How to Make Water OFF-GRID on the OCEAN! Unlimited FRESH WATER Forever! | ep.22 

One of the coolest sailing channels ever! Keep it up Raff and Sasha.

Drink Beer not 💦 Drink whiskey 🥃 not 💧 Let’s see Spearing 🐟 from down deep

I am so impressed by Raff's ability to successfully fabircate the floor in a remote location and have it come out perfectly. Also, LOVE the water maker, in particular a model designed with commonly available parts because we all know it will break down in a remote backwater, not in Florida. :) love your videos. Keep it up.

You guys are great

Must be several months old or maybe last year? Seems other media has you guys long gone from this spot and sailing the world. Appreciate all the extra media clips and graphics you go through the trouble of including in your vids. Good stuff.

So I have been binge watching since episode one. I am a photographer and edit all day at my computer so I can listen, watch, and rewind and watch what I missed. One of my favorite things about your videos is how you take a minute to explain things that you're doing. Most people just show the highlights but you guys break it down. And last, your humbleness as to not bash the guy who sold you the boat. At least not on video lol. Man that wasn't an honest sale by any means! Boat is looking sa-weet tho!!

Great progress on your fresh water system...Strongly recommend that you get two replacement high pressure lines for backup. I'm guessing that those two lines are not readily available like your other common plumbing parts.

You guys are so much fun to watch whilst be very educational! Great video, thank you guys. All the best from the U.K. ⛵️👍🏻

I see a problem with the genius plan ... once the front tank fills, the water may start coming out of the vent line for the tank before it diverts to the two other tanks. You need to make sure that the vent lines for each tank (all have a vent to allow for the air to leave the tank as it fills with water) are higher than the junction point where the diversion manifold is located. Please take the time to extend the vent lines to appropriate heights if you intend to make this your method of filling the tanks, otherwise you might just find your bilge full of fresh water!!!

After running other people's boats for 20 years and dealing with all the ridiculously expensive watermakers out there, I retired, bought a boat, and put one of Mike's units in it first thing. Over 4 years and flawless. Good choice. Congrats on the floors, btw.

Raff w/ the OG 'Maui and Sons" tshirt? 🔥🔥🔥💯 *How tall are you? You look like a giant next to the Saltwater pro guy. hahaha

Raff's Sister was on Sailing Doodles. Did y'all get a bump in viewers and subs?

Finally 2 clean sailors!!!! Great job you two! ❤ from 🇨🇦

More perfect form button 👉👉👉

You make learning so much fun! Go Team Raffsha! Number 1 sailing channel on RU-vid! Stationary sailing but sailing no doubt!!! Cheers!

comment comment comment. keep up the good work amigos. comment

That cabin sole is beautiful! Glad you now have fresh water. Safe travels ❤️

Thanks for the inspiration. Dig the channel. .. S/V Kota.

Great job on the install guys. I doubt the water will fill all tanks simultaneously, but good thinking with the valves. I put the same system in my boat Lady Bug except it runs off of a dedicated 2kw industrial inverter. Mine is located in an out of the way place and I have found that I never really need to adjust it. I had some problems with air coming in the intake while underway, but a large T in the system with a small bleed hole above the water line solved that problem. Any air bubbles in the intake really screws things up. Like you, I was intimidated at first with the install, but it really was easy. We have had it in use for 8 months over 2 seasons and it really works great. I did find the crappy plastic fitting that goes into the flow meter cracked and I replaced it with brass. I did not opt for the panel due to expense that left that flow meter just hanging out on the fittings though and that led to the crack. Just make sure to support it and the hoses going to it and things will be fine. It was nice meeting you two over there on Long Island a couple of months ago. I hope things are going well, as the weather down where you were headed looks a little dicy.

💦 is everything. Congratulations

Nice clean looking install. A system may not work any better when all the lines and wires are run neatly, but when the time comes to service or repair something you'll be happy you took the time to do it right.

You misspelled Patreon in the final graphic of the video. You spelled it Pateron.

Good to see ya ! Congrats, you'll love it. Great unit!

Great job guys, coming along. Cant wait to see the video when u guys sail her out. Stay safe….

I mentioned this channel over on breaking waves recently, could lead to a few more subs. Similar styles, similar crews, both young channels. Hope it bolsters your subs some for you too. Do you know them? I reckon both channels would get along like a house on fire. :) This channel and their channel I stated I thought the best 2 sailing channels on YT, and have watched a few. I look forward to your uploads the most, every week. This saved to my browser for later in the evening. Cheers from 🇳🇿 😎M.

Very cool to see that you guys installed an onboard de-sal unit, it will certainly prove its worth if you all are planning extended travels in your boat. That's a super clean install you did as well! Great video, and fair winds/following seas to you both! Thank you!

This is the video I needed! Thank You so much! 🙏

Educational stuff isn’t supposed to be so entertaining! Just love y’all’s ying vs yang.

