Seeking fresh water from salt water help

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Jun 4, 2009
4,935
Pearson 530 Admiralty Bay, Bequia SVG
Honost cruisers will admit it is only the convenience that appeals, when they can make 20 or mor gpd and not care about conserving
Hardly "convenience" when a crew member thoughtlessly allows 3/4 of the boat's water supply to pour down the galley sink drain, on the 8th day of a 30 day ocean crossing.
Hardly "convenience" when the shoreside water supply is not potable, so you have to beg someone to give you some of their cistern water or go without.
No place you sail to is required to supply you with potable water. There have been times when potable water was just not available at all, on some islands in the West Indies, during a drought.
Sure, someone on a couple of week cruise can afford bottled water, but few who cruise full time have bottled water as a budgeted item.
Certainly, a watermaker is NOT a necessity. But as someone who has had to be extremely conscious of their fresh water consumption (in one case, 60 gallons of tank water for 3 people for a TransAt) for the past 50 years, it's a huge step up in the quality (and safety) of life aboard a small craft.
 
Nov 26, 2008
1,970
Endeavour 42 Cruisin
The OP specified Bahamas, not crossing the Atl.

I erred in qualifying my comment to read 'Bahamian cruisers'. Please forgive my trasgressions