"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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Do you get sea water into your fuel tanks? They are certainly vented
overboard!

Not necessarily. Current school of thought is to vent them in the cockpit.
No problem with overflow overboard (big fine). No problem with
sal****er infiltration.


Who's school of thought is it to vent gas tanks into the cockpit?

It is certainly illegal to have portable tanks (which place the vents inside
the boat) on anything other than an open boat with an outboard. I would
think that it would also be illegal to vent the tank inside the boat. It
certainly doesn't seem like a wise idea.

A properly installed vented loop will prevent any back flow of sea water
into a line. No need to create additional problems and/or hazards.


Rod