[Alberg30] Flexible Tanks

[Gordon LACO]

Hi there - 

I lived with a flexible water tank in my "wandering" days... also a 100 gal
tank in a Dufour 31 that we sailed from Martinique to Toronto.

I used to sell those things later... never had a complaint about a Vetus
tank... only had a few about Plastimo tanks and those had to do with
installation.   Successful installations always involve care in making the
three sided "coffin" to place the tank in.

By the way - did a two day trip this past weekend up the coast here in
Georgian Bay; the woodstove was a terrific success.  Used about 2 lbs of
charcoal briquetes and kept the cabin cozy warm.  Five briquetes burned
about two hours and made useful heat.  More at one time seemed to just burn
faster.  Would have been even better if I had a small fan to mix up the air.
We ended up with a thermocline about waist high in the cabin - very warm
above and cool below.  We made jokes about sleeping with our feet up in the
air.

Gord
#426 Surprise




on 10/21/03 8:13 PM, Brian and Elaine Timmins at timmins at optonline.net
wrote:

> Everything I've heard about flexible tanks always relates to temporary
> tankage. I've heard that chafe is a real problem if the tanks can move at
> all. I have no direct experience with them but the new owner of my old
> alberg 30 used temporary flexible tanks to carry upwards of 100 gallons of
> water for our trip to Bermuda.
> Brian   ex#497
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger L. Kingsland" <rkingsland101 at ksba.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 6:10 PM
> Subject: [Alberg30] Flexible Tanks
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> 
> Albergers,
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with flexible tanks?  I seem reasonable in
> price and, well, "flexible."  I thought of putting a waste tank and perhaps
> fuel tank under the main cabin bunks.
> 
> Any feedback would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roger Kingsland
> 
> Roger Kingsland
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