[Public-List] Mike Lehman - Fuel tanks

[Richard Hughes]

Thanks for those Mike.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Lehman
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 4:46 AM
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Fuel tanks

Rick

The first two pictures are of an 18 gallon saddle tank installed in
"Gilleleje" #505. It does not take any useable space. The only problem I
encountered was the vent line is higher than the outside vent so when the
boat would heel it would spill fuel out the vent. On the liner boats the
vent was located in the middle of the transom, so I relocated the vent to
the deck with a loop like the older boats just on the aft outside the
starboard coming...then it would spill fuel on the deck when heeled. My
final solution was to drill a hole through the stanchion base and run the
vent line inside the stanchion to the top of the stanchion and it has never
leaked again. I suppose it you heeled the boat 90 degrees you could spill
fuel, but I figure with a 90 degree heel, you would have bigger problems to
deal with. The tank is aluminum and measures 36 x 18 x 8 as I recall. One
benefit is to measure fuel level I simply use a stick that has a mark every
2 gallons and insert it directly down the fill. Hope this helps.

Mike Lehman
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