Myself and three others crossed the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) from San Francisquito, Baja to Bahia Kino, Sonora and back. Although we carried eighty pounds of water each we also brought two solar stills and one fire still. The solar stills were comprised of two clear spheres, one inside the other and floated in the relatively cool sea water with the upper hemisphere exposed to intense sunlight. Sea water within one sphere condensed as distilled water and ran down the surface of the other, collecting sphere. The fire still was constructed of a pressure cooker, surgical and copper tubing for use on land. It was not necessary to use either of the stills and I cannot report on the effectiveness of the solar model (though Ken tested it) or where one may be purchased. Sid Taylor would it be at all feasible to >create a small solar still *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 14 2001 - 10:47:43 PDT
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