Fuel & Water Bladders

[Dave in Eugene]

On this refit I am wanting to increase the fuel and water capacity of my boat. It seems to me that soft bladders would be the easiest to retrofit. Have searched for sources for bladder tanks and am coming up empty.

Does anyone have a good bladder tanks source..?

2nd thought would be to build my own tanks from foam and fiberglass...

Thoughts?

Dave

[SkiprJohn]

Aloha Dave,
I've not experienced fuel bladders but from the idea of chafing and possible leaks, I've opted to build my own. The fuel tank is all fiberglass, the water tank will be ply with epoxy coating and tabbing. I do have one plastic tank that was kind of custom built for an odd space.
Just my thoughts.
JohnL

[cal40john]

Been looking at maybe installing some bladders myself.

Nauta, Vetus, Plastimo


Good Old Boat: Tanks A Lot by Bill Sandifer

Fisheries Supply in Seattle carries at least the Nauta line.

John

[Stevens 47]

Try this lint Aero Tec Laboratories - Marine Fuel Bladders, Rubberized Fabric Bladder Tanks, Race Boats, Fishing Boats, Special Ops, Ski Boats, Drag Boats, Law Enforcement Patrol Craft, Diesel Tanks, Water Tanks, Holding Tanks, Racing Fuel Cell Bladders, Crashwort

Jack

[Randyonr3]

I just replaced the water tanks, both are Plastimo 50 gal units.. The only grip I've got with the tanks, theres only one inlet and one outlet... (no vent) so I had to build a manifold with a vent... The tanks are inside a covering so chaff isnot a problem.
My boat origionally had inflatable tanks so the replacement was simple......

[Stranded Mariner]

Vetus sells them. This is a link to their web site:
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