From: "Stephen Yoder" Subject: Re: Water collection Date: Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:55 AM On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:02:12 -0700, Skip Gundlach wrote (in message ): > "tbuck" wrote in message > news:3F705FDC.5050809@golden.net... >> I have been told that it is quite possible to catch all the water >> required for two people when cruising the Caribbean and further south. >> Has anyone devised a good system? Is the rain water filtered (bugs etc) >> or stored directly to the main tank. I spoke to one cruiser who would >> rinse the deck during a rain storm then had the deck drain piped to a >> tank. I'm not sure if this water was used for drinking or washing etc. > > I've not heard of scuppers being the feed source, though I imagine it ought > to work as well. > My friend has a Morris Yachts' Frances 26. The foredeck is recessed creating a shallow (about 3" deep) "well deck" of sorts. At the aft port corner there is a drain plumbed to a hose bibb below. If he wants to use rain water, he lets the deck get flushed off first, then plugs up the scuppers with rags or whatever then attaches a short garden hose to the hose bibb below and directs the rainwater wherever he wants it: jugs, tanks, sink, wherever. Aboutthe slickest set-up I've ever seen.