Free water at the pumpout station?

[Cherise]

Thanks Tellie, I was just noticed the liter abbreviation when rereading....I am a little slow this morning....oh this nasty cold January weather onboard is no bueno.

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[Tellie]

Originally Posted by Cherise

Thanks Tellie, I was just noticed the liter abbreviation when rereading....I am a little slow this morning....oh this nasty cold January weather onboard is no bueno.

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No to worry, I personally accel at slow.


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[cookingguy]

Forgive me, I am still very new to sailing and Im learning.

What about using iodine or chlorine to treat your water tanks and then make sure you have some charcoal and reverse osmosis filter system?

Even when buying a used boat im sure you cant trust what water is in the tank.

thanks in advance for the reply's and responses.

[MarkSF]

The all-to important difference between "cannot", "may not", and "should not". Hardly ever used with precision these days, sadly.

[JPA Cate]

Originally Posted by cookingguy

Forgive me, I am still very new to sailing and Im learning.

What about using iodine or chlorine to treat your water tanks and then make sure you have some charcoal and reverse osmosis filter system?

Even when buying a used boat im sure you cant trust what water is in the tank.

thanks in advance for the reply's and responses.

Hi, Cookingguy,

We used to use 1 Tablespoon chlorine to 10 gals. water to treat all our drinking water, then filter it out with a cheap charcoal filter, while traveling Mexico and the South Pacific, as far as the Solomon Is. System worked fine for years.

If you CF Google search on "weavis" with "sanitizing water systems" selected, he wrote an excellent description of how to sanitize the entire water system on a boat you don't know how bad it is.

You could use iodine, but would have to search out the iodine to water proportions.

If you have an r/o , that water is safe to drink, will not require filtering. Some people are concerned about the health sequelae of not having minerals in that water, and recommend a vitamin and mineral supplement, but I imagine increasing your mineral bearing foods would take care of it.

Ann