We have chartered many times with Voyage and LOVE having a water maker! We use the transom showers a lot and always have guests, so it's nice not to be the "water police" nagging about water conservation in the middle of the ocean. Like Jay said, not thinking about where to fill tanks adds to our freedom. However, while the water is totally safe for drinking, it tastes pretty awful. We still buy gallons for refilling water bottles. We would run the water maker almost every evening while we were cooking to make sure we had plenty for showers and dishes the following day.

I'd gladly pay a little extra for a water maker over A/C!! We are chartering with CYOA this time and don't have a water maker but did prefer thie boat we chose from their fleet because it had a larger fresh water tank.

Just 9 more days!....

Cheers!