Spectra watermaker YouTube Videos
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Commissioning and Troubleshooting Our New Schenker Watermaker
After installing our new Schenker Zen100 watermaker, now we have to commission it and try to make water for the first time. We filmed this process to prove that no matter how carefully you plan, some troubleshooting is always required! Fortunately we had...
Installing Our New Schenker Energy Efficient Watermaker
Upgrading to a new 12v watermaker was essential to our plans for a more energy efficient, off grid sailboat. Our new Schenker Zen100 watermaker will enable us to make water from the power generated from our solar panels and let us stay longer in those rem...
Watermaker Failure While Crossing the South Pacific Ep 92
Little did we know as we headed out to cross the South Pacific from Costa Rica across the South Pacific to French Polynesia that our trusty Spectra Watermaker would fail us 1,000nm into our crossing. Exiting Marina Papagayo, we settled back to enjoy a trip...
BOAT LIFE | Projects, chores and lightning storms!
Not every week is full of snorkeling and sunbathing! Join us while we treat our canvas hatch covers, fix the watermaker (again?!), install a new deck light, and reprovision before leaving the mooring field. Check out our Blog! https://www.svsabado.com Fo...
SAILING THE FLORIDA KEYS | Heading toward Miami!
This week we left Marathon and sailed to Rodriguez Key. Holly dove the boat to check for a clog in the watermaker system, before we headed on to Miami. We dropped anchor and adjusted our bobstays to adapt to the current in the anchorage, and were greeted b...
Watermaker problems, cocktails, and fish tacos!
This week we worked on our watermaker, had a few sundowners, and cooked up some fish tacos while on anchor in the Florida Keys (Marathon/Boot Key area). We also experienced some funky electronic behavior, possibly due to radio frequency interference in the...
Ep61 | Power, Water, Wind… Perfect!
After our winter jobs we need a good sail and a few nights at anchor to see how life will be with our new Super B lithium batteries, the Spectra DC watermaker and everything else we've been upgrading over the winter. We are hoping that our decision to ditc...
The best water maker for us | Spectra Ventura 200
After more than a year of research we now have a water maker on board Fair Isle. It was the biggest omission in our initial refit five years ago in Holland, but in a way we're glad we took the time to find the right model. If I had fitted one when we first...
Ep 58 | Winter sail to Kos
A winter sail from Bodrum in Turkey to Kos Island, Greece. It was cold enough for snow on the hills, but a lovely sail none the less. But perhaps the biggest news in this episode is we have finally fitted our water maker. We took a long time to choose the ...
Marine Watermaker: Do It Yourself | Sailing Sunday
This is our DIY, Do It Yourself, 100L/hr watermaker that we built from scratch during lockdown which cost us around $1,000 (EURO) total from standard parts we bought online. I must admit, we had the High Pressure pump gifted to us, so it may cost you guys ...
Sailboat Life: A Windy Day and Watermaker Woes – Ep 22
We've been in George Town for the past week and not every single day is super exciting. Sometimes the weather makes it a little unfavourable to be out in the water and it gets a bit too murky to snorkel. We wanted to share what a typical day looks like a...![When Everything Goes According To Plan — Sailing Uma [Step 257]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/jmVK4CstSoM/maxresdefault.webp)
When Everything Goes According To Plan — Sailing Uma [Step 257]
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124#t Watermaker TROUBLES in the BLACK SEA Spectra Newport 400C | SAILING SISU Leopard 45 CATAMARAN
Yeah! Free water 'THEY' said...until you stare at the thing which makes free fresh water and wonder why is it not making fresh free water? What went wrong? How does one start to troubleshoot something so advanced? And how much did it cost to get 'free' wat...![Preparing For Something Special — Sailing Uma [Step 256]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/9wt_qBvwgSc/maxresdefault.webp)
Preparing For Something Special — Sailing Uma [Step 256]
↓ JOIN THE UMA NATION ↓ For weekly behind-the-scenes, early videos, and bonus content. ▸ https://www.sailinguma.com/uma-nation ↓ BINGE WATCH ↓ ▸ Watch our story from Step 1 : https://youtu.be/lAye0mf2A8g ▸ MAIN CAMERA: https://amzn.to/2V...