Paraty
17/11/08 21:15 Filed in: Brazil | Ilha Grande
Sunday started off with quite nice weather but then it deteriorated into a series of thunder storms. A good day for staying aboard and reading a book.
I noticed that by dropping one corner of my bimini I could catch a lot of water and managed to collect 10 litres during the day.
Monday was more of the same except that it rained all day. Heavy and continuous tropical rain.
Now I was on a mission to collect as much water as possible. Using the bimini and a bucket I collected 35 litres in jerry cans and bottles. By plugging the port scuppers and opening the filler cup clean fresh water flowed directly into the tanks, topping them up with another 60 litres.
As the rain eased towards evening all my fresh water storage was full.
I noticed that by dropping one corner of my bimini I could catch a lot of water and managed to collect 10 litres during the day.
Monday was more of the same except that it rained all day. Heavy and continuous tropical rain.
Now I was on a mission to collect as much water as possible. Using the bimini and a bucket I collected 35 litres in jerry cans and bottles. By plugging the port scuppers and opening the filler cup clean fresh water flowed directly into the tanks, topping them up with another 60 litres.
As the rain eased towards evening all my fresh water storage was full.