Here we have some pictures of the water tank installation. This water tank is not for drinking water, it is for rain water we'll collect along the way and it will be used for washing clothes, showers, etc. The drinking water will be kept in seperate 5 gallon jugs. Therefore if we pick up some contaminated water we'll only spoil the jug it's in. If you add contaminated water to a huge tank and you are way off shore, you are dead, period. Story Time: Most production boats have one big fresh water tank. A couple was off-shore sailing to Hawaii, when they noticed water in the bilge. There wasn't much there so they just kept pumping it over board. Turned out their fresh water tank was leaking. They just about perished, but luck always seems to follow the dim of mind and they made it, barely. I think they sold the boat and flew home.
Here are the brackets Ron and I made to hold the water tank in place. Ron's is on the left and mine are on the right. These have to be strong because you don't want a 40 gallon tank coming loose and banging around in the bilges, so we build them tough. At 10 lbs. per gallon you're looking at 400 lbs.
Here the 40 gallon stainless steel aircraft fuel tank is under pressure test. I had to build all the fittings so it would accomodate standard water fittings. This tank was never used and Ron found it at a flea market for $40.00.	Here it is snug as a bug in rug ready to go to sea! As you can see there is a lot of prep work before anything gets done This was about a 3 ..30 beer job!