[Public-List] A Question of Fuel Tanks

Fri Mar 25 08:00:31 PDT 2016

Hello - 

Surprise is an après 400 boat, so she has the little shelf in the locker
which is part of the liner.  The shelf is nearly made to fit the bottom
dimension of the Tempo tank I bought.    I then built a cage of aluminium
for the front and inboard faces of the tank to reside against...I anchored
this with a vertical run up to the inside of the cockpit and forward against
the plywood bulkhead up there.   The strap has a hook at each end...  I put
one onto the forward limb of the horizontal aluminum bar and ran it around
the back and after end of the tank to a shackle I put on the after end of
the same bar. I used the lever tensioner to jack it tight.  It can¹t move.

Gord Surprise 426

On 2016-03-25, 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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