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Fluenta · 27-05-2019, 12:57

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Originally Posted by Hobiehobie

I don’t think there is a need to store any. At all. We have a 5 gallon gas tank in the dinghy. We fill it up when it’s about half empty. Gasoline is available everywhere in the world. When we put boat to bed for an extended period we use up the gas, and store the fume free tank in the anchor locker that drains overboard.

Not sure the obsession with putting jerry cans on deck like some cruiser badge of honor⚓️

I think like most decisions with respect to boats it depends on where you will be travelling and how you travel. In Micronesia we have spent months between petrol being available and we enjoy spearfishing and kite surfing so we have requirement for multiple cans. If we were cruising in NZ or BC then no we could just rely on the fuel tank in the tender. The multiple jerry cans have been useful as fuel docks are also pretty rare and involve a long dingy trip.

bensolomon · 27-05-2019, 17:15

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Originally Posted by Montanan

That is areat method of placement of the gas can. Does that device also perform as the fuel tank for supply gas to the dinghy motor? It seem like it would be an easy matter to have the portable "can" be capable of also being the "tank" from which the fuel is dispensed. I have often wondered why there aren't such CanTanks, or am I just being cantankerous in my desires?

Great play on words....the only issue I would see maybe the length of the fuel hose from the dinghy seat to the outboard.

jsanton · 28-05-2019, 08:05

When you say you lash 5g tanks on deck, does that mean to stanchions? Or is there a better place?

If you use stanchions, is there a concern of a wave boarding the vessel and tearing off a stanchion?

Also, I know it's not safe to store gas inside the hull. Is it safe to store diesel inside? I think that flammability isn't an issue, but smell may be. So, I thought I'd ask.