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What about water? Should we have a watermaker?

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LinoCat has 2 300Liter watertanks that is 600Liter. If we assume 4 people on board, each consuming 5 Liters a day this would make 30 days of water supply. This seems to be plenty. But what if the drinking water is not ok that you have filled in your tanks? What if a tank is leaking? First when bluewater cruising you have to switch the tanks continously to make sure that you are not loosing all the water in tank B after having emptied tank A. Second you need to make sure that the water that you fill is OK. This is fairly easy in Europe but tricky in other parts of the world. Before we fill water in a marina we let the water un for a while because the pipes on the docks and the hoses might have been filled with the same water for a while and in the sun this makes a perfect breeding ground for bacteria. After the water from the hose is feeling much colder we usually start filling the tanks. The next question is: How to get the water OUT of the tank? Stupid question? What if you only have