After investigating the reverse osmosis desalination system used on French sail training ship Belém, I followed a few trails and found a very interesting product based on normal (forward) osmosis - Manta Ventures’ Sea-Pack kit, designed for use in liferafts and sea kayaks as a desalination system that doesn’t need power to drive [...]
by Mike K-H
Quebec in five days’ time
Yesterday 27 June 2008 at 09:45 local time, the French sail training ship Belém left Halifax, Nova Scotia and the statue of Samuel Cunard. Low visibility and head winds dictated the choice of the shorter Canso canal route rather than sailing via the 60 mile longer Cabot Strait to [...]
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Does it surprise you that many of the Vendée Globe skippers come from this part of the world?...
