Also Sprach Harry Krause :

Closed bow, more freeboard, taller bow, more bow flare, fewer seats
(fewer people onboard), larger fuel tanks, double batteries, full
electronics.
I don't know that boat's specifics, but I'd bet it has fuel capacity of
less than 50 gallons and a large V6 or small V8 engine.

Oh, I would have KILLED to have had a camera with me today.

Driving home from a nice weekend in the San Juan islands today, we passed
a guy towing a 24' Bayliner. The guy had not one, not two, but THREE
portable gas tanks bungee corded to his swim platform. Two jerry cans and
one 6 gallon portable tank with hose. Only thing better would have been
if he had his fenders hanging out on the interstate at 70MPH.

Of course MY Bayliner now has adequate tankage, thanks to a lot of
retrofit work while I was replacing the rotten floor and stringers last
year. I figure that 36 gallons is adequate for a 19' boat with a 140HP
outboard. Better than the 12 gallon tank that it came with, anyway.

Dan


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The Apocalypse is INVISCID!

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(on modeling nuclear explosions with the Navier-Stokes equations.)