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Sailboat caught in surf
Larry wrote:
The fuel tank needs more than just a vent hose, too. It needs some kind of floating ball water trap that will seal if water tries to come into the fuel vent in an event like this. Got one? Ever seen one? As the air must go INTO the tank, we can't just put a flapper valve in it. It has to be a floating ball that's normally open but closes the hole when liquid floods the trap. Wish we had one on Lionheart. Let me know if you've seen something like this. My coffee pot is a Cuisinart with a vacuum bottle carafe, not a heater/glass pot. The most ingenious coffee pot engineers design Cuisinarts. The screw-on cap on this pot has a series of little gravity and floating balls that ingeniously prevent heat from escaping the pot, while automatically opening the holes at the appropriate time to let new coffee pour into the top and coffee pour out the spout ONLY when the pot is tilted towards the spout. The rest of the time it's sealed. This kind of technology needs to be in everyone's fuel vent. It's not...it's a hose that assumes the boat never tilts over 20 degrees...dammit. Pretty common on commercial ships: http://www.wagerusa.com/pages/marine/1500vertical.html http://www.wagerusa.com/pages/marine/1700series.html Evan Gatehouse |
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