Now that you have water onboard it’s time to have a foam party! A little something from us to help buy the soap. Congrats and job well done. 🫧🫧🍻🤗🍻🤗🫧🫧

Happy 4th of July! Great post and anyone who has watched you is glad to hear you will finally be able to shower on a regular basis. If you are willing to share this closely held secret, how far behind your real timeline are these videos? It won't affect whether I watch or not, trust me. Stay safe.❤💦

Great work, both of you! It's nice to see you guys do something that really, really improves day to day life. I mean, floors, pretty important too, but fresh water? Nice!

Excellent! Congratulations!

I’m glad to see you have a water maker & thanks for showing the installation, just recently got a new to me sailboat for the lake

Dude! You guys kill me! You guys would be a blast to hang out with. We’re a little old to hang out with now but your humor and energy certainly reminds me of us 20+ years ago. We will be sure to wave our say hi when we find ourselves in the same anchorage. Also: my wife is hotter than me too so don’t feel bad Bud! 😅

Loved your attempt to fill your tanks in order without electronics. From an engineering perspective, it’s all about head-loss (interject jokes here). Simply put, there needs to be less resistance to the tank you want filled first (I.e. shorter hose to the first tank). If what you have doesn’t work, try adding ball valves (variable resistance) in each line and tweak them open or closed until you get the fill distribution you want. Example, the front tank ball valve will be more open and side tanks equally open but less than the front tank. Enjoy your channel.

Is that a coin from the atocha that you wear?

Excellent, good luck, stay well

Good video for the 4th of July- you guys represent our country with a great can do attitude: hard work, having fun with it, working towards a goal of traveling the world on a boat you brought all the way (and them some) back. Thank you!

Love your chanel guys. Hope to be sailing soon....with my little family!

Great video. Been looking at the same system. If I buy I'll use your link. BTW, I haven't read anywhere on how often or if ever the two membranes have to be replaced?

I follow you from Morocco 👍🏻✌🏻🇲🇦

Having subscribed to about 40 sailing channels during/since the "quarantine", I'd become a bit jaded and meh watching couples working on boats. But, you two have brought new energy and excitement to it. I actually got excited for you installing your watermaker and seeing it work. Keep up the great videos. I look forward to seeing Spear it Animal reach 500K!

Perfect install. I absolutely like how you used the recessed are for the panel

The floors though! awesome!

Don’t forget to give the Manatee’s a big drink whenever they are around! Awesome job! 😎🤙🏼

3 more days & we would call RU-vid to send out the search parties

Another quality episode guys! 👍

One of the best videos I’ve seen guys Great Job😊😊😊😊

Keep up the good work Guy's..*cool episode..💙.

Great video awesome vibe

Hey Raff I hear from your sister that you dacked her pants off her when you was kids at a wedding or something!!!! What da 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣 thanks Bobby!!🤣🤣 also thanks for yet again another awesome episode guy's 👏

OUTSTANDING and yet simple explantation of function and fitting of (osmosis) "water maker." Impressive graphic's simplicity! 11/10 if I was a teacher but I'm not (still learning). Hello to Brett & Jade - another pair of magicians. Be happy and safe always.

That’s a sweet explanation of the system, I like it!

Chuckling, yeah, always be sure to "girggle" guys, get dem worms out🤔. Good info, thanks for sharing folks... God Bless🙏🏻⛵🐬

You guys are putting together some really interesting vids...Really like how you don't leave out any details...Great vids Raff and Sascha very well done!

have you thought of making IRL videos that are longer in length? I watch videos and I want more, like you can only have 1 beer but I want to get hammered. might save you time with editing. just a thought, you guys are fun to watch :-)

I think your installation explanation was perfect 🎉. The graphics you show on how it works and how to install. Your video is inspiring and I loved ❤ it. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for a very professional and very fun show. I watch lots of these and you guys are up there with the best of them. I am pretty current...just watching some shows I've missed... Keep at it. HUZZAH! tk

Gravity in that small manifold/ valve block won't be effective / work with such a small drop and a pressurized system. The length of the hoses will make the biggest difference. Otherwise a very clean install and congratulations on having a shower.🎉

more outtakes at the end.. I gotta be honest It really reminds me of the end of the Smokey and the Bandit Movies where we all stayed later past the credits at the drive in for them.. was gold So drinking the pisswater Rav was a funny bonus I hope you don't have the lurgy now cheers

Nice promo for Seawater Pro. Get a good discount 😏 At the rate a 40 Gal / Hr do you have feel for how often you need to replace the various filters, both the smaller ones and the long tube ones ? Thanks

Great work as usual 😊and I love the floors!! The only change I would have made would be to fill the front tank last, keep the weight off the bow. I have a similar boat to yours and on long passages I usually keep the forward tank empty. Having said this, with your system it is easy to pick which tanks you fill first.

