Fuel can deck storage

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by BillKny

Interior locker storage is fine for diesel and water, but not appropriate for gasoline. Most cruisers still need gasoline for the dinghy... Storage of volatile material anywhere below deck without a lot of care and thought is bad news...

Well, I did not take into account that people would think I was siphoning gasoline into a cruising boats integral tank. So yes, Gas should not be stored inside.

[psk125]

For a transatlantic trip on board an Ohlson 38 we lashed two five-gallon plastic jerrycans in the cockpit footwell. This reduced the volume of the cockpit if we took a sea aboard. It also put them where they couldn't be swept overboard and kept their weight lower in the boat. A board across the cockpit over them made for additional seating.