[Public-List] Prefered new fuel tank ?

[Rachel]

Tom,

What style tank did your boat have originally - can you tell?  This 
will be interesting as your boat is one number newer than mine.

I know that when I was Alberg 30 shopping, I saw some (rather early) 
boats that had a long, tall narrow tank up against the outside of the 
hull in the starboard cockpit locker.  (Picture a deck of cards tipped 
up on its side, only longer.)

My boat had (I've removed it) a more "normally" rectangular tank lying 
flat in the forward portion of the starboard locker (picture a rather 
wide shoebox).  I believe it was original for three reasons:  1) A 
receipt the owner had for the replacement of the tank; and, 2) The fact 
that the shelf that holds it up was fastened with Robertson drive 
screws that match the rest of the original installation s (whereas any 
other later work does not use these); and, 3) The two braces that hold 
the tank up are glassed to the hull and the coating matches the rest of 
the original inside coating.

I ordered a new, Moeller brand plastic tank (the tank in the boat has 
started to seep on a joint) that's almost exactly the same size, and 
fits on the original shelf.  I have been more-or-less planning to 
install that (I can get the part number for you if this is the size 
you're trying to match -- I got it from Hamilton Marine in Maine but 
many places sell them), but if someone else has come up with something 
better I'm all ears at this point.  I've been planning to mock up a 
tank that's the same size but shaped more like a shoebox standing on 
end, which would snug down into the forward part of the locker more 
efficiently and use less "prime" locker space.  Too bad you can no 
longer make wood/epoxy gas tanks, as they are so easy to make to a 
custom shape.

Gordon: What shape and size is your tank?  Where does it fit in the 
locker?

Rachel
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