Australian Marine Wholesale, founded by Errol Cain and based at The Boat Works in Coomera, has recently been named the Blue Water Desalination International Dealer of the Year. The competition was amongst 50 Blue Water Desalination dealers worldwide, so this is a great achievement for an Australian company contending against much larger international markets.
The growing demand for desalination equipment is driven by boat owners’ needs to have a constant supply of potable water while on board for cooking, showers, washing the vessel, and general live-aboard requirements.
Mr Cain says, “Desalination water makers were once considered an extravagant option aboard a cruising yacht or power boat. However, these days they are very much standard equipment, with our popular installations incorporating two units. Many boat owners plan on taking their vessel north to the Whitsundays and there is nothing more frustrating than needing to find water every few days whilst enjoying their boating time. So a Blue Water system makes sense.”
To simplify, Mr Cain explains these ingenious and compact systems. “Using a process of reverse osmosis, we enable boat owners to convert salt water to fresh water, providing virtually limitless mineral-free water which has been proven to be better on the vessel’s fresh-water system and extends the boat’s topcoat life.”
A water maker increases a boat’s travel range, which makes a family day out or a fishing cruise more comfortable, and ensures living aboard is possible. These new generation Blue Water desalination systems are low-noise and modular, and are neatly hidden away in the engine room. The integration of automated technology is easily controlled and monitored at the helm, in the salon or with wireless remote control via your mobile phone or tablet, anywhere in the world.
The systems can be preprogrammed with a schedule to create fresh water for the owner’s production and quality needs. In case of emergency, they can be manually controlled to stop, start and flush the units. All Blue Water systems include an automated fresh water flush system that flushes the system after every use and on a weekly basis. This feature extends the life of the membranes and reduces system maintenance requirements.
The Blue Water range offers various production capacities to fulfill the needs of both recreational and commercial boats, with a daily production capacity from 757 to 12,870 litres of fresh water, depending on the size of the Blue Water system. The Explorer series is the most popular due to value for money that it offers. The smallest systems can be installed for approximately $12,000, while many boat manufacturers offer a factory-fitted Blue Water system from $15,000 to $32,000 depending on the size and features required by the owner.
Mr Cain attributes some the product’s domestic and international success through partnerships with several big-named boat manufacturers. “The Blue Water Desalination systems are installed as standard equipment or as a factory option by Riviera Boats, Westport Yachts, Marlow Yachts, Cheoy Lee Shipyards, Hargrave Custom yachts, Horizon Motor Yachts, Paul Mann Custom Boats, Fleming Yachts and other boat manufacturers.”
United States-based managing director of Blue Water Desalination, Jim Santa, expresses pride for the Australian distributor. “Errol Cain and the entire Australian Marine Wholesale team do a tremendous job of representing Blue Water Desalination and our products throughout Australia. Their many years of experience allow them to provide unparalleled professional pre-sale support and after-sales service to their customers. We are proud to be associated with such an excellent organization.”
Mr Cain, who is a qualified engineer with a lifelong interest in the boating lifestyle, announces, “We recently upgraded our showroom at The Boat Works. The new showroom is where people can see and touch each brand and compare, and our certified installation and after sales service complete the package.” The Blue Water desalination display, as well as other latest marine technology, is dedicated to servicing existing boat owners’ and boat builders’ needs for the future.
Australian Marine Wholesale is the exclusive importer and distributor for Blue Water Desalination Systems, Pacific Light Desalination, Lumitec LED lighting, and IRIS Innovations Marine Camera Systems, as well as representing the top marine brands such as Garmin, Furuno, Raymarine, Simrad and in entertainment systems Fusion, Clarion and Bose.
Editorial by Andy Kancachian
