[Public-List] Fuel Guage after-the-fact

[Robert Kirk]

Does your boat have the luxury of a (pretty) vertical deck fill? Isobar has 
an elegant fuel gage: a length of dowel calibrated with marks at 1/4, 1/2, 
3/4, and full. Works great. Think dipstick.

When I first flew a Piper Cub, that fuel gage was similar. The fuel tank 
was directly in front of the cockpit and a thin vertical rod, mounted on a 
floating cork in the tank, stuck up in front of you. Elegant and simple; 
Never tried it in a loop or flying inverted, though.

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181


At 10:34 AM 6/27/2011, edward schroeder wrote:
> From Ed Schroeder, former Alberger:
>The club purchased a Hunter 34 after the Emotional Rescue was wrecked and 
>purchased by our insurance company. There is no fuel guage for the fuel 
>tank and it causes much concern when various members are unsure if there 
>is fuel onboard. Has anybody installed a fuel guage AFTER the tank has 
>been installed? Must one cut into the top of the plastic tank? I really 
>miss sailing on the Alberg, rail down, and being so knowledgable about 
>what was under me.


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