Raincatcher

Courtesy of Alan Dunlop, http://www.sailblogs.com/member/freyaofclyde/

Quite a few cruisers have asked us about our new raincatcher, and rather than try to describe it in words we thought it might be easier if you could see it, and then ask questions!! Let me know what you think .... we've managed to collect over 100 gallons of rain water, not all at the one time but it's amazing what you can get from one heavy shower of rain. At the moment, we're catching the rainwater in a water container, but when the rain gets really heavy we just put the water hose straight into the water tank inlet. We've used a spare boat hook up at the bow, tied to the staysail rigging wire and attached to the guard rails. The criteria for this raincatcher was that it didn't become a tripping hazard on the foredeck and that it was above head height.