Thinking of doing my first Bareboat

[Tranona]

I was talking about lunchtimes in villages or towns where you can easily top up with water while the flotillas are out. I'm not sure it's really practical to fill water tanks by dinghy.

I don't recall water being remotely a problem with two or four adults on board, nor was power although we always turned the fridge off when the engine was off. We were always in and out of the water all day so all we really needed was a rinse with fresh water after the last swim before bed. Also I used salt water soap because I thought it was cool which reduced the need for fresh water.

Agree, that is my experience, but our boat had 300l which was fine for 2 people. We also sometimes used hotel or taverna showers for a good soak.

 

[Mark-1]

I know, that’s what happened though. Had a thread about it at the time. Charter Co useless. Ditto Hanse reps at boat show. I never got to the bottom of it but it screwed up the idle of our week.

Ahh so it wasn't by design. That's fine then, things go wrong.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Ahh so it wasn't by design. That's fine then, things go wrong.

Well, you wouldn’t think so but there was no evidence of any onboard means of getting alternator voltage to the leisure batts

 

[Lucky Duck]

That is quite common - my boat has only a single output mains. There is rarely a need to charge the engine battery from the mains if you have a means of starting the engine from the house bank.

Sadly no ‘emergency’ switch despite the batteries them being in one bank of four (in forecabin of all places)