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Water-maker:Do not go cruising without a water-maker!The water-maker is located in port sleeping cabin hanging locker and is a ‘Spectra’ “SantaCruz”. This is a 12 volt twin pump machine designed to deliver 60 ltrs per hour and has neverlet us down. This machine was installed new when the boat was built however, it was neverused until we had it commissioned in 2006.Being an American made unit the instruction book is voluminous and hard to understand butonce mastered, takes all the worry out of having an adequate supply of fresh water.We replaced the high pressure ‘Clark’ pump in 2010 due to an small, but unstoppable, leak.The service from Spectra was excellent however, the airfreight cost more than the pump!There are numerous spare filters and parts etc. At the moment the unit is shut down and“pickled”.Fresh water is stored in four 150ltr tanks. Two are SS situated inboard in the sleeping cabinhanging lockers and two are integral with the hull under the forward deck/storage lockers.Having the water-maker, we only used the SS tanks (total 300 ltrs) in an effort to keep ourweight down. All four tanks when full are approximately 10% of the weight of the boat!Forward deck lockers:These are entered through a deck hatch in each hull. We use them to store two 20 ltr jerrycans of diesel each plus spare parts, fishing gear, mooring lines, fenders, paint, tools etc etc.There is shelving on each side of each locker so there is quite a lot of usable space.The inspection/cleaning hatches for the integral water tanks are in these lockers.Forward of these lockers are two sealed void spaces and the collision bulkheads.