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Volume 28
Number 8
April 15, 2002

Schenker Watermaker

On the way home from the Mediterranean, Nick Nicholson came upon a watermaker in the Canary Islands that he found promising. He sent in this report before he reached Antigua this winter.

Schenker’s largest watermaker uses
ûdual low-pressure pumps (bottom) and
ûthree standard 2521 membranes.

There's no doubt that a watermaker is one of the key pieces of equipment on the modern long-range cruiser. The Village Marine Little Wonder—one of the first high-output low-voltage watermakers—has done yeoman service on Calypso during her four years of cruising, and has largely freed us from the perpetual search for sources of fresh water.

Since its introduction almost a decade ago, the Little Wonder has gone through significant upgrading to reduce power consumption, which historically has been a major consideration for low-voltage watermakers. The Spectra series of watermakers raised the stakes even higher with their ultra-efficient machines.…

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