[Public-List] Gas tank

[George Dinwiddie]

A couple of downsides:
  - it holds less than the saddle tank
  - you can't check the fuel level with a stick

Laughing Gull wrote:
> I there any downside to putting it under the cockpit  - other than you have to get it there?
> 
> I have a diesel - not sure that makes a difference.
> 
> Jonathan Adams
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> On Jan 20, 2010, at 9:38 AM, George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Stephen,
> 
> If it's aluminum, it may be a replacement.  Calypso, #543, had a steel tank there.  We replaced it with a polyethylene tank in the same location, but most people go for an aluminum saddle tank in the starboard cockpit locker.
> 
> - George
> 
> Stephen Gwyn wrote:
> It looks like I will have to replace my gas tank in the next little while. The current one is aluminum and getting corroded. It is located behind the engine (an Atomic-4). It measures 7 1/2" tall by 18" wide by 31" long. The front end rests on an aluminimum beam running athwartships. At the aft end, its corners rest directly on the hull. It slopes downward towards the front.
> I'm pretty sure I can get it out without removing the engine first, but...
> Does anybody else have such a tank? Was it standard for Alberg 30s? If not, what was standard? Where do other people keep their gas tanks?
> Stephen,
> #495 Quasar
> 

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