http://www.bwsailing.com^49COOL NOTEBOOKS FOR SAILORS
DESIGNED NEAR CAPE HORN
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here is something about products made from recycled sails that seems to
be the hip, cool thing right now. There are several companies making bags
of supposedly used sails that have been repurposed. Now a company in deep
South America not far from Cape Horn has introduced a series of handsome
notebooks that are decorated with swatches of sail cloth that have been cut
from old sails abandoned by sailors who have conquered Cape Horn. There
is something romantic about owning a piece of a sail that has rounded the
ultimate Cape in the land of glaciers, shipwrecks and seafaring heroics. You
can choose your swatch from all types of sail cloth. So, if you want a unique
notebook for jotting down your best ideas, or writing about your plans to
sail around Cape Horn, here’s one just for you. For more information log on
to http://www.capehorn.us.
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arger cruising boats almost always are equipped with a water-
maker. But even on large boats, finding a place to install a high
capacity unit, one that is built as a single integrated system, can
be difficult and will inevitably require sacrificing an otherwise use-
ful locker. The boffins at FCI Watermakers have solved this prob-
lem with their new Neptune+ Series that are completely modular
so each piece of the system can be mounted separately and in an
unobtrusive way. Neptune+ watermakers are commercial grade and
certified by the ABS, CE and other agencies. The smallest unit will
produce 50 gallons an hour, which is ample for most cruisers. The
Neptune+ is simple to use and is completely automated. For more
information log on to http://www.fciwatermakers.com.
MODULAR WATERMAKERS FIT TIGHT SPACES
MORE ON MARINE HEAD PROBLEMS
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lushing a marine head with seawater introduces tiny ocean organisms to the
hoses and holding tanks. When they die, an offensive, rotten egg smell can
permeate the boat. Raritan Engineering’s inno-
vative SeaFresh system lets users select between
salt and freshwater sources with the touch of a
button, eliminating the cause of the odor. It’s
available on the company’s Atlantes Freedom,
Marine Elegance and SeaEra QC toilets. With
SeaFresh, users flush the toilet with seawater
and, before leaving the boat, rinse with fresh to
clear the lines. This not only conserves onboard
water resources, but removes the microorgan-
isms trapped in the rim and other inaccessible
parts of the toilet, that lead to odors. An unob-
trusive wall switch control mounts conveniently
on a bulkhead or other flat surface. SeaFresh
has a built-in check valve system that prevents
raw seawater from contaminating the fresh wa-
ter tank. For more information log on to
raritaneng.com.