300 gals of water! 12! diesel tanks! Damn! Maybe I mispoke in another
thread when I made the comment CVN discussion threads don't apply in this
news group :-)

Well, Glenn, unfortunately I learned a long time ago, no matter what,
someone will always have a bigger one than mine or yours ;-)

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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Aluminumhullsailor writes:

I have been working on a fresh water system to install on a 45 foot
cruising monohull sailboat. Does anyone know of any online schematics
or idea lists that may provide me with another line of thought? Any
books you have found helpful would be a good tip also? I will post my
schematic in a few days for comments.

I have six (6) built in potable water tanks, three (3) on each side, each
with about a 50 gallon capacity on the boat I'm building.

Before you ask, NO, I do not plan on having 300 gallons of potable water
on
board.

This was done for two (2) reasons.

All tanks are below the sole and had the space not been developed as
tankage, it would have remained as undeveloped space under the sole that
would collect who knows what, and sooner or later get contaminated with
bilge water. Building tanks eliminated this problem.

That fact that there are equal tanks on both starboard and port allows the
potable water to be used as liquid ballast. (BTW, also did this with
twelve
(12) diesel tanks)
....