WATERMAKER INSTALL

The first portion of the install is done.  This includes the high pressure pump and its electric motor, the 20 and 5 micron filer housing, and the charcoal filter housing.  We had to make a bracket for the high pressure pump.  I did not want any "amateur" installation of these components (i.e.  me doing it) so we had Prodigy Marine make and install the bracket.

View of Engine Room with High 

Pressure Pump and Motor

Placement of Filer Housings.  Background is

the Charcoal Filter.  To the Right is the 20 Micron/5Micron 

Filter Housing

View of the 20Micron/5Micron Filters

WATERMAKER INSTALL

We are going to document the installation of our AquaMaax Watermaker.  We planned out the installation with Dave from Prodigy Marine and have diagrammed it below.  Everything is VERY compact.  The 2 pressure vessels will be mounted on the side wall of the wet locker.  All of the connections are a short distance from each other.

Layout of Watermaker Components. 

We will be doing the installation over the next several weeks  (taking our time).   

So Remiss

Sorry for all the sporadic posts.  It's been hectic.  It has taken over a week of down time to even relax a bit.  Here are some shots so far from a bit of cruising:

Megayacht "Eileen" Anchored Close By in Pender Harbour

The Dock at Fisherman's (Now John Henry's) 

in Pender Harbour

Looking Toward Hernando Island from Lund Harbour

A Blue Heron on the Breakwater - Lund Harbour

Coming up soon, the installation of our new AqauMaax water maker.  

Water-maker Part 2

After much deliberation and research and a couple of false starts, we have settled on purchasing an AquaMaax water-maker.  We will be doing a step-by-step on the install as soon as we are able

Bimini Side Curtains

Spent the last weekend working away in the office on side curtains for our bimini with our trusty Sailrite Ultrafeed.

One Section of the Curtain Completed

Our Table Set Up and Ultrafeed 

Sewing Machine

Another Panel Almost Finished

Sewing Along the Rough Edge

Sewing Along the Hemmed Edge

Know Your Boat

We have been aboard this boat for over five years yet we are still learning how all the systems interact.  Last Wednesday, I came home to find that the battery monitor reading 11.7 volts and the batteries showing significantly drained.  We had no idea what was wrong.  The charger was working (we checked both AC input and CD output with the multi-meter.

Well as it turns out, we looked t the DC panel and noticed a switch on the battery panel.

Island Packet's Main Battery Panel

Notice the switch to the right that has guards above and below it - this one:

Charger Output Switch 

I had noticed this and then again NOT noticed it until I took a good look and found it was OFF.  Turn it on, and all is well again.  The battery monitor again reading as it should when on shore power:

Xantrex Battery Monitor Reading As It Should 

I have seen that switch a thousand times and yet when I had a problem, it never occurred to me to check it.  Lesson learned:  KNOW YOUR BOAT'S SYSTEMS!

Bimini Enclosure Curtains

We've started the process of making the Bimini enclosure curtains.  We added the zippers and patterned the side curtain.

Port Side Zipper Added to the Length

Aft End of the Port Zipper

The Aft Zipper Can Be Seen as the Second Black Line

Aft Portion of the Starboard Zipper

We will have more pictures of the pattern and subsequent work on the enclosure.