I followed your adventure online as well Joe. I always wanted to ask
you....... I saw that you stored gas cans under the aft seats, great idea....
Did you add an extra rail back there for them to sit on in Australia or did
Seawind have that on your boat already? I like that location and considered
adding to my arch base to accomplish the same. My only concern was if the rail
might wear the can bottom excessively, how did that work for you?
That's what's great about a like design forum.... I always wanted to know how
that fuel location worked out.
Regarding fuel capacity; I have considered several options. One idea that a
friend of mine recently realized is the possibility of locating a tank ahead
of the engine in that "pod" area. My port engine is out being serviced and we
were looking down in that hole.... Tom said.... "that's a pretty big space" and
the idea got legs from there. You would have to make a carboard tank to fit
the odd shape and have an aluminum version made from the "take apart pattern"
but it looks like I could put around 10 gallons on each side down there. Have
you ever looked at that? An extra 20 gallons (that you didn't have to add with
a can under the table while sailing) would be awesome.
I always seem to spill a little and you can't get the main tanks full unless
conditions are farily calm. I have done several multi day crossings and it
seems like the time you need to add fuel is never "convenient". I'm going to
look and see if that area would support the weight and move the idea up on my
list of priorities for this season. The filler neck could come right up under
the seat top so it would be very easy to fill, a short distance to the fuel
filter and very "open air". I suspect there is plenty structure to support a
tank because the pod sees direct hits from heavy seas.... In fact that IS it's
purpose. I can't imagine it would mind the extra weight of a tank and 80
pounds of fuel. I also like the fore to aft location of any added weight. If
your going to carry extra fuel, that's probably as close to mid ship as you
could get without losing salon storage space. I also like that filling
operations would be much more "open air" and user friendly in this location.
If I could get 10+ gallons per side, I imagine I'd use the old salon mounted
tanks as my reserves, and the new ones as the mains due to the ease of filling.
Just thinking here.... A 1/2" fuel line from the new tank to the existing
salon tank with a 12 volt transfer pump that would maintain a decent flow rate
could facilitate never having to crawl back under the salon table. As you fill
the new tank, you could transfer a portion of the freshly added fuel to the old
mains as a way to fill them. ooooooh... to make fueling a "Totally Kneeless"
event, just bring clear vent lines from the old mains that would dump back into
the new tanks, when you see fuel returning to the new tank, your old mains are
full. That arrangement would vent the old mains thru the new ones and create a
sealed environment under the table. Hmmmmm.. even better... with a tranfer
line that circulates fuel, why not put a racor system in it so you could polish
your tanks? In the immortal word of Henry Gibson on Rowan and Martins "Laugh
In" veeerrrrrrry interesting..... I know.. I know... simplicity and the
lowest number of connections possible usually trumps "ease of operation"
everytime... but I might suffer through the complexity of this one....
I'll quit wiping my ideas all over everybody's email here and get back to
work.... if I do it and like it then I'll post.
Anyway... good to be part of the group.
Sea Yawl Later !!
Rusty
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Siudzinski <siudzinski@xxxxxxxxx>
To: scoaa-members@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 7:38 am
Subject: Re: [Scoaa-members] New members Rusty and Lisa
Hi Rusty and Linda,
Welcome to the Seawind Owners' group! Delighted to see you using and enjoying
your Seawind, and thanks for your blog.
Cheers,
Joe Siudzinski
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