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22-10-2013, 09:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Boat: Spencer 42 hull 17
Posts: 276
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Water Usage
I'm conducting a survey on the average fresh water usage of full time cruisers.
1. Please indicate number of people on board
2. fresh water storage capacity
3. average daily fresh water useage
(including fresh water shower or rinse)
4. mode of collecting / making fresh water.
Thank you for your participation. I'll be collecting and using data for only one week.
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22-10-2013, 09:21
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: From Cape Town now New Caledonia
Boat: Lagoon 440
Posts: 962
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Re: Water Usage
1. 2 people on board
2. 900 Litres
3. 250 ltrs
4. 12v water maker
And we wash our boat regularly with fresh water too. A thorough wash uses 700 litres
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22-10-2013, 09:29
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#3
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Myrtle Beach..for now
Boat: Marine Trader 36 Sundeck
Posts: 390
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Re: Water Usage
1. Two people fulltime livaboard-cruising
2. 100 gallons
3. We are not all that conservative and average 12 gallons a day
4. We fill up when stopping for fuel. When at anchor we dinghy water in via 7 gallon jugs
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Cruisin' again....
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22-10-2013, 09:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Presently on US East Coast
Boat: Manta 40 "Reach"
Posts: 10,108
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Re: Water Usage
Impi, 2 of you use 250 liters each day? Is that a typo?
For us,
1. 2 full-time live aboard
2. 100 gallon (375L) storage
3. 6-10 gallons (30-40L) used each day (trying to average in washing days, etc and it depends on how much swimming we do) but will be washing the boat a lot more with fresh water now (new watermaker).
4. 30gph watermaker and rain catchment that can collect 100gph in a downpour
Mark
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22-10-2013, 09:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: From Cape Town now New Caledonia
Boat: Lagoon 440
Posts: 962
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Re: Water Usage
Quote:
Originally Posted by colemj
Impi, 2 of you use 250 liters each day? Is that a typo?
For us,
1. 2 full-time live aboard
2. 100 gallon (375L) storage
3. 6-10 gallons (30-40L) used each day (trying to average in washing days, etc and it depends on how much swimming we do) but will be washing the boat a lot more with fresh water now (new watermaker).
4. 30gph watermaker and rain catchment that can collect 100gph in a downpour
Mark
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LOL ... I know, I know. We are heavy consumers of water and of electricity but are fanatical about cleaning the boat. We also take long hot showers during the day.
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22-10-2013, 09:58
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Presently on US East Coast
Boat: Manta 40 "Reach"
Posts: 10,108
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Re: Water Usage
But 66 gal a day? How often do you go through water pumps? Do you leave the water running continuously during showers?
I'm not judging you - I just can't imagine where 66 gal/day would go on our boat even if we washed it regularly and somehow took even more showers than we do (we take multiple showers each day now). We just bought a 30gph watermaker because we plan to use more fresh water washing the boat, etc. Even then, we estimate our water usage going up to 15 gal/day - maybe 20 during dry season and a salty boat.
Mark
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22-10-2013, 10:01
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 27
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Re: Water Usage
Quote:
Originally Posted by impi
1. 2 people on board
2. 900 Litres
3. 250 ltrs
4. 12v water maker
And we wash our boat regularly with fresh water too. A thorough wash uses 700 litres
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What's a liter? This is America man, speak English. Just kidding, I know that a liter = 3.75 gallons.
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22-10-2013, 10:05
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Caribbean
Boat: Jeanneau 57
Posts: 2,269
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Re: Water Usage
1. 1 person, Full-time liveaboard (6 months of the year)
2. 500 Liters in 2 identical tanks
3. 25 Liters (showers, laundry, dishes, boat washing, cleaning dive equipment)
4. Spectra Ventura watermaker
p.s. Greybeard: you might be in America, but this is an international forum and most of the world uses SI (metric), so you are in huge minority with those archaic units of measurement And a gallon from where I came from is either 3.75 liters or 4.54 liters.
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22-10-2013, 10:07
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#9
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Water Usage
Quote:
Originally Posted by impi
1. 2 people on board
2. 900 Litres
3. 250 ltrs
4. 12v water maker
And we wash our boat regularly with fresh water too. A thorough wash uses 700 litres
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i've crossed oceans on less than that with 6 people on board.........decadant
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22-10-2013, 10:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Singapore
Boat: Carlisle Yachts: 59' Cutter-rigged Deck Saloon
Posts: 162
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreyBeardVA
What's a liter? This is America man, speak English. Just kidding, I know that a liter = 3.75 gallons.
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Is this guy taking the piss or is he really that wacko ?
CS
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22-10-2013, 10:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Central Coast, NSW, Australia
Boat: Avon Rib, 65hp
Posts: 283
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Re: Water Usage
Quote:
Originally Posted by atoll
i've crossed oceans on less than that with 6 people on board.........decadant
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I've crossed a desert with less than that.....smelly
Cheers,
Mac
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22-10-2013, 10:12
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreyBeardVA
What's a liter? This is America man, speak English. Just kidding, I know that a liter = 3.75 gallons.
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One liter DOES NOT = 3.75 GALLONS.
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22-10-2013, 10:14
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#13
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Water Usage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chasing Summer
I'm conducting a survey on the average fresh water usage of full time cruisers.
1. Please indicate number of people on board
2. fresh water storage capacity
3. average daily fresh water useage
(including fresh water shower or rinse)
4. mode of collecting / making fresh water.
Thank you for your participation. I'll be collecting and using data for only one week.
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atlantic crossing
11 adults,2 kids
1400 liters
60 liters a day over 12 days(cape verde-antigua)
raincatcher
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22-10-2013, 10:21
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Presently on US East Coast
Boat: Manta 40 "Reach"
Posts: 10,108
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Re: Water Usage
~1 gal/day/person? I drink more than that.
I suppose perhaps for a single event like a 12 day Atlantic crossing, water usage can be low. However, would you consider 60L/day for 13 people reasonable full-time live aboard usage?
Mark
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22-10-2013, 10:25
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#15
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Water Usage
Quote:
Originally Posted by colemj
~1 gal/day/person? I drink more than that.
I suppose perhaps for a single event like a 12 day Atlantic crossing, water usage can be low. However, would you consider 60L/day for 13 people reasonable full-time live aboard usage?
Mark
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if close to beer shop,could probably reduce to 45 liters a day
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