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Hello again all!
I've followed the advice of ChrisP that I noticed on an earlier posting, and bought 2 more plastic fuel tanks to go with the one that came with the boat. (Safety.......1 out, 1 in, 1 reserve!) My question is :- On my boat (Orkney Pilothouse 20) just forward of the transom well, there is a space to keep fuel tanks under a lift-up hinged lid. The tank (5.5gall.) supplied with the boat is not secured in any way, just lying loose in the compartment. Can any of you experienced bods tell me if this is safe, and if not, how could I secure the tanks? There is nothing there to fix anything to! If it was metal or wood I could obviously attach brackets or whatever to use straps or something, but I have no experience of Glass-fibre or it's strength or weaknesses. The same applies to the battery, which is sitting in a similar compartment. Should this be secured in some way, or don't these things move in practice?
(Getting very close to first launching now! and more and more nervous!!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
VL1500
I've followed the advice of ChrisP that I noticed on an earlier posting, and bought 2 more plastic fuel tanks to go with the one that came with the boat. (Safety.......1 out, 1 in, 1 reserve!) My question is :- On my boat (Orkney Pilothouse 20) just forward of the transom well, there is a space to keep fuel tanks under a lift-up hinged lid. The tank (5.5gall.) supplied with the boat is not secured in any way, just lying loose in the compartment. Can any of you experienced bods tell me if this is safe, and if not, how could I secure the tanks? There is nothing there to fix anything to! If it was metal or wood I could obviously attach brackets or whatever to use straps or something, but I have no experience of Glass-fibre or it's strength or weaknesses. The same applies to the battery, which is sitting in a similar compartment. Should this be secured in some way, or don't these things move in practice?
(Getting very close to first launching now! and more and more nervous!!)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
VL1500