On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:19:00 -0500, KLC Lewis wrote:


"Steve" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:23:48 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

There was such a service in the LA/Long Beach/Alamitos Bay area, possibly
more than one, and it was a rather valuable service that seemed popular.
This past spring I was looking for a similar service here in Marinette
Wisconsin, nobody had ever heard of such a critter. The thing is that
Essie's tank holds about 40 gallons of diesel, which is good for about
200+
hours of motoring. At my current burn rate, I should need to fill the tank
again sometime around the end of the Iraq war -- call it four years from
now, give or take.

What you need is a smaller tank. Think about a day tank, only a few
gallons or so, you can hook up to your fuel intake. You can also fill
it wherever you want and avoid paying marina rates.

Steve

I'm thinking along those lines, but in the meantime I've still got all that
fuel in the big tank and I'd hate to just dump it. It burns clean and,
despite the color, it doesn't clog up my filters.

A day tank is still a good idea. You can filter the fuel as you transfer
it from the main tank, which should eliminate most problems. On a trawler
or sailboat that doesn't use much fuel, you can mount a small day tank up
high for a gravity-feed system, eliminating one fuel pump for greater
reliability. I'm surprised how few boats have this. Where possible, I
wouldn't do it any other way.

Matt O.