Thought I would show how we get our fresh water for the boat. Island Queen has two 75 gallon fresh water tanks. That's a good thing because we are water hogs. We use about 150 gallons a week in a typical week. That is still nothing compared to land based living but alot for living on a boat. When we had our sailboat "Morgan" we only used about 18 gallons a week. But we were trying to live the minimalist lifestyle and did a fairly good job of it. After a year and a half of that we decided that the minimalist lifestyle might not be the road for us, although sometimes we do miss it. But we like our hot showers on board any time we want and we like having a washing machine so we don't have to lug everything ashore just to live a normal life of hygiene and clean clothes.
Back to the water issue. I used to lug 5 gallon jugs back and forth to the boat, but with our water usage now that is a royal pain. I bought two 13 1/2 gallon jugs that I use to haul water from shore. I then use a 12 volt pump to pump it up to the fill located on the deck. That way there is no lifting involved. Eventually I will build a watermaker but that is about $2500 away.
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| Water fill station |
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| There is a meter as they charge 5 cents per gallon. |
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| Filling the 13 1/2 gallon containers. |
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| Deck fill for port tank. |
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