Now you can go anywhere and have your own water ... but still take 5gals x 4 of distilled bottled water for backup ... ❤❤❤😊😊😊

Keep up the dream🎉

Great job with the boat guys. Making my way through the vids now since finding your channel. Watermakers are pretty cool tech. Here's a tip I've seen on another sailing channel as far as fresh water goes - mother nature provides several chances to collect fresh water. Your sail will collect alot for you and your sail cover is essentially a big ass cup always getting filled up. Run a hose from the low point in to your forward tank. Good idea in case the genie craps out. Keep up the great work!

Amazing job fuckin FairPlay to all your hard work!!!!!! 👍

The new fresh water system sounds and looks absolutely perfect. and, you new teak and holly cabin sole is exceptional and magnificent. You two are miracle workers. Good luck and good sailing.

Hey Raffaele, mi cuñado, como vamos? tutto bene? Congrats on the Water Maker.

Fresh water the source of life Oh & a good sail boat & Fine woman = You got the source = ENJOY.... Dont forget the rum.

During your install it looked like you have a propane tank located in your bilge and not in a separate propane locker. If this is correct this is a very dangerous, propane is heavier than air and any leak can fill the bilge with gas looking for a source of ignition such as a spark from your watermaker high pressure pump. Please check ABYC installation recommendations.

Excellent job of H2O maker install. Looks clean and tidy as your fresh water. ❤ gary in Kamloops Canada

You guys are great! I love your channel Thank you guys for making Sailboat Content!

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thats way cool

Awesome video guys!!! Great water maker and install was PRO quality for sure. See yall next time.

Water good.

RO systems are very reliable but can fail. If this happens while filling all three tanks then all your water is contaminated. I would suggest keeping the forward tank isolated as a precaution. Great video BTW

Honestly that was with out a doubt the best "water maker" video I've seen. Most are so boring I can feel my brain leaking from my ear. I also love the idea of a mechanical system and not one controlled by a green board considering the lightning possibilities and the nature of saltwater air.

Great ad for the water maker - they should sponsor you and every 6 months have you talk about it again. If I needed a wtaer maker I would buy the one you did - but I would still have to pay some one to put it together for me. (smile) I enjoy your channel. Best wishes from Jomtien beach, Thailand.

Good video

❤ EPIC ❤

GOOD JOB

hmmm,,, no *UV filter?* Salt and Tar just had to move out from a big bay they had anchored in Mexico as the relatively few boats there also dumped their vaste in the same waters,,, salmonella flourish in tropical waters and a plain water maker doesn't deal with that,,, an UV filter would have eliminated the problems they had with their stomachs

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Nice!

These small plastic hoses can be tricky, gravity alone does not rule, you have superficial tension with air bubbles that can keep water from flowing the way you want. I use some venting to solve most of these small problems.

looks like an awesome deal you got on water maker plus you made install look so simple, Is water where you are anchored right now sort of clean or more of a marina clean. I have watch other you tube sailing channel who say don't use water maker in marina as really dirty. best to use when on a passage. I do understand you are still in Preparation stage so you don't have that choice and you needed to test out to make sure it works and WOW !!! it does congrats. Your new floors look beautiful. Spear it Animal going to look great once all complete. Good video

We installed a SeaPro desalination system last year and have been living the life aboard since. Great tutorial on your install!

Starting to look pretty good there! Loose the silicon for sealing stuff though, and wire nuts are never ok on a boat, properly crimped butt connectors with a adhesive shrink wrap are the way to go.

Let me ask a question. Go to 15:12, you made that part level with the two water tanks. If you adjusted it so it was a little sloping down, might more water get to the second tank evening up the filling process? Not too much but just enough to get some faster water on top? Or is that dumb? I have no idea. and your sister seems real nice on that other boat. You guys seem like good people.

So I see you use robertson screws aka square heads a Canadian custom I fell they work much better.

I want one. But after 30 years of rain catchment for free. I just cant. However i spent 2,500 on a e wincher. So i am not a cheap basterd.

I've watched from ep7 to ep 22 today. i hope that helps with the boat loan. i mean its not pirate tressure or anything but the ads have been rolling

Great job on the installation of the water maker. Keep up the good work on the video..

They'll probably fill up equally as fast but since your forward tank looks smaller that one will fill up first anyway. Also depends on backpressure from the tanks.

It is fascinating to see an RO unit miniaturized like that. Just the bare essentials. One essential I did not see was a UV purification step. That should take care of any viruses and the like that may remain in the water. These really do work.

I mean… “cool kids” are the ones that get it and embrace the science and ingenuity. Being stupid has never been cool. Ps not calling either of you stupid. You’re not. Just doing my part to prevent smart shaming.

I love your ingenuity, you guys are awesome ....... respect !!!

Having a water maker is a real game changer, between that and spearfishing the only you have to back for is beer and rum.

You are not the first to recommend Sea Water Pro. I'll be ordering one for my boat in a year or so.