View Single Post
  #19   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats
Oscar Oscar is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Feb 2012
Posts: 880
Default Propane Outboard Motor Anyone?

On 5/25/2012 9:09 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 08:15:07 -0400, wrote:

Where onboard does one safely store the propane?

The same place they now store gasoline.


In a gas tank? Somehow I think that's a bad idea. Why don't you google
up the correct answer.


===

Conventional wisdom is that it should be stored on deck, away from any
openings that lead below or to an enclosed space. Many boats that
use propane for cooking have a sealed locker that is ventilated
overboard. I have seen others with the propane cylinder installed on
a stern bracket.


Your answer makes a lot of sense. Being heavier than air, propane will
drift along a surface and fall into any hole it finds.