[Public-list] Propane Locker

[David Fisher]

Jim, do you access your rudder stuffing box (assuming you have one on your 
boat...) via the lazarette or through the cockpit lockers?  this is the only 
concern that really springs to mind there.  As to the increased waterline 
when healing and the wake pattern along the hull at speed, would this not be 
a problem only if the boat was sustaining these attitudes over a sustained 
period, eg. on passage?  Even in this case, the behaviour of the boat should 
allow the vents to drain with some regularity; in tacks or just through her 
behavoiur in a sea.  If the boat stops at the end of the day, then the 
locker would drain freely then.  To me this seems sufficient.  Does anyone 
have experience to the contrary?

My idea originally had been to house the bottle in a drum secured in the 
lazarette which drains via a hose to a through hull at the base of the 
transom.  The bottle manufacturers have conspired against me on this one, 
indicating that it should be stored and used vertically.  It's something I 
plan to look into further...  The idea of having smaller tanks and so having 
a spare is attractive as it lessens the possibility of running out just when 
the roast's gone in.

Cheers,

David, Kalitsah 440, Sydney.


>From: "Jim Davis" <a30240 at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Jim Davis <a30240 at earthlink.net>,Alberg 30 Public List -- open to 
>all <public-list at alberg30.org>
>To: "John Belt" <johnrbelt at worldnet.att.net>,"Alberg 30 Public List -- open 
>to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
>Subject: Re: [Public-list] Propane  Locker
>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:58:47 -0400
>
>John
>
>Thanks for the most concise answer.
>
>Roger
>Also note water will sometimes come up the cockpit scuppers when heeling.
>For propane you want to be absolutely certain it does vent overboard and 
>not
>settle to the bilge.  Your insurance and the Coast Guard can get real hyper
>tense over this.  Of course if it does blow, you will be part of someone
>else's problem as your will probably cease quickly.
>
>Jim Davis
>S/V Isa Lei
>CT 35
>
>
>If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most
>revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.
>George C. Marshall
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Belt" <johnrbelt at worldnet.att.net>
>To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>; "Jim
>Davis" <a30240 at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 16:29
>Subject: Re: [Public-list] Propane Locker
>
>
> > Has anyone noticed that when a displacement boat goes faster, it squats 
>by
> > the stern, submerging any holes in that area that were just a little 
>above
> > the waterline when the boat is at rest? Specifically, the engine exhaust
>on
> > my Alberg 30 was under water when the boat was moving at 6 knots, power 
>or
> > sail.  That is why the muffler and exhaust pipe had to be routed to make 
>a
> > loop as high as possible to keep water from entering the exhaust line 
>and
> > the engine.
> >
> >
> > This would make it pretty hard to put ventilating holes in the hull for 
>a
> > propane tank.
> >
> > From a former Alberg 30 owner
> >
> >
>
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