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Bruce in Alaska wrote:
In article , Matt O'Toole wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:44:56 +0000, wrote: Hello; Love this forum, and I've been reading it for a while. I own a 24' Bayliner which has a 50 gallon gas tank in the stern engine area. I wonder - can additional fuel be towed on a large inflatable, like a Zodiac? Adding larger fuel tanks is not a good idea - it diminishes performance. But I wonder if with a raft - you could tow along a large fuel supply? Say another 300 gallons or so? Towing a load in a Zodiac will diminish performance a lot more, plus adding potential points of failure and safety problems. One thing you fellows should really look at in this "Towing" business is that if you tow ANYTHING, and your vessel is 26 Ft (7.8 Meters) overall length, or over (or larger), then you are REQUIRED to comply with the Bridge to Bridge RadioTelephone Act. CFR47 Part 80 Subpart U. It doesn't matter if your non-commercial, commercial, pleasure, or whatever, if your are US Flagged, over 26Ft and Towing, you are REQUIRED to comply. I'm curious, where do you get this? In 47cfr the phrase "towing vessel" refers to a commercial tow. |
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:44:56 GMT, "
wrote: I own a 24' Bayliner which has a 50 gallon gas tank in the stern engine area. I wonder - can additional fuel be towed on a large inflatable, like a Zodiac? Adding larger fuel tanks is not a good idea - it diminishes performance. But I wonder if with a raft - you could tow along a large fuel supply? Say another 300 gallons or so? Basically you've got the wrong boat for the job. You don't really say what your range aspirations are, but 300 gallons will take a 24 ft Bayliner a lot further than it was designed to go, and certainly not offshore I hope. Towing fuel is the wrong answer for all of the reasons others have provided. Offshore fishing boats in that size range will typically have fuel tankage of 150 to 200 gallons. |
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... if you tow ANYTHING, and your vessel is 26 Ft (7.8 Meters)
overall length, or over (or larger), then you are REQUIRED to comply with the Bridge to Bridge RadioTelephone Act. CFR47 Part 80 Subpart U. It doesn't matter if your non-commercial, commercial, pleasure, or whatever, if your are US Flagged, over 26Ft and Towing, you are REQUIRED to comply. ... That's not correct. see 47 CFR 80.5 also 33 CFR 26.02 (5) Towing vessel. Any commercial ship engaged in towing another ship astern, alongside or by pushing ahead. I hate the CFR's! -- Tom. |
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![]() Matt O'Toole wrote: 20 extra gallons is not a big deal. Get a few jerry cans and tie them down safely. For a more permanent solution, add a tank. With a relatively common, mainstream boat you should have no trouble finding a ready-made plastic tank that will fit somewhere. Matt O. That's what I did on my old Chriscraft Cavalier '27 when I cruised down the Illinois river from Peoria to Alton. We strapped 6 jerry cans (back when they were made of metal) onto the dive platform. I knew we wouldn't need them going down, but coming up , yeah, we tapped into them. |
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![]() Tim wrote: Matt O'Toole wrote: 20 extra gallons is not a big deal. Get a few jerry cans and tie them down safely. For a more permanent solution, add a tank. With a relatively common, mainstream boat you should have no trouble finding a ready-made plastic tank that will fit somewhere. Matt O. But what I thought would always be cool, would be to get an military surplus aircraft fuel cell bladder, that lays right in the keel of the boat. they deflate as fuel is used. and you can configure them in amazing ways. I saw some go on ebay for reasonable. |
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But what I thought would always be cool, would be to get an military
surplus aircraft fuel cell bladder, that lays right in the keel of the boat. they deflate as fuel is used. ... Beware of chafe problems with them; they've been known to rupture. Of course, you could tow the bladder behind the boat ![]() put a diamond day shape on the back of it and an all around white light at night. -- Tom. |
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