FWIW - we'll probably be using a low-flow faucet (osmosis-style). Ideally, I might do a foot-pump to conserve water, but I plan on an electric instead, so I don't have to pump for an hour to empty the tanks before trailering (we need to shift weight forward on the ramp, and definitely when towing). Maybe eventually I'll do both (foot-pump for daily use and electric to drain tanks).
