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How to rebuild a Spectra Watermaker
After 2 years and 600 under hours, my Spectra Newport 400 needs to be rebuilt. The symptoms were that the production of water went down...
Dec 11, 20202 min read
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How does a water maker work?
The convenience of making your own drinkable water while cruising is priceless. This was our number one requirement when we decided to...
Sep 2, 20204 min read
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Oroboro’s energy system
Modern boats are very dependent on electricity. For this reason almost 4 years ago when Yuka and I started envisioning our life on...
Aug 30, 20205 min read
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Grenada
The sail from Tobago to Grenada was a beautiful overnight spinnaker sail. Yuka and I are now so used to our 3 hours night watches, and...
Jan 6, 20202 min read
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How to repair a Spectra Newport watermaker
Some old salt was once asked what was “cruising life” and the reply was “Cruising is fixing your boat in exotic places”. There is some...
Mar 26, 20192 min read
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Trindade
Eight days after leaving St Helena, drama stroke on Oroboro: The Water maker started leaking from the Clark Pump! A big leak! In my list...
Mar 11, 20194 min read
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