https://forgeover.com/tags/equation/ Recent content in Equation on Forgeover Hugo en-us Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:41:51 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/s-v-convivia/conserving-water-aboard-convivia/ Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:20:29 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/s-v-convivia/conserving-water-aboard-convivia/ <p>Conserving water has been one of our biggest worries lately. With only 110 gallons of water tankage (plus whatever we can fit in cans on deck), we have a good reason to be concerned.</p> <p>The average Pacific crossing for a boat of our size is ~21 days. Conservative water consumption for 4 people (adults) is 2 gallons per day per person (or 8 gal/day total). We have been using about 17.5 gallons/day since we moved aboard. At that rate we would have just a little more than 6 days worth of water (sans Jerry Cans).</p>