Boat Water System

[ris]

This is a pic of our water system manifold. Starting on the right bottom is the clear hose from our water bag.The water from the bag enters the manifold on the top right. It goes straight across the top (does not enter the first drop down pvc) through the red handled valve (middle valve) which is open then drops down the next pvc (2nd from right) turns into clear hose that goes to the inlet side (right) of the water pump. It then exits the pump to the kitchen sink and head sink. When you want to fill the water bag, you have a vent line from the water bag curled up on the right edge of photo that you put in the sink. The hose curled up in my left hand on the left side of the pic is 20 ft long and will reach outside the boat to a 5 gal water tank that you fill with a dock hose. You next turn the middle valve off and the 1st and 3rd valves on. When you flip the pump on, water will be sucked up the 20 ft hose to the left end of the manifold, through the now opened 1st valve, down the pvc between the 1st opened valve and the now closed second valve through the water pump out to the line to the 2 sinks and in the fiber reinforced line going to the right, to the last down pvc pipe (there is a small square of paper behind the pipe) where the 3rd valve is open, up to the top of the manifold then to the right to the end of the pvc manifold and out the clear line to the water bag. When the bag is full the water will come out of the vent line which is put in the sink. You then shut of the pump, Flip the 1st and 3rd valves off and the middle valve on and you are ready to use the water out of the water bag. Does anyone understand this crazy explanation of how we use our water bag and fill the water bag?

[marcopolo173]

Makes perfect sense Ris, clever system.

It looks like you've got that manifold mounted under the port forward settee forward of the galley. So the water bag must be mounted forward, presuming it's a Plastimo?
Just wondering what the capacity is?

[ris]

Its a 30 gallon triangle shaped plastimo. Shaped like the bottom of the front hatch in the V-berth. It is tied in place to the front of the hatch forward and to the bulkhead that separates the front hatch from the back two hatches in the V-berth. Over 6000 miles and she is still there hasn't moved. The "Jill Kristy" is set up as a trawler not a sailboat. Physical problems and age dictate the trawler set up.

[silverfox441]

I just finalized my system. I have hot water on demand and collapsible water bags with quick disconnect fittings. I use a valve and i can pump water right out of the lake and that gives me hot showers til i empty the lake. The water in the lakes here in BC is fantastic for that. You have an interesting system to say the least.