Drinking water
I’m going to dedicate a special section to water. This includes tap water to shower, clean, cook, etc. Over the last few weeks I’ve done a lot of research on watermakers, water treatment, hydrophore systems, tap water heating and storage, making it worth a separate section.
One thing is sure: we’ll have the cleanest, healthiest and best tasting and smelling water of any vessel when we’re done! And, the hot showers will be ‘free’ using the hot cooling water of our auxiliary engines. Add that with low consumption vacuum toilets and we’re talking green, again.
HEM is a French manufacturer of watermakers and associated filter systems for yachts. They have an excellent reputation in the (MEGA) yacht world and their website is very informative. A well-known US brand is Searecovery.
I finally found the site I was looking for so long. I want to thank you for describing how you are converting the yacht. I have a similar idea, but currently these are just dreams, because I do not have the time, nor the resources to take over a challenge like this. However I am very interested in this kind of projects and I believe I will also do it one day. I am curious if you have a cost estimation plan. I was always wondering how much do I need to start an expedition vessel conversion. Since I didn’t research the matter very well I am hoping you can help me with this question. Also, are you planing to change the engines (this is probably one of the expensive parts of the project)? Where and how did you find the right vessel? Thank you for your answers and the website!