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(mailto:) writes:
If the tanks have been sealed with tank resin, which is necessary to
be a sealed vessal suitable for fuels, what's the problem?
Well according to several listees on another list and Boat US reports and at
least two insurance company's the ethanol attacks the resin, softens it up
and you now leak all over.
This started with the gasoline , and older vessels (like mine) Particularly
in the NE and Cal coasts. Bertrams Hattaras's, some Chris's . When you talk
diesel a lot of sailboats have built in fiberglass tanks.
Carl Hibbard
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