When the water maker fails!!! Sailing Aquarius "Water Maker 101"

[@dirkerasmus6808]

Great informative content, I enjoy all your posts. Thank you for sharing your great advernture!

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks Dirk! Fair Winds

[@thechaplain9906]

Thank You Professor Ken. Great lesson on Watermakers...I couldn’t live without one either!!!

[@sailoceans]

some beautiful camerawork, good musical selection, good work 👍

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks for the support. Please share our videos to people that you think might be interested. Fair Winds

[@Sirena_Edonismo]

Great information. I wouldn't think of traveling without a water maker. In my case it's a motor yacht so there is plenty of power and space. I'm installing a Dometic Spot Zero Reverse Osmosis System. It is a water maker and purifier combined so you can even was the boat with the water and not leave any spots. The one I'm installing has plenty of capacity, around 85 gals. (320 liters) per hour. I may have to sell some of the water to other boaters to help pay for my boat. LOL Thanks again for the great explanation.

[@SailingAquarius]

Hi Paul, Thanks for the nice comment! Fair Winds

[@MikeH-fl9lu]

Gotta say ken does a kick Butt job on instruction video very impressed that’s why we love this channel very informative. Thanks guys Love that boat you guys really seem to be enjoying yourselves stay safe any idea what your destination plans are by years end or just cruising. Thanks again

[@SailingAquarius]

Not sure of the entire plan, but next year we will probably be in Thailand. We will leave New Zealand for Fiji in a month or so. Cheers Ken

[@MikeH-fl9lu]

Sailing Aquarius Around The World thanks guys be safe always look forward to your videos we watch all the different sailing channels this is our favorite It must be cause we are about the same age. When we share our channels with other family members everyone that’s in the 50s like yours the best. Best wishes. Cheers

[@ryanh4889]

Great and easy to understand! I would suggest running the product water stored in the on-board tank through a U.V. light and PH filter before filling up water bottles or for any water used for making ice. The water will taste much better and be free of any bacteria.

[@SailingAquarius]

We boil the water out of the tank before we drink it. But, the bottled water directly out of the water maker, should not have bacteria because the bacteria should not be able to get through the holes in the membranes. The holes are too small. At least that is what I have heard. If you know differently, please let me know. Thanks Ken

[@brianpsutherland]

Seriously good description, graphics are excellent. I might add I’m a grey nomad looking for a water solution while on remote coast or near bore water.

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks Brian!

[@George_Reis]

Muito bom o aprendizado esta sendo muito bom obrigado e bons ventos

[@SailingAquarius]

Obrigado e ventos justos

[@steveburton5825]

Really good explanation Ken. (Nice work on the animations too). After looking at the (albeit well done) installation on Flying Fish and how much storage space it consumed, I appreciate the Super Maramu even more!

[@SailingAquarius]

Yes, it is nice to have an engine room!! Ken

[@BPratto]

Thank you

[@SailingTalisman]

Hi Ken. That must have taken a ton of time making the graphics. Great work! Oyster Yachts used, and still uses, a brand called SeaFresh. When we bought Talisman the owner of West Coast Marine Services in Troon, Scotland told me that he'd spent hundreds of hours (probably an exaggeration) working on our watermaker and it had probably never produced more than 200 liters of water in it's life. By fall of next year we'll be in Gibraltar for the third stage of our ongoing refit process. At that point, prior to doing our transatlantic crossing, a new watermaker is on the list. Since we already have one, albeit not functioning, we have all the seacocks, electric and piping. The question is this; would you buy your present watermaker again, or go with a different brand?

[@SailingAquarius]

I don't think I would buy the current brand that was installed on Aquarius. The current Dessalator 60 that runs off 24 volts. The reason is, the cost. There are cheaper water makers, and it would depend on where I was, what brand I bought. Open Ocean has a good system, and RO also has a good system. Check the prices where you are, and see what is available. I would get a DC system making 100Lt per hour. Best, Ken

[@jimdavids6708]

Love your channel. If money was not a factor would you prefer a cat over a mono hull ? Looking towards my retirement in a couple of years, planning med in the summer and Caribbean in the winter?

[@SailingAquarius]

I don't really know, because I have not sailed on a Cat. But, if I had $3M or so, I would like to try a GunBoat. It is a Fast Cat and a bit of a game changer because of the speed. You can out run weather, and make crossings quickly. Zivile would say Yes, she would like to go on a cat. Ken

[@akdf85]

Excellent explanation as usual. You may add some « pastis » in the water now and relax 😉 Alain

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks Alain! Fair winds

[@Mr12frod]

again amazing

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks Frank!

[@jwrappuhn71]

Great vid ya'll.

[@SailingAquarius]

Thanks!!

