[Public-List] A Question of Fuel Tanks

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

I haven't removed the tank yet to verify anything...

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What kind of end fittings do your straps have and how were they attached
> to the boat.?  I believe the "shelf" the PO installed where the tank sits
> rests on a longitudinal stringer (part of the structure of the hull) that's
> about 4" "deep"
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Wes Gardner <wesgardner1952 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Nice, great idea guys!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Mar 25, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I used these straps too when I installed SURPRISE's second tank in the
>> port
>> > cockpit locker.  They worked very well and my surveyor thought it a
>> clever
>> > and secure way to set things up.
>> >
>> > Gord #426 Surprise
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2016-03-25, 9:40 AM, "Jonathan Bresler via Public-List"
>> > <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Wes,
>> >>
>> >> Home Depot sells ratchet straps that can be used to "lock" something in
>> >> place while still allowing you to remove it.
>> >> The release for the ratchet is protected from accidentally being
>> tripped by
>> >> the ratchet handle.  Used this it secure the fuel tank from moving.
>> >>
>> >> Jonathan
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Wes Gardner via Public-List <
>> >> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi All,
>> >>> I just looked at my fuel tank, it's a plastic Vetus tank of about 12
>> >>> gallons located in the stbd cockpit locker and at one time, it looks
>> like
>> >>> it was secured to a plywood shelf that a PO installed.  Looks to me
>> like
>> >>> the strapping is fone and the only thing holding in place are a
>> couple of
>> >>> wood cleats and the filler hose...hmmm, probably ought to do something
>> >>> about that.
>> >>>
>> >>> Wes
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Brooke Harwood via Public-List <
>> >>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Two Blue Crabs together, many times hanging on piling of a dock or
>> in the
>> >>>> grass along the shore.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There are two things good about doublers.  The male carrying the
>> female
>> >>> is
>> >>>> generally a mature heavy crab (rusty) and is considered great eating.
>> >>>> The female is either a pink or red line peeler.  This means she will
>> shed
>> >>>> into a soft crab within days.
>> >>>> If you have a shedding tank to put them in, then you have a constant
>> >>> supply
>> >>>> of soft crab.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:23 AM, John Irving via Public-List <
>> >>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> What are doublers?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Mar 25, 2016, at 6:41 AM, Michael Grosh via Public-List <
>> >>>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> It always surprises me how much fuel I end up using on an extended
>> >>>>> cruise.
>> >>>>>> I can motor 180 miles comfortably on a tank, a two week cruise I'll
>> >>> end
>> >>>>> up
>> >>>>>> topping off someplace, and I am fairly disciplined about sailing
>> when
>> >>>>>> possible.  A lot of that is from standing on the bow scooping up
>> >>>>> doublers.
>> >>>>>> I am so ready for summer.
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