A floating vessel (100; 200) comprising a water intake system (10; 210) suitable for the floating vessel in a body of water, the water intake system comprising within the hull of the vessel: an intake compartment (18; 218) for taking in water from the body of water and a distribution compartment (20; 220) for distributing and supplying the water to one or more consumer units within the floating vessel; the intake compartment being arranged below a lowest operational draught of the vessel and having an inlet (14; 214) in a bottom region of the intake compartment, the intake compartment being in fluid communication with the distribution compartment for allowing water to flow into the distribution compartment; the water intake system further comprising a water lift hose (12; 212) that is connected to the inlet (14; 214) and is extendible below the hull of the vessel; wherein the water lift hose is arranged as a string of a plurality of disconnectable hose sections characterised in that the water lift hose (12; 212) is suspended from a higher level of the vessel above the intake compartment (18; 218) through an internal opening (17; 217) in a top region of the intake compartment; in that the water lift hose comprises an open pipe section (26; 226) located inbetween the inlet (14; 214) and the internal opening (17; 217) of the intake compartment; in that the open pipe section comprises an upper connector part for connection to a portion of the water lift hose above the intake compartment and a lower connector part for connection to a part of the water lift hose extending below the intake compartment, and the inlet is arranged with a seal for sealing the water lift hose at the lower connector part of the open pipe section, and in that the open pipe section is configured to mount at the inlet and is configured with an aperture comprising a number of openings in the periphery of the pipe section for connecting an interior volume of the water lift hose with an interior volume of the intake compartment. an intake compartment (18; 218) for taking in water from the body of water and a distribution compartment (20; 220) for distributing and supplying the water to one or more consumer units within the floating vessel; the intake compartment being arranged below a lowest operational draught of the vessel and having an inlet (14; 214) in a bottom region of the intake compartment, the intake compartment being in fluid communication with the distribution compartment for allowing water to flow into the distribution compartment; the water intake system further comprising a water lift hose (12; 212) that is connected to the inlet (14; 214) and is extendible below the hull of the vessel; wherein the water lift hose is arranged as a string of a plurality of disconnectable hose sections characterised in that the water lift hose (12; 212) is suspended from a higher level of the vessel above the intake compartment (18; 218) through an internal opening (17; 217) in a top region of the intake compartment; in that the water lift hose comprises an open pipe section (26; 226) located inbetween the inlet (14; 214) and the internal opening (17; 217) of the intake compartment; in that the open pipe section comprises an upper connector part for connection to a portion of the water lift hose above the intake compartment and a lower connector part for connection to a part of the water lift hose extending below the intake compartment, and the inlet is arranged with a seal for sealing the water lift hose at the lower connector part of the open pipe section, and in that the open pipe section is configured to mount at the inlet and is configured with an aperture comprising a number of openings in the periphery of the pipe section for connecting an interior volume of the water lift hose with an interior volume of the intake compartment.