Towed Watermakers - 2007

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I've found the following entry in Wikipaedia under 'watermakers':-
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They are very power hungry, except the hand held emergency watermaker and the water powered towed watermaker, neither of which require electricity

[/ QUOTE ]Does anyone here have first hand experience of a working towed watermaker - i.e. someone who has actually, personally, seen one producing water? If so, how much water, and who made it?

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The towed one is astonishing, you would not believe how well it works, after sales service is amazing, unbelivable value for money. All serious cruising yachts know about them and the talk over dinner is of little else!!
 
Right /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif So are you going to update the Wiki?
 
Yes, that one has been around for some years and loads of people have sent off money but we have never (?) heard from anyone who has ever seen one working.
 
Old chestnut! It's so old it's fossilised!
Like the first cuckoo,a sure sign that spring is on the way.
A bit early this year but thats down to global warming.
 
People are still sending off for them, so it seems, and the website is still there. Odd that they haven't been closed down if the product does not work and if people are sending off money. Could it be that people don't like it to be known when they have been conned? Or, maybe, it is all pukka?

Even stranger, one of the big yachting magazines was going to investigate and report. I haven't heard anything.

But let the buyer beware!
 
Thanks, I missed that thread. This one might as well die, then. I'll ttt t'other.
 
There was a report in the Feb. edition of Yachting World about a participant in the recent ARC that used a towed water maker. Apparently it worked for part of the trip then packed up. I've passed the mag. on so can't look up the details.
Ted.
 
Puzzles me that discussions about these towed watermakers never seem to come to a logical end?

Somebody, somewhere must actually KNOW what the score is surely?
 
If you read the other thread, you will discover that I sent an old and battered one back to Waterlog for refurbishment. They took a while, but sent it back following major work, FREE OF CHARGE. They reported that the output was down to about 60% and I should consider a replacement membrane sometime in the future. This machine is now with Zefender, and he will be doing some proper testing in the spring, supervised by some senior/respected forumites and with representation from IPC. I highly recommend that all the doom and gloom merchants climb back into their box and wait for the evidence to be presented.
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Personally I have always been fascinated by the concept, and believe that a lot of the problems experienced with these are primarily cause the person deploying it failed to read the instruction book.

So far My experience with the company has been positive. timescales were much longer than expected for the repair, but that was because they were doing it for free and using re-furbished parts.
 
Replacement membrane?

Surprised you say a replacement membrane might be needed. According to the Waterlog website, there's " <u>NO</u> maintenance" and " <u>NO</u> cost. Reusable stainless filters last forever. Just wash them".
 
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All I want is for the manufacturer to show IPC the thing works and is the "worlds best selling watermaker" that's all I've ever asked and the silence is deafening.

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Then you have not listened to previous threads. I have tried to get the magazines interested in a trial before, and arranged it with waterlog and even offered the use of my boat, but was received with zero interest. PBO didnt even bother to read my email.
The Zefender trial has been set up without input from Waterlog, who were not aware of our "cunning plan" It should provide the answers.
 
Re: Replacement membrane?

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Surprised you say a replacement membrane might be needed. According to the Waterlog website, there's " <u>NO</u> maintenance" and " <u>NO</u> cost. Reusable stainless filters last forever. Just wash them".

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Even the best membrane will suffer if it is not looked after. The one on this waterlog was pretty old, and definitely not looked after. The wonder was that it was useable at all. - ask normal watermaker owners how long their membranes last.?
 
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