Be Free wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:26 pm
Nice Aft. If you do get the wet slip don't forget to check that they will allow you to refill your tanks from a portable tank. Some marinas frown on the practice.
I have not kept Nice Aft in a slip for several years now.
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Nice Aft,
Sorry, I lost track of who was speaking. It was OverEasy who was thinking of a rolling tank at a wet slip.
Congratulations on your wife's recovery. My wife was diagnosed in 2018. They caught it very early before it had spread at all. She's had a clean bill of health for almost two years now!
Bill
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OverEasy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:01 pm
Hi Russ!
I like your portable rolling gas’s tank idea!!!
Marinas tend to charge a premium for dock fueling.
Sometimes as much as $1.50 a gallon over the same non-ethanol fuel available inland.
I’m not against the convenience of a fueling doc or acknowledgment that there are additional facility cost burdens for on dock refueling.
It’s just hard paying that much more when I grew up making the eagle scream before letting go of it….
If we were to be able to get a seasonal slip it would be something we’d consider, if we could place a large enough locker at the slip to hold the roll-about tank after refueling the boat tanks.
We’d also have to make some sort of a ramp to get the roll-about tank into/out-of our van.
(It is a very very very bad idea to refuel a portable tank in/on a motor vehicle as it will develop a serious static charge during refueling!)
(Seen it happen…..not pleasant……)
Some similar roll-about tanks I’ve seen are gravity feed discharge, some have liquid hand pumps and others have a small 12VDC electric fuel pump. (Given the summer sun down here one could also just close the vent allowing the tank vapor pressure to increase…)
Great suggestion!
Best Regards,
Over Easy
As Ray mentioned, some marinas do not allow fueling from the dock. If we use up the 24 gallons, I pay the premium to fill from the gas dock. It supports the marina and part of the boat tax.
I first saw the rolling tanks at a marina that had small boat rentals. They used them to refuel the little boats.
However, they also have weight issues and are probably difficult to handle without a proper ramp from your vehicle.
Be Free wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:26 pm
Nice Aft. If you do get the wet slip don't forget to check that they will allow you to refill your tanks from a portable tank. Some marinas frown on the practice.
I have not kept Nice Aft in a slip for several years now.
...
Life is
Nice Aft,
Sorry, I lost track of who was speaking. It was OverEasy who was thinking of a rolling tank at a wet slip.
Congratulations on your wife's recovery. My wife was diagnosed in 2018. They caught it very early before it had spread at all. She's had a clean bill of health for almost two years now!
Thank you, and congratulations on that good number..
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