Minor changes in the galley

Whilst we were waiting for the water to recede and return during our antifouling weekend this April we made a couple of relatively minor changes in the galley which will, we hope, prove beneficial when we're cruising.

The first was to fit a 'Seagull' fresh-water filter for the galley sink. Even though we cleaned the water tank out, there's always been a slightly 'tanky' taste to the water. These filters are used in aircraft and the advertising promised 'bottled water taste' and the screening out of any harmful microbes in the water.

As a result, the galley sink now sports no fewer than four taps!


They are (left to right): Salt Water (for washing up when conserving water on long passage); Filtered water; Pressured hot and cold water; Unfiltered, hand-pumped fresh water. To conserve water on long trips, the pressurised water gets switched off and everything is hand-pumped.

We're delighted that the filter does all that was promised!

The second change was to move the hinges on a locker door, so that it hinges from
the bottom, and fit a new waste bin onto the inside of the door. Much neater than the old system!