One of the major equipment additions aboard Pandora this winter is the installation of a watermaker. I wrote more about this in a previous post and I thought that it would be good to provide an update on progress to date. Actually, not a lot as I have been busy on getting ready to move to Essex CT from our home in Upper Saddle River NJ where we have been for the last 20+ years.
Going through two decades of stuff has been challenging but progress is being made as we prepare for a closing on both homes, one sale and the new purchase, later in March. Many details to take care of but we are definitely getting closer to the move.
I wish that I had more time to work on Pandora of late but I am making progress on the watermaker install. After much debate, in my head at least, I decided to install the components in the very spacious cockpit locker where it will be easy to operate the system. Here’s a shot of the dual pump system. I hope to have time in the next week to install the membrane, the guts of the unit and certainly the largest part of the system at nearly four feet in length. The key is to situate the unit in a location that is accessible and yet not subject to damage.
This initial install is on a forward cockpit locker bulkhead. To the upper right of the system you can see one of the two compressors that I have aboard. In this case, the one that powers the refrigerator. The other one, installed last year, is for the deep freeze. A good efficient fridge and freezer will come in handy when we are in the Bahamas next winter. 
This is progress but it’s not nearly done with the through hulls, to supply water to the unit, and other components yet to come. I will do the entire install myself but will bring in an electrician to do the final hookup to the electrical panel. 
While I wrestle boxes and packing at home I can only wish that I was working on Pandora. Well, there’s always next week.
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