Note: This article is from the British magazine Yachting World so volumes quoted are in liters.
Water is fundamental to every sailor’s survival at sea and one of our first priorities. To spend extended periods afloat, sailors need large water tanks, cratefuls of bottled water on board, or a watermaker – or preferably all three.So how do you decide how much water to ship for an ocean crossing?Our survey of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 2014 fleet centred around water, its stowage and use, and its production via watermakers. We asked all the skippers taking part in the ARC and ARC+ (via the Cape Verde Islands) detailed questions about how much water they carried, in what form, how they used it and their tips for water management. We also asked those with watermakers – almost 60 per cent of the fleet – how their equipment was powered and how it performed. Read More
