Crystal clear water surrounds the islands in the Bahamas, but you can’t drink a lick of it. No surprise, it’s salty. The islands themselves have virtually no groundwater either, so where does it come from? There’s three options: It’s either shipped in, desalinated, or collected from the sky.

Without a watermaker, our typical routine is to bring jerry cans ashore to fill up with freshwater. In the United States, water is often available for free, especially with a fuel fillup or marina stay. In the Bahamas, the precious resource usually costs around $0.50/gallon.

It rains a ton in the islands, so we decide to start taking advantage. Our efforts are modest, but the amount of water we do collect gives us enough to wash a bunch of laundry, the dishes a half dozen times over, and ourselves.


Hope you enjoy!
Lauren & Kirk


FILMED: May/June 2019

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THE ABACO ISLANDS, POST-HURRICANE DORIAN:

This footage was filmed prior to the utter devastation wreaked by Hurricane Dorian in September 2019. Dorian hit the Abaco Islands as a category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185 mph, flattening most structures and leaving 70,000 people homeless. They are still rebuilding — and will be for a long time.

* If you’d like to donate to the Bahamas rescue & disaster recovery efforts, we recommend the following. We’re not affiliated with either group, but have researched and confirmed their authenticity. *

Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue - http://htvfr.org/index.html These donations will go directly to those on the ground in Hope Town.
PERC - https://www.percabaco.org/ This is a 503c organization which supports a number of Abaco based charities and is tax-deductible for U.S. residents.

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