Absolutely right about the gas tank, there's just no room under the deck.

Clssic (167)) Montauks will self bail under way. And they just get a little
water on the deck if you leave the plug out at the dock. Dunno about the
current (last couple of years) 170 Montauks.

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"NOYB" wrote in message ...
Whaler doesn't use a conventional stringer system, so there isn't as much
below-deck storage space for a built-in tank ...especially in the smaller
models. Also, the shallower vee of the Montauk prevents putting a tank down
into the depths of the vee. Conversely, my 17' Outrage can accomodate a 34
gallon built-in due to it's deeper vee and true "decking". The decking also
allows the Outrage to be self-bailing...unlike the Montauk.

Most of the Montauk owners are installing a 24 gallon Pate tank under the
helm seat. Of course, when you're getting 5-6mpg, that's more range then
you should probably ever need in a 17' boat.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Dan Krueger wrote:

I got 5 MPG with my 4 stroke 115 on a trip to the Bahamas. Nearly at
WOT the
whole way. The seas were incredibly flat that day.

Dan


Chuck Tribolet wrote:
Folks are reporting 4-5 MPG with the four-stroke.

There's 24 gallon Pate tank that will fit under the seat.

Lots of whaler folks hanging out at
http://continuouswave.com/cgi-bin/Ul...i?action=intro




I've never been able to figure out why Whaler doesn't build in a decent
sized fuel tank on some of its smaller boats, expecially the 17 Montauk
Classic, which a lot of folks use to go quite a ways away from shore.
Carrying three 6 gallon tanks instead of having a built-in 20 or
24-gallon tank seems a bad compromise.



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