[Public-List] Strapping down gas tanks

[Wes Gardner]

My boat (#196) has a similar rig. My tank is in the starboard cockpit locker. If I were going to do it again, I'd probably run a few coats of epoxy on the plywood. The boat has been repowered with a Vetus (Mitsubishi) diesel and I assume the tank, with "Vetus" molded in, was installed at that time. Also make sure whatever closure type (buckle?) you use on the webbing is up to the job.

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> On Jun 22, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Amy & David Swanson <zira at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> I am replacing the tank on #229.  The old tank was aluminum, 15 gallons.  It sat in a "tray" made of plywood with fiddles all the way around.  There was a single metal strap made of copper "plumber's tape" that went across the top and attached to the tray with screws..  This tray held any water that leaked in around the cockpit locker lid, and over time the bottom of the tank developed pitting on the bottom outside, and started to leak.
> 
> The new tanks is plastic, slightly smaller (12 gallons) so I am making a new tray for it to sit on.  I am going to leave the corners open so water will not stand on it.  Rather than the metal strapping, I was thinking of just using 1.5" webbing and going all the way around the tank & the tray.  Does anyone see any problems with that set up?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> David Swanson
> Strayaway Child
> Alberg 30 #229
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