Dwight, The high number I quote pertains only to cruisers who make passages or who stay aboard for a long period of time.
With regard to folks who do weekends aboard or a 2 week coastwise cruise - I'm sure many of them still do the bottled thing - but as you point out - it's easy to do that when you don't have to worry about storage, cost, or waste disposal. Once those things become relevant though, using the tanks that C&C gave you is the most practical solution. Cheers, Colin (Disclosure: my wife used to swear by bottled water on board. She has since seen the light, but not without some marital angst! - and a PurestOne filter) On 11/10/12, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > Thanks for you response, Colin > > Based on what I have learned about some of your cruising experiences from > this list I accept that you are much more qualified than I am to put a > number on it. > > I am, however, surprised with such a high number. Nonetheless, I think > that > I will remain a member of the minority on this practice. I must add, > however, that when I refer to "cruising" my experience has been coastal > cruising, basically along the south shore of NS where many of our friends > and relatives live so we are able to go ashore for visits and have the > means > to return to our own home and resupply with fresh water from our well and > fresh vegetables and berries from our gardens every week or so. Most of > our > cruising and live aboard time is in August and the majority of that time is > spent in and around Chester, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg and Liverpool so it is > not difficult and quite practical for us to do it the way we do. > > Using taste altering additives like Kool Aid, for example, doesn't change a > thing for me so let it be known that whoever takes a drink on my boat they > can be assured it will not include water from the boats built in storage > tanks and now equipped with the advice I received recently I will be much > more careful about what I drink when on board other boats. Usually that > comes from sealed cans or bottles so it has not really been a big concern > so > far. > > And Cheers to you too > Dwight > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colin > Kilgour > Sent: November 9, 2012 7:11 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List water tanks. > > Dwight, > > You wondered how many folks use their on board tanks for potable water. > I say almost 100% of all cruisers. Anything else is just impractical. > > And like Rich says, there are lots of ways to make the water taste better. > > Cheers > Colin > > On 11/9/12, Knowles Richard <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote: >> Oh. I forgot: I have a full house size activated charcoal filter between > the >> tanks and the pump. The rum kills the rest of the taste. >> >> Rich Knowles >> INDIGO LF38 >> Halifax, NS. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2012-11-09, at 5:23 PM, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> >> wrote: >> >> No one has died.death or illness is not the main point for me.the javex >> would probably take care of that but.taste counts too! >> >> Dwight Veinot >> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna >> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rich >> Knowles >> Sent: November 9, 2012 5:13 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List water tanks. >> >> I've been running water, javex, soap solution through every fall, >> followed >> by a good rinse and then plumbing alcohol. Rinse through thoroughly in >> the >> spring and add a half cup of javex to each tank. 3 x 30 gals. Had the >> boat >> 15 years, drunk the water, used it for cooking and mixing drinks. No one > has >> died and the doctor tells me that the swelling will go down eventually. >> >> Rich Knowles >> Indigo. LF38 >> Halifax >> >> On 2012-11-09, at 16:30, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> >> wrote: >> >> How do you clean the lines leading from the tank(s) to the >> faucets.doesn't >> the same crud that accumulates on the tank walls also accumulate on the >> inside walls of the plumbing hoses. >> >> I have not cleaned my tanks but I regularly add Javex to the water in >> them >> (note that we do not drink water from those tanks and would only do so in > an >> absolute emergency, like lost at sea or something, it is used for washing >> dishes and showering but not for cooking or brushing teeth. Even if I >> had >> washed the tanks I would still not be comfortable with consuming the >> water >> in them, too many uncertain sources used to refill. I wonder why you > remove >> the wash solution from the tanks with a Shop Vac, instead of pumping the >> wash solution through the plumbing lines and out through the faucets, >> followed by a thorough rinse of the tank and the lines to the faucets >> with >> fresh water. >> >> I wonder how many people use water from the boats storage tanks as >> potable >> water versus carrying bottle water for drinking, cooking and brushing >> teeth. >> >> Dwight Veinot >> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna >> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS >> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & >> Melody >> Sent: November 9, 2012 3:53 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List water tanks. >> >> >> For water tank cleaning I like a strong bleach solution, say 1/2 cup to >> gallon of warm water (125mL -> 4 Litres). >> pour solution into tank and swish/rub all surfaces with cloth or brush >> let soak 5 - 10 minutes and repeat a number of times (while doing other >> things) >> remove bleach solution with shop vac >> rinse with hose and remove water with shop vac >> if over-wintering, I suggest leaving the tank ports open and cover >> opening >> with a cotton towel >> Cheers, Russ >> Sweet 35 mk-1 >> >> At 10:53 AM 09/11/2012, you wrote: >> >> >> What is the best way to clean them. 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