Simi 60
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- Australia
- Vessel Make
- Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
I have just purchased a 200 litre collapsible water tank for $130 with the plan being, every time we take the tender near a jetty, pulling out our hose and tank from under the casting platform, setting tank on top of casting platform and putting 200l/200kg of water in.
When we get back to the main boat I can tie up the tender and run a hose from the tank to the fill point and am thinking of transferring in the following method.
1) simply sitting on the collapsible tank and squeezing the water out while drinking a beer
2) placing bucket with 12v bilge pump on floor of dinghy, hose gravity feeding from tank to bucket and hose from bilge pump to boat fill point- turn on, drink beer.
Should easily be able to do this a few times a week extending our current 12 week between water fills to 12 mths between fuel fills.
The only issue I can see is perhaps not being able to push the water uphill 5ft with the methods described.
Thoughts?
When we get back to the main boat I can tie up the tender and run a hose from the tank to the fill point and am thinking of transferring in the following method.
1) simply sitting on the collapsible tank and squeezing the water out while drinking a beer
2) placing bucket with 12v bilge pump on floor of dinghy, hose gravity feeding from tank to bucket and hose from bilge pump to boat fill point- turn on, drink beer.
Should easily be able to do this a few times a week extending our current 12 week between water fills to 12 mths between fuel fills.
The only issue I can see is perhaps not being able to push the water uphill 5ft with the methods described.
Thoughts?