On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:03:11 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

We thought long and hard about a watermaker, but the acquisition cost alone,
never mind the running costs, either in electricity or consumables, would
buy us more water, even at $.50/gal than we could foresee in our lifetimes.
That said, our buddy boat has one, which came with the boat, and love it,
running it whenever they're motoring.

I've priced out watermakers and the actual cost comes to well over 50
cents per gallon unless you are making huge quantities. In my opinion
they only make sense if you have small water tanks or spend a lot of
time in the boondocks.