My wife and I have been living here for just over a year and have been thoroughly enjoying our exploration of the Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea in our Feathercraft K2. A friend looking at a picture we had sent of the Musandam Peninsula declared that it looked like Baffin Island - only hot, and he's right. We find that the factor limiting our range is availability of fresh water on shore - very little. A five day trip means that the kayak is packed with water, with space for little else. I was wondering if the well travelled participants in this group have any experience with small scale stills, reverse osmosis units, or any other solution to the problem short of Alain Bombard's solution of living on raw fish and sea water. A web search turns up plenty of info relevant to industrial or community projects, but not the scale we are interested in. 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/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Huw, I was once looking for a solution to a similar problem-- You could check the Pur company's hand operated systems for a marine environment. Not cheap, but maybe the best way to go. I don't know about reliability. Their web site is http://www.purwater.com/L2_pro_marine.shtml Mark >>snip >I was wondering if the >well travelled participants in this group have any experience with small >scale stills, reverse osmosis units, or any other solution to the problem >short of Alain Bombard's solution of living on raw fish and sea water. A web >search turns up plenty of info relevant to industrial or community projects, >but not the scale we are interested in. > >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/ ***************************************************************************
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