Catching a Rain Squall

    This world is a thirsty place. Why not chase down ocean squalls and harvest the rainwater which is the purest water you can get?                        Impounding these vast quantities of pure water could be sold to or given to desert countries depending on who is financing the expedition. 

     Design a water collector that works first time, every time is not that hard. With a little ingenuity and a lot of Dacron, even old sails would work if mounted on a giant ocean going barge. Imagine ten or twenty masts with sails plowing into rain squalls and thunderheads mounted on a barge with keel and rudder. Why one could store vast amounts of the pure liquid in giant holding bladders. Giant seagoing bladders could be towed to distant ports during calmer weather.         

      Yeah, there would be the maintenance thing. That is what being on the ocean is all about. Plenty of time for maintenance.  Every 15 year old has dreamed of running away to the ocean.  Why not give him a chance at a new skill?  Girls too, would get fit and strong at sea. One word.... diaphragm.
     Go fly a kite in a rain squall might get you a lightening strike but, so what?  

     There are ways to deal with that. Most boats are equipped with a grounding apparatus.   Have a tube leading up to the collecting panel and you'd be able to convey the water to storage. Why you could even fill plastic bottles and label them with Tongan Sunsets.  The supermarkets are eager to have a new product to sell. Water is the new soft drink.

   There is more to this, though.  Just takes willpower and capital.