[Public-List] Kracor holding tank

[George Dinwiddie]

Just to be clear, it's the Kracor tanks that could barely be made to fit 
the older boats.  The 3/8" or so that the Raritan fittings sit proud of 
the tank seem to be what makes them not fit the older boats.

  - George

Dave Terrell wrote:
> Mike and George
> 
> Thanks for the info as well. I did not realize the raritan tanks
> could be made to fit with the application of a little english. I
> remembered that some dispared of using their's and sold them off
> while stehepen  was albe to reduce the size of his and install it.
> The reason I liked the raritan tank was that it was the same size as
> you indicated and they would put the fittings where I wanted them. I
> felt badly because my advice did not work for everyone who bought the
> raritan tank. I did not think that the area under the b-berth would
> be different. I am  much more sensitive to the small differences
> between the two styles of A 30s now. So, thanks again.
> 
> David
> 
>>>> Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> 10/03/08 4:15 PM >>>
> 
> George - thanks for the memory check. You are right, the plywood in
> the olde [non-liner boats] is a couple inches lower than that in the
> liner boats. While the tank fit , the elbow extended above the
> plywood by a lttle [less than an inch]. The solution was to cut a
> hole in the plywood to give the elbows clearance and then add another
> pice of plywood over the whole thing. It was quite a surprise, since
> I had measured [on my boat 505] so carefully. Mike Lehman

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