200 Gallons of Glorious Water

The day started out as a rather calm day. Through the night we made some good headway South but by the morning, the winds had all but died down. We were getting a bit frustrated sitting there in the middle of the great Pacific Ocean going nowhere when we noticed a number of grey clouds looming on the horizon. Within minutes the rain was slapping into the sail and the sail cover was collecting a steady stream of fresh water into the large bucket I had placed on the winch at the bottom of the mast.

As Jaeden and I were filling the buckets Dailin came forward and suggested, “How about we siphon the water using one of the water hoses and drain it into the boat’s water tank? That way we could use the water for drinking and not just for washing clothes.”

“Lets give it a try. We sure can use the water.” Jaeden said.

Within one minute the first bucket was full and Dailin started to suck the hose and dropped it into the water tank. As the bucket drained into the tank we started to gather the other buckets that were quickly filling up.

It looks like our prayers were answered. 4 hours and 4 squalls later my fingers and toes felt like raisins and I looked into the newly filled 200 gallon water tank. It was completely full right to the top! It was a busy day and we had managed to collect enough water to last us more than a week!

8:50 pm PDT, Lat: 04° 18.300′ N, Long: 126° 48.231′ W, Course 225° T, Speed: 6.5 K, Wind: S 14 K, Swell: NE 3′, Cloud Cover: 40%, Barometer: 1007 hPa, Temp: 26°C … Current Location