[@MajTom-wd2yt]

A lot of good info for sure...but what did have you do on Aquarius to get back to 100% ?

[@SailingAquarius]

I took out the membrane tubes, and had Open Ocean replace one membrane and replaced one of the endcaps that cracked. Ken

[@paulharries8262]

When water maker failed did it shut off automatically or did it contaminate your entire fresh water supply?

[@SailingAquarius]

The later. We were making water and putting it into bottles for drinking. Luckily we didn't put much in the tank, that would have been a big problem. Fair Winds.

[@ThompsonBMXbikes]

Great information! I could've used more cowbell though.

[@SailingAquarius]

Moooooooo. Fair Winds

[@willarddevoe5893]

Your watermaker episode is the cat's meow.

[@en8581]

Great video! Do you have any opinion on making water using AC (so inverter or generator) with higher production rates vs using DC (off battery and solar) but with lower production rates? So making a lot quickly (but with noise) or making less but more quietly?

[@SailingAquarius]

As battery technology progresses, like today with the LiFePO4 (and what ever is next tomorrow), and the progress solar technology, why would anyone use AC on a boat. Every conversion costs 10 to 30% of additional power. With solar, you produce energy in DC, the batteries are DC, so get a water maker using DC. On a 24V system the water maker will use between 10Amps, and 30Amps depending on how much water it makes. Knowing what I know now, I would get a system with 2 membranes because it's like having a spare. If one of the membranes goes bad, just reroute the bad water out of the boat. I would get a system the produces about 100Lt per hour, and I would run it 6 hours every 5 to 7 days. In warmer temperatures run it every 5 days, and cooler temps run it every 7 days. And then I would rinse with 100Lt of water, to make sure I rinsed it well. Then trade out the 5u filter, clean it, and put the in the sun to kill the bugs. And each year I would pickle the system. That's my opinion. If you find out I am wrong, or you have a different opinion, please let me know! Fair winds!

[@deibertmichael]

Do you add minerals back into your water? Personally I like the taste the way it is!

[@SailingAquarius]

We do not add anything back into the water. I like the taste as well. Fair Winds Michael

[@jonessmith2068]

Awesome video guys lots of good info on what should be on every ocean crossing boat! But I am still not going to give up the magic harry potter wand just in case lol Liked and subscribed. Cheers

[@SailingAquarius]

Welcome Aboard! Let us know what we are doing that you like, and what you don't like, also let us know what want to see more of... Fair Winds

[@MardkoMBR]

Aquarius without water ??? Ce n'est pas possible !! :-)

[@SailingAquarius]

:( It should not be possible!

[@jsvno]

Had a watermaker making so pure water it was difficult to start boiling - there was no nucleus in it - had to put a couple of salt grains in it to make it boil....

[@SailingAquarius]

The salinity of the water out of a water maker is greatly reduced, but the water still has salt in it. The boiling temperature of H2O (pure water) is 100 degrees C, with a pinch of salt the Boiling temperature would be slightly higher. (but you would not notice the increase in boiling temperature because the change would be small)

[@waynemcphail7825]

Terrific video, I now better understand the entire watermarking process.

[@SailingAquarius]

Hello Wayne, I was hoping to give sailers a little better understanding of the water making system. Something I needed a few years ago! Ken

[@ryanh4889]

In the USA the best source I have found for DOW FILMTEC membranes is americanro.com.

[@SailingAquarius]

You are correct, the US is the cheapest place to buy membranes. I just bought two membranes from RO. They are in San Diego area, and seemed to be fair priced. I brought them from the US for a boat on the hard next to us in Whangarei. Best, Ken

[@Beekeeping_Bro]

Carbon block filters can develop bacteria. If filter is not used long time need to be replaced. Ask what is safe life time to use this filters

[@SailingAquarius]

I had heard 6 months to a year. What have you heard? Ken

[@Beekeeping_Bro]

@@SailingAquarius I don know for this filters . I'm working on Industrial water treatment systems that meet a variety of purification, we replace carbon filters with chemical application to remove chlorine. Reverse Osmosis water systems contain virtually no trace minerals that our body requires for good health.Drinking pure water is safe until you don't have it often, it shouldn't be your main source ... (beer.rum....) Reverse Osmosis Plastic Storage Tank is safe for water storage. So If you have metal water storage tank need to be find out is this safe to use with Reverse Osmosis water systems. There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

[@TheShorterboy]

Where I live watermakers are not expensive they are insanely expensive for an RO a pump and some filters

[@SailingAquarius]

Yes, I have always wondered why a high pressure pump and a few high end filters cost so much.....

[@jsvno]

It's no "litters" per minutes - liters. Unless you wan to litter something.... No problem, problem solved.

[@SailingAquarius]

Dam engineers can't spell!

[@jsvno]

Cool as you are...