Desal breakthrough

sryoder

sryoder

Cortez Cruiser
We used a 12 volt RO desalination system on our boat while cruising the Sea of Cortez for about 4 years. Worked great but, yes, the energy requirements were high. We were able to keep the 120 gal/day system running with solar panels, although we didn't use 20% of that volume, which was good or the batteries would have depleted before the solar panels could recharge them. This MIT deal looks like a much better system. Hope it pans out.
 
dirtsurfer

dirtsurfer

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sryoder said:
We used a 12 volt RO desalination system on our boat while cruising the Sea of Cortez for about 4 years. Worked great but, yes, the energy requirements were high. We were able to keep the 120 gal/day system running with solar panels, although we didn't use 20% of that volume, which was good or the batteries would have depleted before the solar panels could recharge them. This MIT deal looks like a much better system. Hope it pans out.
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I now just want to cruise the Sea of Cortez for 4 years.........
 
jerry

jerry

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Sroyder, A friend is about to retire and is going to La Paz to take refresher courses for the certification needed to reposition sailboats... East coast to panama to Baja ( stuff like that) they are telling him in La Paz that he will have no problem getting g work. True or BS. Plus check out my wave link in Other....might rethink that 4 year plan. Yikes
 
sryoder

sryoder

Cortez Cruiser
jerry said:
Sroyder, A friend is about to retire and is going to La Paz to take refresher courses for the certification needed to reposition sailboats... East coast to panama to Baja ( stuff like that) they are telling him in La Paz that he will have no problem getting g work. True or BS. Plus check out my wave link in Other....might rethink that 4 year plan. Yikes
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I ran into a few people down there who hired on to move boats, like back up to the US, etc. But I'm not sure if there'd be enough work to keep someone busy full-time. Most of the people I knew who did it were other cruisers looking to pick up a few bucks here and there. But maybe. If he expanded his base to include La Paz, San Carlos, and Mazatlán, he'd hit the main ports where he's most likely to run into people who might want such a service.
 
Hillbeartoe

Hillbeartoe

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sryoder said:
I know where there's a nice little sailboat for sale that would take you anywhere in the world you were stout-hearted enough to sail her.
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Steve is just being nice with the stout hearted remark IMO... LOL. I think he just should have said "If you got the balls to live on the Sea."
After meeting Steve and hearing some takes, he may not be the tallest man I have ever met but I have never met a man with bigger balls. That's some scary shiznit livon the Sea like that.
sryoder said:
I only see just the one, Gilbert. Which post are you seeing a double of?
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I edited it out bud. It just put 2 posts of the same thing in a row. All good now.
 
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