Fuel Transfer Pump + Jerry Can

[Grattaway]

vehicle dismantler will sell you a small electric car fuel pump for a few bucks
add a couple of hoses and a battery clip or cigarette type fitting on a power lead and pump as much diesel as you want
I have one in my offroader toolbox in case I need to pump fuel and while syphon hoses are ok sometimes its up hill pumping not down

[Katapult Mike]

Originally Posted by Scorpius

Is carrying jerry jugs on deck illegal some places? If so where? That's not something I've heard of before,

LOL, not as far as I know. In my marina, there is no prohibition on possession, but there is a rule (not an actual law) against fueling a boat from a jerry can. So schlepping the jerry cans might attract attention. If you were to break the rule and spill a drop of diesel in the marina, that IS illegal. Marina require a a million dollars of hazardous discharge insurance to cover this possiblity. So viewer discretion is advisable.

[Jammer]

Originally Posted by Scorpius

Is carrying jerry jugs on deck illegal some places?

Many marinas have prohibitions on transferring fuel. These have three purposes: 1) fire safety, 2) environmental concerns from spillage, and 3) to protect the marina's fuel dock business.


The restrictions are worded and enforced in various ways. There are certainly some places where carrying multiple 6 gallon fuel jugs where they can be seen would be problermatic.

[Katapult Mike]

Originally Posted by Jammer

Many marinas have prohibitions on transferring fuel. These have three purposes: 1) fire safety, 2) environmental concerns from spillage, and 3) to protect the marina's fuel dock business.


The restrictions are worded and enforced in various ways. There are certainly some places where carrying multiple 6 gallon fuel jugs where they can be seen would be problermatic.

Well said, Jammer.

"3) to protect the marina's fuel dock business." What burns me is that my marina doesn't have a fuel dock business to protect, and neither do any other marinas for miles around. If there was a fuel dock, I would pay the extra dollar a gallon and be done wth it. But I don't want to plan my day around going miles to fuel up.

[deblen]

I use a jerry can with the old plain spout & a 3ft? length of 1" rubber vp hose.
I slide the hose down over the yellow spout tightly,set the jerry on deck close to deck fill,insert hose into deck fill 6-8in..
Just tilt jerry & pour away. No need to lift jerry until down to a 1/4 or so.
Works great for yrs. Have even topped up while underway.
Cheers/Len
https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating...container.html

[deblen]

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[deblen]

No comment...

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[EmeraldCoastSailor]

Tsuru nailed it. I have been using the "magic hose" to transfer fuel for many years and it never fails.

[jen1722terry]

We sail in some out of the way places with few fuel docks. We carry 3, 2.5 gallon jerry cans for ferrying fuel from a nearby gas station ( assuming some kind local lends us his truck which often happens in eastern Maine and Nova Scotia).

For long cruises, we'll lash two more 5 gallon diesel jugs on deck.

We use the syhpon for the big jugs and just the spouts in the deck-fill for the smaller jugs. If the harbormaster is a problem, don't fill in the harbor.

Cheers

[sinnerman]

Originally Posted by Tsuru

I regularly fill from jerry cans and use a shaker siphon. About $10, lasts pretty much for ever and doesn't spill a drop.

Ditto for the rattle siphon.

Great invention.

[David Mathis]

To start a syphon, use a few feet of clear plastic hose 3/4" to 1". Put almost all of it into the jerry can then hold your thumb over the dry end. Pull enough out to reach the tank inlet. You should see that the level of the fuel in the hose is well below the level of the top of the fuel in the can. Now quickly remove your thumb and insert the hose into the tank fill. It's cheap, simple, no blowing, and no mess.

[Talbot]

Originally Posted by Tsuru

I regularly fill from jerry cans and use a shaker siphon. About $10, lasts pretty much for ever and doesn't spill a drop.

Me too.

[nrx500]

There's an easy way to do this without a pump. I carry yellow plastic 5 gal diesel containers, a cut off piece of garden hose, and a rag. In calm weather I unscrew the fuel fill plug and rest my open diesel container on a cockpit seat close to the fill port. Run the garden hose from the bottom of the fuel jug down into the diesel tank. Wrap the rag around the hose so it covers the mout of the yellow fuel jug, shutting off air to the jug. Now spread the rag so you can blow into the top of the yellow jug. This pressurized the air on top of the diesel fuel, forcing fuel into the garden hose and down into the boat's fuel tank. This sets up a siphon and 5 gal of diesel transfers from the yellow jug to the boat's tank.

[singlespeed]

Have used the shaker siphon for some years. Added an additional filter to the siphon inlet. Tie the fuel can securely to something on the deck, before starting the siphoning process. Seems like some big wake always finds me when I do the transfer and a sliding plastic fuel can on a fiberglass deck, ripping a full fuel transfer hose out of the deck fill, is the recipe for a ruined weekend. Even happened in a marina clearly labelled as "Wake Speed Only". Some skippers are totally ignorant of the effects of their wake.

[Calif.Ted]

My fuel tank is 32 gallons. I am guessing I might use 1.5-2.0 tanks a year.

I'm guessing you are over estimating your fuel usage, 32 gallons is 40-60 hrs. motoring, 200 to 300 miles or more probably. That's got to take you past a fuel dock over the course of a year, doesn't seem worth it for once or MAYBE twice a year.