I am a newcomer to this particular group, and I am impressed by the breadth and depth of experience that my original query has exposed. In this climate we need at least four litres of water a day. Using the commercially available PUR machines the amount of time and effort it would take to produce this much water would be unacceptable. Like Arthur Hebert, I'd like to either go electric, but realistically for the near future I'll be carrying the supply from shore. Bill Mason the quintessential Canadian paddler once wrote that he'd never paddle on anything he couldn't drink, and the only coastal paddling he did was on the Great Lakes. Not that Lake Ontario would be so safe to drink, its certainly less salty than the Persian Gulf The one opinion I would like to hear is from Peter Bray. He recently finished an unsupported kayak crossing of the North Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland and must have desalinated water somehow. It's probably a bit soon to expect him to be answering e-mail questions yet. Huw Jenkins Abu Dhabi UAE *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
only if you are gullable. -----Original Message----- From: Jim <jfarrelly5_at_home.com> To: PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Date: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:09 PM Subject: [Paddlewise] fresh water > Gulls have the ability to desalinate ocean water by passing the extra salt >out their nostril. Couldn't you squeeze the head off of gull and use it to >create fresh water? Or would this be a bit extreme? > > > > > > Jim et al > > > > > >*************************************************************************** >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/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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