On Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:29:43 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 08:21:13 +0700, wrote:

Years ago now a guy worked for us doing oil well exploration
construction work came in the office and asked whether they still sold
"kerosene refrigerates" in Indonesia. I didn't know and sent one of
the purchasing guys out to check and discovered that they were still
being manufactured in Indonesia. Over the years we bought quite a few
for jungle jobs".

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It seems like that would be ideal for a diesel powered boat. A lot
of cruising sail boats seem to have inadequate diesel tankage however
judging from the number of plastic jerry jugs that we see strapped to
the lifelines.

LOL! That really causes me a great deal of disgust seeing those rows
of faded plastic jerry jugs strapped to a fore and aft board that is
attached to lifeline stanchions along the side decks to the foredeck.

It's got to be the stupidest *monkey see, monkey do* bad habit yet.
It's ugly, dangerous, inefficient, lubberly, wasteful but mostly
it is totally unnecessary. It shouts loudly for the entire world
to see, "Hey look at meeee-I'm stupid and faddish."

1) if one's wont is to sail across oceans then even those extra
containers will not avail.

2) if one is coastal cruising or island hopping then internal
tankage is sufficient for the job at hand.

3) if, for some odd reason, one needs more fuel capacity due
to special circumstances then install sufficient internal
tankage.

It's that simple.

--
Sir Gregory