[Public-list] Propane aft deck locker

[andymshaw at juno.com]

Hi Pete,
Sorry I don't have any pics or the "technology" to take any right now. So I'll try and give you a good description. Right now it's actually still a work in progress (like most of my life).
The box is made of half inch ply (bottom is 3/4). I rabbeted the corner joints so everything would line up nicely. Glued it up with epoxy. 3 of the corners have triangular cleats glued on the inside and one corner has a glass and epoxy fillet to allow room for the regulator and solenoid.I also gave a generous rounding to the outside corners, glassed them and faired it all down. I made the box to just fit the tank so it woud be as small as possible and so the tank would fit snugly. The top will be half inch ply with a lip around the bottom to fit around the locker. The whole thing will bolt to through the deck using pieces of plastic cutting board as feet to keep it off the deck and allow drainage(also remember to put vents in the bottom) Fuel line and solenoid wiring runs through the deck and is attached along the overhead of the cockpit locker, through the the bulkhead into the galley. Paint it to match your boat! If you want more capacity you can make one for each side.
Andy

--  wrote:
I bow to popular opinion and will site it on the stern along with the dinghy outboard,self steering and stern anchor.Add the weight of the lazarette contents and Tait Tait will definitely have her nose in the air.
Andy,have you any pics of your box?
Pete
Tait Tait #478
> 
> From: "andymshaw at juno.com" 
> Date: 2005/08/12 Fri PM 01:09:44 GMT
> To: public-list at alberg30.org
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Propane
> 
> I agree with George, I had tried to figure out  how to build in a locker below but have settled on building one to go on the aft deck to starboard of the lazerette hatch. It will also make a nice seat. It  is built for a 10# aluminum tank.
> Andy Shaw  #477
> 
> 
> -- George Dinwiddie  wrote:
> Pete,
> 
> I really don't think you're going to find a suitable place belowdeck for 
> propane.  Remember, the drain of the propane locker has to be strictly 
> downhill, and above the waterline, at all angles of heel.
> 
> A friend managed to turn the lazarette of an Alberg 35 into a propane 
> locker for two 5-pound tanks, but it was very tight geometry and it 
> meant he lost the entire locker.
> 
> I think your best bet is a deck-mounted box.
> 
>   - George
> 
> p.a.amos at tesco.net wrote:
> > Roger,thanks for your thoughts,sory for the delayed reply.I think
> > siting the tanks in cockpit lockers is too difficult and leaving them
> > mounted externally means they are exposed and probably in the way. 
> > How about in a box fixed to the Vberth/cabin bulkheae on the Vberth
> > side.Using slimline tanks about 10lb horizontaly mounted,one on each
> > side,as high as possible so that the box can be vented to the side
> > deck. Just a thought.I would need to be on board to take measurements
> > before I could judge if this is feasible.
> 
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