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Building a DIY Watermaker, Our Hardest Sailboat Project Yet (Take the Waters) S2:E1
We build, design, and install our own DIY 50 gph watermaker (desalination system) for our sailboat. This was the hardest project we've tackled on our sailboat, but this didn't stop us from having fun with this episode. Watch until the end to see the best p...
Tech Talk – Watermaker Service How To: Filter, & Membrane Replacement, Oil Change Sailing Sweet Ruca
Welcome to Sailing Sweet Ruca Tech Talks, where we give you real-world, on boat information as we sail. Today, we dive in-depth into a full service to our Watermaker and show you how to do it as well. Follow along as we do it yourself (DIY). First we chang...
LIVEABOARD: Installing A Rainman Watermaker On Our Sailing Catamaran (game changer)
Water water everywhere and it is all salt water which does not do us any good (except to float on) UNTIL NOW! We recently installed a Rainman Watermaker (aka desalination unit) aboard our boat and can now desalinate salt water!!! Here is the link to the Ra...
Tech Talk – Sail Boat Tour: Our J Boats J/46 Sailboat SV Sweet Ruca – Sailing Sweet Ruca
Kate takes you for a walk around the deck and inside of our circumnavigation sailboat, SV Sweet Ruca. Get a brief look at the layout and equipment on our year 2000 J Boats J/46 sailboat. This is our sailing version of a tiny home for the digital nomad lif...
Fixing Watermaker & Blind Taste Test!
Ryan fixes an old watermaker that came with the boat when we bought it. We do a taste test between the tap water, bottled water, and the watermaker water. Get a T-SHIRT(or 3!): https://teespring.com/stores/honu-brand Products we like on our AMAZON STORE...
SSL 398 ~ Part 2 – Installing Schenker Zen50 Desalinator/Watermaker
Part 2 of our overview and installation of the new Schenker Zen50 Desalinator/Watermaker.. and results of our first test! More info on the Schenker Zen50 Watermaker at: http://www.SchenkerWatermakers.com See who's helping SSL at: www.AmbientRealLife.com/...
SSL 393 ~ Schenker Zen50 Watermaker – Overview and Installation – Part 1
Stage one of our installation of the new Schenker Zen 50 watermaker.. hope you enjoy! More info on the Schenker Zen50 Watermaker at: http://www.SchenkerWatermakers.com See who's helping SSL at: www.AmbientRealLife.com/sponsors For more real-time updates...
How To Have Good Tasting Water On A Boat – No More Water Bottles!
One of the most important things a blue water cruiser needs is good tasting drinkable water. HECK - cruisers drink a lot (and some of those liquids need to be water)! You can buy bottled water but it gets expensive, is heavy to lug around and it takes up v...
Water Maker Woes, S2E12 Later Than We Think, SV Angelique of Vancouver
In this episode Mike and Jacquie try to determine why they cant make water. After many changes of water maker membranes we are stumped and have stumped the experts. At the date of this posting we still do not have a working water maker. If anyone out t...
Watermaker Q&A w/Technician & Owners
It's been 6 months since we installed our Spectra Watermaker, and we'd like to share our thoughts on how we like it, maintenance, real-world data, and how often/where we use it. Also there will be a Q&A period from questions YOU sent in via comments. T...
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