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sea water 101
what uses have you found for sea water on your boat, especially on
longer cruises? do you cook with it? if so, what dishes? does anyone boil or steam veges in it? do people bathe with salt water? Any other interesting uses you've been able to come up with? Thanks Shaun |
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Don't drink seawater! I would assume most people know that but just
in case, don't do it. We have a sal****er pump into our galley for washing dishes. The problems that we have encountered are that the salt water tends to do major electrolysis on the wires to the pump. The circuit breaker tends to die after about a year or so. Also, the pump itself needs replacing after about 2 years, even if you buy the best. In our case, I bought an Adler Barber (sp?) super cold machine that came with the pump. I never installed the water end of the frig so I used the pump to take water off of the engine intake (NOTE***** if you do this, you need a seacock on the down side of the line so that the engine doesn't suck air!!!) The pump they supply is a high-grade sal****er pump. It still dies over time. We bought some very nice SS flatware that within months turned to a dull finish because of the abrasion of the sal****er. Teflon pans die fast too. There is a down side to using salt water instead of fresh but it is easy to get. A bucket is the best thing on a boat. We clean everything from feet to fish with salt water. The outside of your boat will constantly be salted anyway so you might as well just wash it off. The one thing that has really been great for us is our water catching awnings. We don't even try, and in rainy season, we have more water then we can use for all our needs. (This is for tropical sailors, and I didn't see that you mentioned where your course will steer you) Most people without water makers argue the cost of water, even in the Caribbean is so low that it does not warrant spending the money. I do not have a water maker because I don't think I can fit another blade of grass on my boat but I wish I could. I think that the money you save on everything that salt water destroys would well make up for the cost of a small water maker. |
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Seawater is nice to sail in. Sorry, couldnt resist.
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You have to use salt water to cook your lobster.
"palmtreedreamer" wrote in message ups.com... Yeah, that's why they call it sailing solution |
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Nah, BBQ in tin foil with a little butter in it - and I only cook the
tails. The rest makes for great fidhin'. |
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you can add fresh water to dilute it a bit. mostly you can use is for
spaghetti and seafood. Washing dishes, washing decks, washing everything. If youre in real dire solution, you can even go beyond rinsing with fresh water(although this is kinda cheap) and instead after you bathe in salt water dry yourself really quickly with a towel, it will prevent you from being all sticky. Someone suggested that water is cheap in the caribean, this is true but it has its disadvantages. Most americans cant drink water from other places...My suggestion is you keep a few tanks run on the good water and filled up with water youre sure you can drink and maybe rain. The others could be the"dirty" tanks and fill them with water in any port, use those to wash things. A water maker is really only usefull for cruisers unless you have the money for it and dont care. wrote in message oups.com... what uses have you found for sea water on your boat, especially on longer cruises? do you cook with it? if so, what dishes? does anyone boil or steam veges in it? do people bathe with salt water? Any other interesting uses you've been able to come up with? Thanks Shaun |
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The most useful utensil IMHO is a pressure cooker. Put salt water in
the bottom, and the steam is distilled fresh water. Cooks really fast and saves your cooking fuel as well. |
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I call our pressure cooker "the damn pot". My wife spent almost $200 on
it at some convention and used it ONE time! It sat on my boat for years getting in the way and finding its way on top of everything else until I finally just got rid of it somewhere. If you buy one, you better use it or it could be the start of a water soluble marriage :~) |
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