10 ft "cabin" cruiser

A liquid laundry soap jug has just such a tap... I have a couple that I use. You have to rinse them a lot... a couple of times with just boiled water but then they are very useful. You're recycling too.

 

Actually we use 5 GALLON water bottles at home and on the boat. The sort you see mounted inverted on water coolers.
They are placed suspended in a single gimbal basket. Meaning free to swing in only one direction.
The gimbals or pivot pins, are about 2/3 the bottle height up from the bottom.
Unscrew the cap and pull-tilt the bottle towards you. It's just as quick and easy to fill a small cup as a large pot.
Should work for ANY size water bottle you can lift into the basket.

 

you can not find something like this in Belgum? they are quite common here, and inexpensive:

 

5 gallons water weighs 40 lbs. smaller bottles less.
This bottle basket need not be built bullet proof and strong as a car jack.

 

Petros,

it's something like that I'm looking for, except that my water bottle will be inverted 180°, not just horizontal.
I have a fair amount of 5 liter plastic bottles with de-mineralised water. This water stays clear of algea and I believe Gerry Spiess used this water on Yankee Girl.
The disadvantage obviously is that you dont have the minerals usually found in natural water....
I have no clue if the thread on those water bottles is kinda standard (very tap will fit).
A link to a supplier would be highly appreciated !

 

I like the build and the approach of the builder I prefer to build a small boat "on the knee"
no need for much of the preperational work that is often more work than building the boat.

 

Here is one but it is in USA.

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/default.aspx?catid=810&parentcatid=870

 

Do what's best for you of course, but I still like tip and pour. Nothing complicated, nothing to break or leak. (drip, drip, drip)

You could build this rectangular bottle basket in a cabinet. Bolts for pivots in cabinet sides. stuff a pair of shoes underneath to chock it off from free swinging.

 

I have this thought, but I'm not sure that the manufacture of these items would meet health and sanitation requirements. Herbicide and pesticide sprayers have a built in pressurization system so that a few pumps of the handle and you've got a simple pressure water system. It would be nice if these were made to potable water standards, but a very large question mark presents itself with regard to my idea.

Please no previously used containers!

 

I very much like the idea but....I have way too little space for this system.
Perhaps one day on a bigger boat...

 

Another very usable idea !!
I like to keep things as simple as possible though. Screwing the sandard cap off of a bottle and replace it by the cap with tap is as complicated I want to go...LOL.
Thanks

 

Thanks for the thumbs up !
"Surprise" is the keyword for this kind of building though.....
I constantly have to say to myself..."I hadn't thought of that"...."hmmm, better had done it differently".......LOL
All in all it's just a ten footer with a roof to protect the "captain" and hopefuly some room to stretch out, cook a hot meal now and than.
As long as I have fun I don't care too much about anything else.

 

Thanks for the link but I don't see a tap that is usable.....I'm not the best researcher though.

 

A system I saw in SE asia in sampans. A tin full of water and a plastic tube in it. Crew sucked up a mouth full of water using the tube as a drinking straw when a thirst dictated water.

 

Here a couple of pictures of the set up for the water bottle.The last picture is the sort of tap I'm looking for.