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• How much water folks figure per person per day?
  • Depends on how much rum you have.
    • Can't drink rum but figure I'm gonna go with a gallon a day as seems traditional...
      • Yea, I prefer Scotch to.
  • When camping we always figured a minimum of 1 gallon.
    • I'm just figuring tank size. I'll carry a coupla gallons in folding containers as ballast, too.
  • 100 gallons a day per person
    • Wonder about that home figure...mebbe they figure in Atomic cooling towers?
  • 6.5 gallons a day per person on average
    • I confess I'm speechless at that amount of water a day.
      • Well, I look at it this way. My wife
        • I can relate to that!
        • Those are words of wisdom
  • Depends on a lot of things
    • I never added it up, but that's about right. 120 gallons won't go a week for our family of 4
      • We carry collapsible jugs for water
        • Oh Man! I should have patented that
          • Those folks aren't getting rich off that
            • No, you're right. The best
  • Where are you heading?
    • Sadly, gonna be where the sun don't shine, PacNW.
      • It WILL be fun! ....
        • Ah, the current becomes the past, there's the change.
  • Coastal cruising where dockside water is easy to find, about +2 gallons a day